ADM John Richardson
CNO
US Navy
The last thirty minutes of the SASC Hearing on Recent Collisions at Sea that took place on September 19, 2017 was the most sharp period of the 2.5 hour hearing. Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer and CNO Admiral John Richardson fielded questions from Senators.
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Montana Man
aka Rob Schwarz
LtCol USMC (ret)
On a tough day for the Department of the Navy we talk about collisions at sea and what to do with Confederate Monuments and the names of US Army bases named for Confederate Generals with two retired Marine Officers: Col Phil Smith, USMC (ret) and LtCol Rob Schwarz, LtCol USMC (ret).
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Tom Draude
BGen USMC (ret)
We talk the USS McCain collision, what to do with Confederate monuments and what to do about US Army Bases named for Confederate Generals with Tom Draude, BGen USMC (ret).
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During the program Mike Musselman and I were talking about this exact incident whichI witnessed while the Executive Officer of the Marine Detachment aboard the USS Ranger, CV-61 in 1987. Rob Schwarz, LtCol USMC (ret)… aka “Montana Man” sent me this link.
It’s an amazing piece of flying by a ballsy pilot.
Josh Brooks, CDR USN (ret)
Josh Brooks, CDR USN (ret), a career Surface Warfare Officer joins us to explain in detail:
(1) How is an American warship configured to operate on a 24-hour cycle at sea?
(2) How the “Navigation Watch” is setup?
(3) What goes on in the ship’s CIC (Combat Information Center = USMC COC) vs “the Bridge”?
(4) The challenge of doing damage control after any accident on a vessel at sea.
Josh does at GREAT job explaining how a US Naval Warship operates on a 24 hour basis while out sea. He also does a great job explaining the immediate actions
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Agnes Sure
Agnes Sure enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a nurse in 1938. Her career took her to Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and throughout the Pacific during World War II.
Listen to her fascinating story that took her from rural North Dakota to Pearl Harbor en-route to a twenty-two year career in the Navy and then time in Afghanistan with the World Health Organization.
Agnes passed away in 2015 at the age of 99. I met her on three occasions, she was truly what makes this nation great.
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