http://defensetech.org/2006/08/29/whisteblower-takes-to-youtube/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Fri, 25 May 2012 06:45:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://defensetech.org/2006/08/29/whisteblower-takes-to-youtube/#comment-146952 W. Joel Dobson Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:07:10 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3256#comment-146952 This is just a new version of what has been a familiar story for ships and their crews for centuries, the thread of which nowadays involves the numerous shipyards that compete for contracts to perform Regular Overhaul (ROH) upon the vessels of the U.S. Navy, and those in authority on board, the SupShip reps at the shipyards monitoring the overhauls/repairs, and, inevitably, the Propulsion Examining Board and numerous other NAVSEA/NAVSHIPS responsibles with oversight and qualification responsibilities for ships being requalified for at-sea operations, not the least of which is the almost total turnover in personnel on board from the time ROH begins until the ship returns to the fleet for duty. he ship was ready to report to GITMO for final crew training (although training is never complete in the USN). The overhauls are periodic as the U.S. Navy Ops requirements and the ship's availability for overhaul may permit. At that time 5 years was about the average duration from ROH to ROH. In summary, in 1978, I had just reported at NOB Norfolk as the ship's Engineer Officer and, therefore, as also the Ship's Repair Officer responsible to the CO for the conduct of repair and upgrade of ship and systems as well as battle repair at sea should that happen. She was a Knox Class frigate; a very good ship with an outstanding crew, in my opinion, from SA/FA to the CO's under which I served during my years at sea. This is just a new version of what has been a familiar story for ships and their crews for centuries, the thread of which nowadays involves the numerous shipyards that compete for contracts to perform Regular Overhaul (ROH) upon the vessels of the U.S. Navy, and those in authority on board, the SupShip reps at the shipyards monitoring the overhauls/repairs, and, inevitably, the Propulsion Examining Board and numerous other NAVSEA/NAVSHIPS responsibles with oversight and qualification responsibilities for ships being requalified for at-sea operations, not the least of which is the almost total turnover in personnel on board from the time ROH begins until the ship returns to the fleet for duty. he ship was ready to report to GITMO for final crew training (although training is never complete in the USN).
The overhauls are periodic as the U.S. Navy Ops requirements and the ship’s availability for overhaul may permit. At that time 5 years was about the average duration from ROH to ROH.
In summary, in 1978, I had just reported at NOB Norfolk as the ship’s Engineer Officer and, therefore, as also the Ship’s Repair Officer responsible to the CO for the conduct of repair and upgrade of ship and systems as well as battle repair at sea should that happen. She was a Knox Class frigate; a very good ship with an outstanding crew, in my opinion, from SA/FA to the CO’s under which I served during my years at sea.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2006/08/29/whisteblower-takes-to-youtube/#comment-146951 skrip00 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 05:02:01 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3256#comment-146951 Ummm, so whats his complaints? Ummm, so whats his complaints?

]]> http://defensetech.org/2006/08/29/whisteblower-takes-to-youtube/#comment-146950 bjjfiter Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:31:52 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3256#comment-146950 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Any chance we can get a registration procedure for the comments, so we don't have to put up with this crap anymore? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Any chance we can get a registration procedure for the comments, so we don’t have to put up with this crap anymore?

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