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y scuttling an old kara class cruiser in a chokepoint outside novoozerne as the crimean parliament scheduled a plebiscite to decide if the region would stay in the ukraine or join russia the ukrainian mod published a picture of the ex rfs ochakov popular mechanics has an interesting article on the history of scuttling one s own ships to blockade an opposing navy while i m glad to see the 6th fleet isn t cancelling the planned black sea operations of uss truxtun ddg 103 i was disappointed president obama s statement just a few minutes ago didn t mention any military options nato could take to protect the alliance s relatively new members in eastern europe from further russian adventurism the crimean seizure seems to be pretty much a fait accompli at this point personally i d like to see the president announce the abandonment of the announced defense cuts from his newest budget resumption on discussions of deployment of an abm system in eastern europe and specific reminders that the baltic countries are an integral part of nato don t be afraid to rub the russians noses in their failures during the 1990s one of the reasons i voted for president obama s opponents in the last two elections was his lack of foreign policy credentials and his seeming naïveté about the presence of bad guys in the world who it turns out will not be nice to their neighbors if only their neighbors are nice to them his selection of john f n kerry as his 2nd term secstate only heightened my concern that he didn t really understand that major power politics still exist in the world i m hopeful though that he s learning a valuable lesson now and can show a little more gumption in future crises of note it s interesting that birther central seems to be taking russia s side is the anti obama crowd really so far gone that they re willing to support anyone who is opposing obummer posted by bubblehead at 11 54 am 25 comments sunday march 02 2014 good official submarine video got a half hour here s a good video from the pentagon channel that i somehow missed when it first came out has some good virginia class action shots in the middle third posted by bubblehead at 3 16 pm 7 comments wednesday february 26 2014 another indian submarine suffers mishap only 6 months after the tragic explosion and fire aboard ins sindhurakshak s63 another indian kilo ins sindhuratna s 59 suffered a mishap this one at sea the indian cno resigned as a result the submarine sindhuratna was forced to surface after smoke was detected on board the government said in a statement seven crew members were airlifted from the submarine and admitted to a hospital in mumbai where they were in stable condition said narendra vispute a spokesman for the indian navy two other crew members were missing and all efforts are in progress to locate them the statement said after the accident adm d k joshi chief of the indian naval staff submitted his resignation taking moral responsibility for the accidents and incidents which have taken place during the past few months the statement said the government accepted his resignation and will appoint a new naval chief while details are still coming in it appears that two officers a lcdr and lt are still missing and feared dead and 7 crewmembers were medivac d off after a fire in the 3rd compartment a kilo has six compartments initial reports indicate a battery casualty and possible fire with the missing officers being sealed inside when the compartment was isolated sindharatna was reported undergoing sea trials following a 6 month refit staying at pd and sending prayers and best wishes for the missing submariners their shipmates and loved ones update 1150 2 27 the missing officers are reported to be dead more information here lieutenant commander kapish muwal and lieutenant manoranjan kumar rest your oars it s been a bad week for submarines in the indian ocean an australian boat hmas waller ssg 75 also suffered a fire during post upkeep sea trials with four sailors sent to shore for observation after the fire was put out posted by bubblehead at 8 07 pm 8 comments tuesday february 18 2014 this is a ridiculous reason to fire someone i m kinda speechless over this one from the navy website washington nns director strategic systems programs vice adm terry benedict relieved capt john p heatherington commanding officer of naval ordnance test unit notu cape canaveral fla of his duties feb 18 due to loss of confidence in heatherington s ability to command and for promoting an unprofessional command climate that was contrary to good order and discipline heatherington was relieved and received non judicial punishment njp after a thorough command investigation revealed circumstances related to a command sponsored off duty event he failed to prevent members of his command from wrongfully soliciting items of monetary value and accepting items of value from a company doing business with the department of defense he also wrongfully affiliated the u s navy with businesses that are not representative of the navy and dod s high standards the mission of notu is to support and test sea based weapons systems the circumstances in question are not related to notu s mission safety security and integrity have not been compromised no impact on notu s ability to continue their mission is expected notu s senior enlisted leader master chief petty officer eric spindle was also relieved of his duties for similar reasons command master chief ss victor smith ssp cmc has assumed duties as senior enlisted leader for notu here s some more background from navy times capt heatherington is the former co of uss pasadena ssn 752 and master chief spindle is an mtcm ss well respected enough to have been on the fy2014 e 9 board the businesses that were wrongfully affiliated with that are not representative of the navy are local strip clubs the admiral who did the firing is a known skimmer who brazenly wears his water wings in his official photo but no command at sea pin because he s an edo and never held command at sea note that captain heatherington and master chief spindle are not accused of actively soliciting the donations from the strip club they just knew about it and didn t stop it sorry but to me unless the skimmer admiral had personally crayoned out an order that no units under his command were allowed to solicit strip club donations for a fundraising golf tournament this is a ridiculous reason to fire anyone pc culture run amok ridiculous likewise the company doing business with the navy solicitation rule is idiotic and firing someone because their guys broke the rule without malice is stupid as with all controversial topics ymmv and i d love to hear your thoughts posted by bubblehead at 4 13 pm 164 comments monday february 17 2014 150 years ago today marks the 150th anniversary of css hunley s sinking of uss housatonic the first successful submarine attack in history hunley was lost with all hands shortly after the attack but her raised hull is providing a trove of information to historians here s a drawing of the boat from the navy history webpage speaking of anniversaries the navy cyberspace blog one of the older milblogs celebrated their 10th blogiversary yesterday if you haven t visited in a while your should stop by and see what tom s been up to over there posted by bubblehead at 7 10 am 9 comments monday february 10 2014 controversial topics i ended up closing comments on the previous thread because people mentioned names of people who weren t in the news in a negative light which is one of the very few commenting rules we have here on tssbp in addition there was one commenter who spoofed an active duty submariner using the submariners name as the commenter name which is completely out of bounds since i allow anonymous commenting i can t ban anyone from commenting but if i could that guy would be gone let s see how we do on some other potentially controversial stories in the news 1 uss scranton ssn 756 tried 8 hour watches to get a 24 hour day on the boat here s a story about how it went 2 do abusive leaders get promoted in the navy the answer may shock you yes i did the click bait answer may shock you intentionally because i think it s funny when websites say that in the lede remember when telling sea stories about abusive leaders no names come up with something clever like he who must not be named although you can t use that one because i ve already claimed that for one subron 11 boat co i served under in the early 90s 3 iran is claiming they re sending a fleet consisting of a 45 year old destroyer and a helicopter carrier that is really an oiler repair ship that has a single helo landing pad near the u s maritime border various commenters claim that the president is somehow weak if he doesn t sink them in international waters because if he doesn t it proves obama is a muslim or something seriously why is it that otherwise reasonable people including some submariners seem to lose all perspective and rationality where president obama is concerned personally i think the odds of them making it past the equator are fairly low without one of the vessels needing to be taken under tow but they might surprise us in which case the 2nd fleet tf 80 might get some excellent training opportunities bell ringer 0640 11 feb changed 2nd fleet to tf 80 as i d forgotten c2f had been disestablished a couple years ago that s what happens when you ve been out of the navy for too long you tend to forget things like that posted by bubblehead at 5 01 pm 93 comments tuesday february 04 2014 uh oh well it s not just the air force that s freaking out the media with an alleged cheating scandal involving the word nuclear from navy times the navy s top admiral says the service is investigating alleged cheating among senior sailors on written tests related to training on naval nuclear power reactors the allegations involve alleged cheating on tests related to the nuclear reactors that provide propulsion for navy submarines and aircraft carriers at this stage of the investigation approximately a dozen sailors are believed to be involved in the alleged cheating although the investigation is still active and has not reached final conclusions kind of scary and potentially more damaging to the navy than the memphis scandal back in 2010 i have no idea what group is alleged to have cheated but certain words in the story senior sailors submarines and aircraft carriers approximately a dozen would certainly seem to point to an elite periodic school in the d c area that gives nuclear training to both submarine and carrier very senior sailors and has fairly small class sizes i really hope it isn t that school they re talking about and that instead it s just guys cheating on the pneo exam although i m not sure how they d really do that since studying questions from previous exams is the entire curriculum of engineer s school update 1510 2 4 looks like it s not pco school this article on cnn com is unintelligible but since it mentions enlistees and south carolina i m gonna guess it might be nuc school or nptu staff proficiency exams update 0635 2 5 as more information comes out it looks like it was ews qualification exams for sea returnee instructors so it s a bigger deal than if it was the quarterly t week ct exams here s a link to the transcript of the press conference the cno and adm richardson had on the subject yesterday along with the video posted by bubblehead at 3 03 pm 131 comments thursday january 23 2014 missile launches i was never assigned to a boomer and got underway on one only once as a rider on alpha trials for uss louisiana ssbn 743 however a lot of tssbp readers are boomer guys so i figure i should have a post for them to tell some of their favorite boomer centric stories the obvious difference between boomers and attack boats is that the ssbns launch ballistic missiles here s a video of a 4 missile salvo of course some launches don t work exactly as expected what are your favorite missile launch stories for the non mt boomer weps crowd what do you think of the new military policy regarding religious exemptions for beards and whatnot posted by bubblehead at 9 42 am 66 comments sunday january 12 2014 beginning of year news and videos to send off 2013 here s the official subfor propaganda video looking back at the last year and here s a link to a fairly long 33 minute video that seems to be mostly raw interviews from the sea trials of uss minnesota ssn 783 that took place last may it s interesting if you haven t seen a lot of footage from the inside of a virginia class boat the boat just shifted her homeport to groton adm kinnaird mckee who took over naval reactors from adm rickover and was the admiral i interviewed with passed away on december 30th sailor rest your oar here s a link to the results of the fy15 major command selection board that i neglected to post back in november we re going to start capping four tubes on each of our 14 operational ssbns next year to meet the requirements of the new start treaty it s expected to be done by 2018 lastly if you find yourself in charleston next month there will be a four day event marking the 150th anniversary of the first successful submarine attack by css h l hunley against uss housatonic posted by bubblehead at 4 38 am 27 comments about me name bubblehead location meridian idaho united states i m joel kennedy a married 50 something year old retired submarine officer and esophageal cancer survivor with three kids who has finally made the transition to civilian life politically i m a radical moderate if you don t like something on this blog please e mail me don t call me at home view my complete profile follow tssbp on facebook previous posts fair winds and following seas submarine force loses two much too soon international submarine open thread uss connecticut xo relieved friday facepalms the crimea crisis good official submarine video another indian submarine 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