Posted on Jul 16, 2018
What's Eating America's Surface Navy? 11 Problems That Need Fixing Immediately
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The only thing I would add is that they need to standardize the control equipment. The helmsmen did not know the helm/lee-helm even though they came from DDG's. We have a bunch of different systems, when there needs to be one. When you don't knwo exactly how the equipment works, you get troubles.
I also agree with scrapping XO/CO fleet. The idea was to give the prospective CO more time at sea before taking command. This was an idea, not one that works...
Totally agree that SWO's should suck it up, and go talk to the sub and air folks. Their environments are much more unforgiving than ours, and they are pretty good at managing things. Nobody is perfect, but they certainly have better training pipelines....
SWOS SHOLD SPEND TIME AT SEA DRIVING SHIPS. PERIOD, FULL STOP!
I also agree with scrapping XO/CO fleet. The idea was to give the prospective CO more time at sea before taking command. This was an idea, not one that works...
Totally agree that SWO's should suck it up, and go talk to the sub and air folks. Their environments are much more unforgiving than ours, and they are pretty good at managing things. Nobody is perfect, but they certainly have better training pipelines....
SWOS SHOLD SPEND TIME AT SEA DRIVING SHIPS. PERIOD, FULL STOP!
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LT Brad McInnis Good points here are some of mine to add to the "no one is listing" pile
We need to slash the admirals and the SES ranks, they do nothing but add to the government bureaucracy.
I do not agree that SWOs need to be trained like Pilots or go through a “Nuke type” training pipeline. I served with Nuke surface officers. If you want to improve SWO training increase the use of simulators that teach real shiphandling. Increase seamanship and navigation training.
32 officers on a DDG, why, I guess you need a pipeline to fill the bloated Admiral ranks.
The surface Navy has always eaten their young
This guy is a dinosaur, he has to be like 100, retired in 1994 after 37 years so he joined in 1957 when we still had diesel submarines.
Just like 10 years ago and ten years before that we will be able to repeat these same points in ten years yet we will still be the best Navy with the highest readiness in the world.
We need to slash the admirals and the SES ranks, they do nothing but add to the government bureaucracy.
I do not agree that SWOs need to be trained like Pilots or go through a “Nuke type” training pipeline. I served with Nuke surface officers. If you want to improve SWO training increase the use of simulators that teach real shiphandling. Increase seamanship and navigation training.
32 officers on a DDG, why, I guess you need a pipeline to fill the bloated Admiral ranks.
The surface Navy has always eaten their young
This guy is a dinosaur, he has to be like 100, retired in 1994 after 37 years so he joined in 1957 when we still had diesel submarines.
Just like 10 years ago and ten years before that we will be able to repeat these same points in ten years yet we will still be the best Navy with the highest readiness in the world.
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LT Brad McInnis
LCDR (Join to see) - I never understood why we didn't have a simulator like at Newport, at every Navy surface ship base. Every ship required to send all Officers down every so often to practice.
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LT Brad McInnis - That is what I would do with all those extra JOs, rotate them constantly through the simulators and yes they should be at every base.
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