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On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 11:02:03 -0400,
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This article offers some interesting insights into some of the issues
behind the recent naval collisions:

http://gcaptain.com/separate-equal-look-officer-training-us-navy-merchant-marine/

They make the point that many, if not most, US naval officers regard
sea duty as something that must be endured on the way to higher rank,
as opposed to a career goal in and of itself.

My wife and I once met a recently promoted US Coast Guard admiral who
expressed exactly those sentiments in a conversation with us. We were
surprised by both the attitude and the candor but that was probably a
reflection of our inexperience with such things.

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Here's an excerpt from the latest Wall Street Journal with some
interesting insights. Apparently more inexperienced crews are being
deployed to shipboard duty and they are working longer hours:

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Three reports in the past two years by the Government Accountability
Office, an independent watchdog agency, spell out endemic problems.
They found through interviews and Navy studies that U.S. sailors
overseas often arrive to their assigned ships without adequate skills
and experience. They end up on duty for an average of 108 hours a
week, instead of the Navy-standard of 80 hours, the reports found.

“Experienced sailors routinely provide on-the-job training for less
experienced sailors, so the time doing this must come out of sleep,
personal time, or other allotted work time,” according to a May 2017
GAO report.
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