The smartest plan for all Americans regarding the middle east countries and the wars going on there is to pull out. Preserve our firepower and personnel for future wars that can happen if we are attacked at home or overseas. Afganistan, Iran, Iraq, and all the other countries allowing Al Queada, and other organizations to take over their countries and operate within and from them will then have to deal with them on their own. Americans tire of fighting wars that are not our own and paying billions to preserve those without the will to preserve themselves. Why do we do it, is the real question folks, why bother to send our weapons and troops and pay the cost of defending other people’s countries who do not care about us or our defense.?
The United States has been fighting wars across the earth forever it seems, and we shouldn’t be doing it period we have our own concerns here at home. We need Jobs for our citizens, we need healthcare for our citizens, we need protection at home against terrorism, both home-grown and from abroad. Sadly, our President and our Congress is sitting on their hands and taking no action on any of it except for sanctions. They don’t work, folks!
The United States Navy now has problems, and the biggest problem they have is depending on technical gear to do what sailors used to do themselves. It’s called going too far with advances and not relying on the sailors themselves. Look Outs are the answer to prevent accidents like those that have happened. I served in the United States Navy, I loved the Navy and I believe it is the best in the world, but, it has pushed too far into reliance on equipment and technical devices and is hurting itself trying to prove they work. The fact is there is no answer or replacement for man power and man’s decision-making process. It is the men and women of the Navy and our military overall, who win wars not the technical devices that give increase our dependence on them. Sadly, they make the men and women of the Armed Forces less aware of their surroundings, so that these accidents causing damages to ships and the loss of Sailors happen. It’s called lackadaisicalness, its like a kid sitting in front of a computer playing games, they get lazy. The equipment should only be used at proper times and in the proper manner. I was a Boiler Technician in the Navy when the Navy began to computerize their systems, things got worse. The sailors who know it best are the Engineers who operated the old steam driven plants, we were driven to learn more about our systems, and to operate them in accordance with the written instructions and we had to run drills constantly for the crew to stay alert, at all times. When things aboard ship get too complacent and easy, sailors let down their guards and wham accidents happen. We were not allowed to do that when I served in the Navy, we had our minds focused on the job at hand and did not relax because it was made clear to us by the steam and oil and machinery around us, we had to be alert to stay alive. I served with some of the best sailors in history in my mind aboard a destroyer, a DDG, an Oiler, and an LPD, all had to be alert at all times to keep the plants running and readiness at 100 percent or as close as possible. There was no excuse given when a plant went down, we were responsible and we had to face Captain’s Mast if it was our fault. It was a different era than today and sadly today’s young men and women don’t get it or the importance of it all. When you grow up learning how to fix your home, or car yourself and you went outside to play and explore and there was no electronic gaming, is when America was at its best and so was it’s Navy, Army, Air Force and Marines. we don’t need to depend on technical equipment and electronics to guide a ship at sea 24/7, we relied on sailors and it worked. Back up and do it again and try a different approach get away from the electronics and technical stuff, men and woman are the best way to focus on things and get them done correctly. Listen to what I am saying, President Trump, The Secretary of the Navy and the Defense Secretary, do a inspect and check ifthey are following the correct procedures and operation manual and EOCs and EOPs aboard the ships. Find out why there were no look-outs manning the wings of the bridges and put them back there where they belong. You need to revert to Seaman, and Fireman status’s and levels and retrain not only the sailors but the Officers over them, for the Officers I saw as I was leaving the Navy were incompetent and lazy also. Get the Sailors off their asses and back on the job correctly, by making them work once more. Sadly, The Navy and America have lost too many sailors to these problems, and too many families are getting notices of losses that should have never happened to them.
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