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HeyJoe

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090819-N-0167W-067 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Aug. 19, 2009) Master Gun Team assigned to the USS Constitution demonstrates the proper loading and firing of a long gun to the chief selects attending Old Ironsides' 2009 Chief Petty Officer Heritage Week. The 139 selects, including two Royal Navy Sailors, trained on the 7,000 pound weapon to immersion into the more than 200 years of naval heritage embodied by USS Constitution. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clay Weis/Released)

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090818-N-0167W-042 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Aug. 17, 2009) USS Constitution crewmember Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Garrett Renner guides a team of Navy chief selects in the port whaleboat of USS Constitution. Ships' crew and senior enlisted mentors use techniques from 18th century seamanship to instill more than 200 years of naval heritage in the Navy's newest chiefs during Constitution's annual Chief Petty Officer Heritage Week. About 140 selects from dozens of commands Navy-wide, including two Royal Navy Sailors, live and train aboard Constitution during one of their six weeks of chief petty officer induction training. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clay Weis/Released)
 
HeyJoe

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The SWO life out of Yokosuka

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090816-N-2638R-003 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 16, 2009) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) transits the western Pacific Ocean. Mustin is one of seven Arleigh Burke-class destroyers assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 and operates from Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Bryan Reckard/Released)
 
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Who says the NWU isn't 'tactical'??

Yours truly demonstrating one of the many functions of this fine combat ready uniform.
 
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090702-N-XXXXG-005 GULF OF MEXICO (July 2, 2009) The littoral combat ship Independence (LCS 2) underway during builder's trials. Builder's trials is the first opportunity for the shipbuilder and the U.S. Navy to operate the ship underway, and provides an opportunity to test and correct issues prior to acceptance trials, and will include demonstration to the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV). (Photo courtesy Dennis Griggs General Dynamics/Released)
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Looks like it made Uglyships.com:http://www.uglyships.com:

http://uglyships.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/uss-independence-lcs-2/
 
skim

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if they didn't only man around 30 people to maintain those new littoral ships, I wouldn't mind working on one.
 
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A4sForever said:

Yeah ...no shit & roger that -- as in ... who's gonna' clean the heads???

The 1st LT ... ??? :D
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No kidding. The Freedom was on the pier next to us and it looked horrible with running rust and just general filth. I was told (by my DH) that due to the low manning, there isn't enough people in Deck Div to clean and paint. If that is true, I can only guess how the plants are going to look in the next 5 years or so. Technology is great and all, but until there are robots in the bilges preserving, we need people.
 
HeyJoe

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090819-N-8534H-002 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 19, 2009) The guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) and the guided-missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and USS Mustin (DDG 89) are underway during the Indonesian International Fleet Review. The event commemorates the 64th anniversary of Indonesian independence. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Barry Hirayama/Released)
 
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skim said:
No kidding. The Freedom was on the pier next to us and it looked horrible with running rust and just general filth. I was told (by my DH) that due to the low manning, there isn't enough people in Deck Div to clean and paint. If that is true, I can only guess how the plants are going to look in the next 5 years or so. Technology is great and all, but until there are robots in the bilges preserving, we need people.
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You are mistaken. No really, back in '99, I asked an admiral about this at some brief we had. He assured me this was not going to be a problem. I mean, he wouldn't have been spinning this, would he?
 
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090821-N-3666S-028 PEARL HARBOR (Aug. 21, 2009) Sailors man the rails aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) as she arrives at Naval Station Pearl Harbor after a seven-month deployment in the western Pacific Ocean as part of the Mid-Pacific Surface Combatant Operational Employment program. The program calls for all Hawaii-based surface combatants to focus on conducting intermediate/advanced training and regular deployments in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Robert Stirrup/Released)
 
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Gatordev said:
You are mistaken. No really, back in '99, I asked an admiral about this at some brief we had. He assured me this was not going to be a problem. I mean, he wouldn't have been spinning this, would he?
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I dunno, I tend to believe everything the uppers have to say, especially when it comes to CBT's opposed to hands on school training (Had to gag through some admirals whose name I forget presentation about this during a SNA luncheon), manning levels (we are down to like 50-70 people on our ship alone, or as my DH put it during Ultra-E "The size of this dept now is the size I had for GSE's and GSM's alone on USS lastship") and so on. Once I can get some robots to scrub vertigre, paint bilges and other general preservation that eats up a lot of my divisions time when they could be doing repairs, I will agree to cut down manning and training. Maybe, we should just have USV's? Imagine a DDG with no crew, but driven by one OOD somewhere in Kansas? That would awesome, expect for the Kansas part.
 
HeyJoe

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skim said:
Maybe, we should just have USV's? Imagine a DDG with no crew, but driven by one OOD somewhere in Kansas? That would awesome, expect for the Kansas part.
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They're starting small, but getting bigger all the time...and they're driven out of Pt Loma, which beats Kansas and Creech AFB hands down.

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scoolbubba

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heyjoe said:
They're starting small, but getting bigger all the time...and they're driven out of Pt Loma, which beats Kansas and Creech AFB hands down.

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I saw this on futureweapons. Who's going to scrape non skid and paint all day if it's unmanned?
 
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