The Stupid Shall be Punished

Happy 111th Birthday, Submariners!

I'll be wearing my dolphins to work today in honor of the 111th Birthday of the U.S. Submarine Force. Happy Birthday, Submariners!

Published Sun, Apr 10 2011 11:00 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

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

Foreign Submarine Articles

Here are some recent articles from the international press about submarines: 1) An interesting article on the Israeli submarine force. 2) A discussion on the future of the Australian submarine force, along with a report of some problems with their existing...

Published Thu, Sep 26 2013 2:35 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

Submarine Admirals Move Around

As USS Albany (SSN 753) returned from a European deployment yesterday that featured some decent port visits, they came home to the news that there will be new Admirals in two important Submarine Force jobs. From the DoD press release : The Secretary of...

Published Sat, Mar 09 2013 8:07 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

The Other Shoe Drops

In the least unexpected piece of news about the Submarine Force in some time: Capt. Blake Converse, Commander, Submarine Squadron 6, relieved Cmdr. Thomas Winter, commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Montpelier (SSN 765), of...

Published Sun, Jan 06 2013 6:38 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Bad Cruises

I've been reading with interest the saga of the cruise ship passengers on the Carnival ship Triumph , and generally not feeling too sorry for them, figuring they were just a bunch of "First World Problem" whiners. Some other Submariners...

Published Sat, Feb 16 2013 4:25 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Good News / Bad News

In good recent submarine news, USS Florida (SSGN 728) was awarded a Navy Unit Commendation for firing 45% of the TLAMs launched during the Libya operation. And in bad but not unexpected news, we read that if the sequester takes place as currently scheduled...

Published Wed, Feb 20 2013 4:09 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Truman Strike Group Deployment Delayed

Very interesting news on the Navy website: The Secretary of Defense delayed the deployment of USS Harry S. Truman and USS Gettysburg Feb. 6. The deployment was originally scheduled for Friday, Feb. 8. The affected ships have begun formally notifying the...

Published Wed, Feb 06 2013 4:21 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Submarine Force Year In Review

Here's the official COMSUBFOR video showing the highlights for the Submarine Force in 2012:

Published Tue, Jan 08 2013 4:05 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

PCU Minnesota Video

The shipyard released a propaganda video from a recent PCU Minnesota (SSN 783) media availability : It's not too bad. I would have liked to have seen more shots of the screens on the Virginia -class boats, but I was most happy to see a crew in poppy...

Published Thu, Aug 22 2013 12:16 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

50 Years Ago

Fifty years ago this morning, USS Thresher (SSN 593) got underway for sea trials following a 9 month overhaul. At 0918 the next morning, April 10th, during the deep dive, the accompanying ASR heard garbled communications over the underwater comms channel...

Published Tue, Apr 09 2013 6:06 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

2011 MILbloggies

Nominations are open for the 5th Annual MILbloggies ! You can nominate your favorite blog in various categories here . And find links to some of the most popular military blogs here . Update 1801 22 Apr: The list of finalists is here . TSSBP is a finalist...

Published Wed, Apr 13 2011 6:43 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Merry Christmas!

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

Syndication

Recent Posts

Archives