May 2011 - The Stupid Shall be Punished

Screen(ing) Door On A Submarine, FY12 Style

It's that time of year again for Submarine officers -- time to check out the list of who screened for CO/XO/DH for FY12 and wonder how the puppy molester/dirtbag/jerk you don't like screened and who he sucked up to in order to do so. Back in my...

Published Sat, May 28 2011 10:41 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

You Can't Spell "Submariner" Without "Mariner"

"When you see the Southern Cross for the first time,You understand now why you came this way..." - "Southern Cross" by Crosby, Stills, and Nash Many of my fondest memories of submarining involve the most basic aspect of operating a...

Published Fri, May 27 2011 3:53 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Submarine IDC Videos

A Submariner posted a video he'd come across on the Facebook page for TSSBP ; it appears to be the official video they show to HM students introducing them to the Submarine Independent Duty Corpsman job. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be on...

Published Wed, May 25 2011 10:34 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

USS Boise Wins Battenberg Cup

LANTFLT announced today that USS Boise (SSN 764), named for one of the world's great cities, is the winner of the 2010 Battenberg Cup was the best warship in the Atlantic Fleet. Boise is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Va., and is...

Published Fri, May 20 2011 2:40 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

USS Hampton In Hong Kong

USS Hampton (SSN 767) made the first port visit of a U.S. submarine to Hong Kong in three years this week. Here's a photo : Unfortunately, one of the boat's Sailors got some unwanted press attention after having a little too much "fun"...

Published Thu, May 19 2011 11:58 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

An Age Old Question

[Reposting due to the Blogger maintenance fiasco that caused one dropped post and several dropped comments here] As a result of a combination of me being out at sea a lot during our early years as a family and the fact that I have absolutely no sense...

Published Fri, May 13 2011 5:26 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

"What We Really Need Around Here Are More One- And Two-Star Admirals"

The O-7 board results have been announced . The only names I picked up on right away as being Submariners are CAPT Michael Jabaley, CAPT Stuart Munsch, and CAPT Kenneth Perry; there should be one or two others. [ Bell-ringer 1616: A commenter says the...

Published Wed, May 11 2011 2:36 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Female Officers Report To SOBC

Hoping against hope that this can generate a useful discussion, here's a Navy announcement that eight female officers reported to Groton for the Submarine Officer Basic Course earlier this week, and here's a DoD video announcing same:According...

Published Wed, May 11 2011 7:42 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

SpudMarine!

[Intel Source: Midwatch Cowboy ] As Idaho's first and foremost submarine blogger, I would be extremely remiss in not posting this :Have you ever done a science experiment on the boat? I'm not talking about the standard "let's see what...

Published Fri, May 06 2011 3:46 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Goodbye SUBRON 8

Submarine Squadron 6 absorbed Submarine Squaron 8 in a ceremony held on April 28. Excerpts: COMSUBRON 6 will be the immediate superior in command for the six Los Angeles-class attack submarines homeported in Norfolk: USS Albany (SSN 753), USS Boise (SSN...

Published Wed, May 04 2011 4:11 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

The President's Speech

Breaking news banner up that the President is going to speak in about an hour. I'm guessing he'll be announcing the death of Osama Bin Laden. Any other guesses? Update 2220 01 May: It's official . They're reporting that it was a SEAL Team...

Published Sun, May 01 2011 7:36 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished