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Battle "E" Time!

It's that time of year where SUBLANT and SUBPAC send out their "010001Z JAN" messages with the winners of the previous year's Battle Efficiency competition; here are the 2013 results: First, SUBPAC: Commander, Submarine Squadron 1 (Pearl...

Published Thu, Jan 02 2014 9:03 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Merry Christmas!

Published Wed, Dec 25 2013 10:59 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Home For Christmas

While USS North Carolina (SSN 777) got their turn in the barrel and drew the ever popular " leave on deployment during the week before Christmas" straw, two other boats arrived home in time for the holidays. USS Missouri (SSN 780) returned to...

Published Sat, Dec 21 2013 9:52 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

"What Kind Of (Submarine Officer) Is Best?"

Lots of links to share since I last posted: 1) USS Providence (SSN 719) launched a UAV ! The media made sure to call it a "drone" to scare people. 2) In skimmer news, a Chinese LST violated the Rules of the Road in trying to ward off USS Cowpens...

Published Sat, Dec 14 2013 10:00 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

The Day That Transformed The Submarine Force

The attack on Pearl Harbor 72 years ago today forced the U.S. Navy to change its perception of how submarines would be used in war, from fleet auxiliary to independent operations. Among the first orders given after the attack was to "execute unrestricted...

Published Sat, Dec 07 2013 6:19 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Boondoggle

Here's a story of a Brit Submariner who got caught doing a boondoggle -- a luxury Med cruise with his wife under the guise of "Surface Ship Familiarisation (sic)". Excerpt: Details of Commander Dunn’s cruise, from October 24 to November...

Published Sun, Dec 01 2013 2:52 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Do "Ultra-Heavy" Iranian Submarines Get PUCs? I Think Not.

I was intrigued by the news from Iran that they were deploying an "ultra-heavy" submarine (the old Kilo-class boat Younus ) along with a "destroyer" (actually a 1500 ton frigate ) and "helicopter carrier" (actually a 4700...

Published Thu, Nov 21 2013 6:51 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Burials At Sea

A story about a mystery photo left at the Navy Memorial earlier this year has been making the rounds in Facebook, and it got me to thinking about the time-honored tradition of Burial At Sea. While sometimes we might look at the tasking with a certain...

Published Fri, Nov 15 2013 11:02 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Veteran's Day

2013 is one of those rare years where the Veteran's Day holiday actually falls on 11/11. The Navy sent quite a contingent to NYC to celebrate Veteran's Week. Thanks to all veterans and those who love us for all that you've done. How do you...

Published Sat, Nov 09 2013 11:34 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

This Sounds Like It's From The Onion...

...but it's not. From a story on the actual, verified navy.mil webpage: NORFOLK (NNS) -- In order to generate innovative ideas on how to best maintain the capabilities and capacity of the Navy and mitigate risks in an era of constrained resources...

Published Wed, Oct 30 2013 9:24 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

News From The NSL Symposium And Other Submarine News

With the Naval Submarine League symposium going on last week, there's a lot of interesting submarine news on the web. Here's a roundup: 1) Enlisted women could start reporting to submarines as early as 2016 . I expect this will be more problematic...

Published Sat, Oct 26 2013 8:18 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Humevac Video And Other News

Here's some IR video of a Coast Guard HUMEVAC from an unidentified 688i about 160nm west of San Diego: Speaking of SSNs, here's a story about which two boats are going to be the first attack submarines to get female officers. Am I correct in assuming...

Published Wed, Oct 16 2013 3:43 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Odd Surface Ships

With today being the 13th anniversary of the terrorist attack on USS Cole (DDG 67), I was looking through some material and saw this picture of Cole being carried home by MV Blue Marlin: Other pictures of Blue Marlin show it carrying lots of interesting...

Published Sat, Oct 12 2013 4:43 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Tacking On Dolphins -- A "Good" Tradition?

Check out this letter to Navy Times decrying the "death" of Navy Tradition due to the influences of PC thought. Excerpts: He made sure that promotions were celebrated with an appropriate “wetting down”; crows, dolphins and wings were tacked...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2013 9:47 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

I'll Give 5:1 Odds This Admiral Retires Soon

Rather than the O-5s and E-8s that normally make the news for getting relieved of their duties for some moral failing we're used to seeing, we've now got an O-9 making the news : Submariner VADM Timothy Giardina is being prohibited from doing...

Published Sun, Sep 29 2013 6:02 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

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