Editor,
Despite the Navy’s attempts to pin the blame on Ryan Sawyer Mays, an internal investigation completed last year found that three dozen officers on board the ship could be considered responsible for the inferno. A report stated that “repeated failures” by an “inadequately prepared crew” led to an “ineffective fire response.”
These failures included lapses in training, poor communication, and the fact that “no member of the crew” knew the location of, or how to use, a fire control button. Even if the button had been pushed, the report continued, some 87% of all fire stations on board had faulty equipment or had not been inspected.
It was only a $1.2 billion amphibious assault ship that was sold for scrap at taxpayer expense because of the incompetence from the captain on down. This makes you wonder how the Pentagon keeps getting more and more of our taxpayer dollars to misuse.
Cynthia Marcopulos
South San Francisco
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(3) comments
Well Cynthia - with our woke military leadership lowering the qualification bar for our servicemembers, a focus on non-existing supremacy and forcing thousands of servicemembers to leave because of their refusal to be vaccinated, you can expect more of these disasters. But, you will be pleased to hear that the military is now fully equitable and the envy of our enemies.
This incident was not due to incompetency but the lack of money for training and upkeep. The Navy's mission have been hugely enlarged without the money to complete it. I know because I was a Lt. on destroyers in the Navy.
ED - you don't believe the general deterioration of our military is at play here? It is still the responsibility of the leadership to report that lack of funding is jeopardizing the readiness of our fleet and they should then refuse to assume command. I was just an aircraft mechanic in the military but we went by checklists and a maintenance log kept on the plane by the flight and ground crew to maintain our planes. Short cuts were not tolerated. No excuses please.
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