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The Trim Pump can now be found at http://www.wildbill631g.com/ ********************************************************************************************** Starting next year I have decided that I will no longer mail any hard copies of the TRIM PUMP. This one will be the last hard copy. The TRIM PUMP can be obtained on my website http://www.wildbill631g.com/ or emailed to you. Email me at [email protected] ********************************************************************************* What a 'bumping' incident 33 years ago says about the a similar one in the Black Sea in 1986 — and the Soviets US Navy's future showdowns with Russia and China usually reacted by shadowing US ships and lodging protests Christopher Woody, Business Insider, February 16 afterward. But the 1988 encounter "was somewhat of a seminal A close encounter between US and Soviet warships in event," James Foggo, who commanded US naval forces in the Black Sea more than 30 years ago has new relevance amid Europe until retiring as an admiral in 2020, said last year. rising tensions between the US and Russia and China, which While it wasn't unprecedented, word of it did spread through are fielding larger and more capable navies. the Navy, Jerry Hendrix, a retired Navy captain, told Insider The February 12, 1988, incident began with Navy this month. cruiser USS Yorktown and destroyer USS Caron conducting Despite the danger inherent in physical contact between ships, what the US called an innocent passage — transiting a state's there was a high degree of professionalism on display, Hendrix territorial waters without conducting military operations — off said. of Crimea. An innocent passage requires the passing ship, the US The US ships "entered the 12-mile limit claimed by vessels in this case, to maintain course and speed, while the the Soviet Union as part of a Navy policy of occasionally onus was on the Soviets "to make contact with the Americans asserting the right of passage in waters exceeding the 3-mile in the safest manner possible and then attempt to use their own territorial limit recognized by the United States," The New mass, their engines, and their rudders to move the American York Times reported at the time. out of the way," Hendrix said. The ships entered Soviet territorial waters near "We were able to maintain ... our course despite the fact the Sevastopol — Caron about 7 miles off the coast and Yorktown Soviets were trying to move us out" of their waters, Hendrix about 10 miles — around mid-morning and sailed eastward. said. Within minutes, Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy intercepted 'They're doing their homework' Yorktown, while Soviet frigate SKR-6 intercepted Caron. Both The 1988 incident prompted the US and the Soviets to reach ships, smaller than their US counterparts, told the Americans several agreements regarding potentially dangerous encounters to leave Soviet waters or they would "strike" them. at sea. (They agreed in 1972 to limit a maneuver known as Around 10 a.m., SKR-6 "bumped" Caron, scraping the "shouldering," which caused numerous collisions.) paint on the US ship's hull. Minutes later, Bezzavetnyy did the In the 1990s and 2000s, concern within the Navy same to Yorktown, causing minor damage to its hull and to about another such encounter was "almost negative," due to the two of its Harpoon missile launchers, while the Soviet ship's size of the US fleet and its ships, as well as other navies' shift starboard anchor was torn away. to smaller ships, Hendrix said. With the Soviets close by, the US warships continued In recent years, however, as the Russian and Chinese their transit, leaving Soviet waters around noon without further navies have grown and tensions with those countries have encounters. risen, the risk of a repeat has increased. Transits through areas controlled or claimed by US CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 rivals are a long-standing mission — Yorktown and Caron did How the U.S. Military Can Compete with The same technologies . . . you investigate at I/ITSEC (Simulation and Training) are the ones that will allow us to Russia and China's New Weapons move to an agile and adaptive acquisition framework and Kris Osborn, National Interest, December 1 be much more agile,” Shaffer said in the essay. “Digital The pace at which China is adding carriers, engineering, digitization, modular open systems destroyers and amphibious ships is staggering, the Russians architecture and model composability are all key within the reportedly already operate hypersonic missiles and possibly I/ITSEC community They’re also the bedrock for an agile even satellite-launched missiles and both Iran and North acquisition framework and will provide us the tools we Korea seek advanced nuclear weapons such as need to cut development time,” he said. intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and tactical Shaffer went on to explain that simulation can also nuclear-armed rockets. assist weapons development through wargaming and threat China is already working on a second and third assessments, the kinds of exercises that test and assess indigenous carrier and plans to double its fleet of destroyers advanced Red (enemy) forces against Blue (friendly) within just the next five years. Russia and China have both forces. made fast progress modernizing their respective nuclear “We should be able to do a much better job in arsenals. assessing to be fit for purpose by use of simulation and the All of these well-known realities continue to performance of red versus blue systems and simulators to provide new urgency to the longstanding refrain that the really understand how what we are going to buy in the U.S. military is in desperate need of more effective Department of Defense will operate in a real world,” he acquisition reform. The idea, which has actually circulated said. for decades as a huge, yet largely unrealized priority, may ************************************************ actually be happening now thanks to computer simulation, FROM PAGE 1 digital engineering and rapid prototyping. "Tensions in the Black Sea today are actually very high The Pentagon has, finally, actually re-written its again," Lyle Goldstein, a research professor and expert on famous Defense Department 5000 acquisition procedural naval warfare at the US Naval War College, told Insider and legal manual. The specifics of the rewrite might not as this month. of yet be available, yet the development is likely a welcome Russia's 2014 seizure of Crimea added another move for many who have been seeking to streamline maritime dimension to those tensions. lengthy acquisition milestones often unnecessarily set apart "If Ukrainians, obviously, have a claim to Crimea, by years. and we dispute Russia's claim to Crimea, then whether we While no one is advocating any move to cut consider the waters off of Crimea to be within the territorial corners or decrease the effectiveness of weapons waters ... becomes a rather thorny legal issue," Goldstein development, the idea is to leverage newer technologies, said. realize the competitive global environment, and move new US and Russian ships have had close encounters platforms to completion on an expedited, massively elsewhere, but Russian actions in the Black Sea are accelerated basis. This is already happening, as the Air reminiscent of the 1988 incident, Foggo said last year. Force’s prototype sixth-generation stealth fighter has taken The Russians "really have not changed. They've not to the sky years ahead of schedule. embraced international organizations, institutions, The intent is not so much to circumvent essential standards, and norms," Foggo said. procedures, safeguards and certifications, but rather to In the South China Sea, China is pressing concurrently accomplish numerous functions, which have sweeping claims that numerous countries and an previously been spaced years apart and often stalled by international tribunal have rejected. The US frequently cumbersome, bureaucratic and sometimes unnecessary conducts freedom-of-navigation operations to challenge traditional acquisition procedures. those claims. How is all this happening? Rapid advancements in During one such operation by Navy destroyer USS Decatur digital engineering, for example, enable the Pentagon’s in 2018, a Chinese warship came within 45 yards of weapons developers to assess multiple design models of Decatur's bow. Navy footage showed Chinese sailors new systems such as new ICBMs, stealth fighters or even preparing for a collision. armored vehicles through digital computer modeling Repeats of the 1988 incident are "very likely in without having to spend years building and testing multiple coming years," Hendrix said, pointing to China's competing prototypes. This technique is not only gaining investment in the 10,000-ton Type 055-class guided-missile traction but already producing substantial results. destroyer, which is longer than and displaces more than It is on the way to being used in an even greater most US Navy ships, and in the Haixun, a coast guard capacity, Alan R. Shaffer, the Pentagon’s Deputy patrol ship of similar size. Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and China's coast guard, one of its frontline forces in Sustainment, said at the National Defense Industrial contested waters, has harassed US ships and commercial Association's virtual Interservice/Industry Training vessels. Haixun's design suggests more to come. "There's (I/ITSEC), Simulation and Education Conference, no reason to have a Coast Guard cutter that size, except to according to a Pentagon report. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 STRATCOM: U.S. Needs ‘Broader-Based Strategic Smith said at the time. “We have a nuclear arsenal that still Review’ To Assess Threats envisions ‘winning’ a nuclear war; alright, that’s what I find insane.” Mallory Shelbourne, USNI News, January 5 Speaking during today’s call, Richard posited that The United States should conduct a new broad deterrence also requires a holistic approach. strategic review to evaluate global threats and determine its “There’s no such thing as nuclear deterrence all by strategy, the head of U.S. Strategic Command said itself, or deterrence in cyber or deterrence in space, right. Tuesday. Deterrence has to do with an opponent’s decision making, During a virtual roundtable hosted by the Defense right. It’s a fundamental equation for whatever aim the Writer’s Group, Adm. Charles Richard said he supports other guy or person desires – can I either deny that or reassessing the nuclear posture review, but argued for a impose a cost greater than what they seek, such that they holistic approach to examine threats across the spectrum, as choose restraint over action,” Richard said. “And that can opposed to multiple reviews for different domains and play out in any domain. It plays out worldwide. It plays out capabilities. with nuclear capabilities, conventional capabilities, cyber “The threat is moving so fast that even given the capabilities. And you’ve got to look at it as a spectrum.” time since the last nuclear posture review warrants another “If that equation fails at any point in its boundary look at it to make sure that we still endorse our strategy and conditions, then deterrence as a whole fails,” he continued. we have sufficient capability to execute that strategy,” “And I think that’s an issue sometimes – that we talk about Richard told reporters. pieces of deterrence, but we don’t look at it in its totality. “But more broadly, I think a Nuclear Posture But that’s how it’s executed in practice.” Review is too narrowly defined. We face global threats and Asked what a low-yield nuclear weapon on a submarine then to parse our examination of those into a nuclear would do, the chief of U.S. Strategic Command argued it posture review, a missile defense review, a space review, a would enhance America’s deterrence against a country like cyber review, kind of misses the totality of what the Russia. strategic threat to this nation and our allies are. And I “The fact that Russia has several thousand non- would recommend a broader-based strategic review as treaty accountable weapons is evidence that they at least opposed to parsing it out in pieces.” perceive a deterrence gap where they think they have an Richard, who previously served as the Navy’s advantage and that we would not be able to respond,” commander of the service’s submarine forces, said a Richard said. “The low-yield nuclear weapon . . . enables reassessment should include looking at the evolved threat me to close that perception gap and it improves deterrence from adversaries, substantiating the strategy and and it improves the defense of this nation and our allies.” determining if the United States can achieve its objectives. The Defense Department in February acknowledged it had “Any service, any force, anything that the Department of fielded a low-yield nuke on one of the Navy’s ballistic Defense does is underpinned by an assumption that missile submarines. strategic deterrence – and inside that nuclear deterrence – is Richard said he has participated in briefings with holding. And if strategic deterrence fails and in particular if Biden’s transition team and will continue to do briefings as nuclear deterrence fails, then we just ripped the needed. underpinnings out of every [operation]-plan and the “They have gone well. We have some more [concept of operations] for every other capability inside the planned in the future that we’re working on. And we’re department,” he said. “And so by whatever review fully ready to support the joint staff at [Office of the mechanism we go do – whether we do it in pieces or we do Secretary of Defense] in any other briefing requirements it as a whole – recognizing that and acting accordingly I that they may ask of us,” he said. think is very important.” ************************************************ President-election Joe Biden’s incoming FROM PAGE 2 administration is likely to reassess the nuclear posture do this," Hendrix said. review, a document that analyzes how nuclear weapons fit The 1988 US-Soviet encounter has also influenced into the Pentagon’s strategy. The Trump administration Chinese strategic thinking. published its own review in 2018, as did the Obama Like all militaries, Chinese planners "try to create administration in 2010. mental maps of basic operational scenarios using historical House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. examples," Goldstein said. "It's very interesting that the Adam Smith (D-Wash.), who does not support buying the Chinese were studying examples from the Soviet naval low-yield nuclear weapons the Trump administration called interaction, as it were. They're doing their homework." for in its 2018 assessment, told reporters in October he A 2015 Chinese analysis described the 1988 incident as expected a Biden administration to reevaluate the nuclear "not a negative event for either side" and maybe even as posture review. "win-win" because it led to agreements on maritime “So what I would want us to have is a nuclear interactions, Goldstein wrote in 2017. arsenal that is sufficient to deter anyone from thinking that The lack of "bumping" incidents since then may be it makes sense to start a nuclear war because we can make a positive sign, in light of past deadly encounters between it clear that the cost will be too high for them to do that,” CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 For the US Navy, the future of The integrated power system on Zumwalt is a shipbuilding (and warfare) is in the new layout that uses advanced induction motors to produce up to 78 megawatts of electrical power, far power plant more than any previous destroyer or cruiser. David B. Larter, DefenseNews, January 13 But the issue with the large surface combatant is a little more complicated than just producing a ton of WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy wants to buy a power. What energy weapons or advanced electronics next-generation large surface combatant by the end of systems do is put a huge tax on the electrical system of a the 2030s, but its not being built for a new kind of sensor ship, often requiring more power than the ship is able to or weapon system. The newly dubbed DDG(X) is being produce at one time. built for power. So while the integrated power system isn’t new, The Navy has, of course, built ships around the kinds of demands these new systems will place on advancements in engineering systems before: Nuclear the power grid meant to run everything is a new kind of power or steam engines, for example, have led to big challenge, said Matthew Collette, associate professor of leaps in naval design. But the large surface combatant is naval architecture and marine engineering at the being built around a significant challenge. Weapons University of Michigan. systems of the future such as high-powered electronic Therefore, the Navy must figure out how to best warfare systems, laser weapons, and high-powered store energy so it can be available to meet unpredictable radars and sensors will put an uneven and sometimes demands. even unpredictable load on a ship’s power system. “The issue is, this is different than integrated That’s pushing the Navy toward an integrated power electric propulsion, which we’ve had on cruise ships and system, says Rear Adm. Paul Schlise. offshore supply vessels for two decades at this point, and “We’re going to incorporate an Integrated Power it works really well,” Collette said. “But on those ships, System that has the ability to power up the weapons and all the electrical loads are pretty well behaved: They rise sensors of the future,” Schlise said during the Surface and fall slowly, and there’s no issues with the stability of Navy Association’s virtual annual symposium. “[That’s] the electrical system. the key to the realm here. It’s DDG-1000-like, in some “High-powered radars, high-powered electronic respects in that it’ll have that integrated power system, warfare, certainly rail guns, the lesser extent lasers — but the most important thing is including the space, they all ask for power really quickly, faster than a weight, power and cooling — reestablishing those mechanical generator can suddenly produce it. So now margins to incorporate future systems that are not yet you have to think about whether [you] use batteries or mature. flywheels or capacitors or other techniques to get the “There’s a lot of promise in some of those energy available on the timescale that the load needs.” systems, but that integrated power system is the key to It’s not an insurmountable problem, and it is one incorporating those feature systems that we’re looking the Navy has used elsewhere. The electromagnetic at, that we think are going to be part of that class of launch system on the Ford-class, which has had its share ship.” of technical problems, operates off a flywheel energy What is an integrated power system? storage system. But the new power system already has Mark Vandroff, a former senior director of the Congress nervous, and lawmakers are pressuring the National Security Council and a retired Navy captain Navy to build a land-based engineering site to test out who was the program manager for the Navy’s new DDG the power and propulsion system before getting too deep Flight III program, said it’s a major break from the kind into the design work for the ship. of system used on Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. Collette said that’s a sensible approach, and that “A major advantage of a ship with an integrated on the timeline the Navy is discussing, the technology power system is that the power generated by any of the should be sufficiently advanced to support the new class. ship’s engines can be used for either propulsion or “There’s been a ton of work done on this, and I think it’s electricity, rather than having engines solely dedicated to certainly something that in the timeframe of a large one or another.” surface combatant, I would expect would work,” he said. On today’s destroyer, and on the Ticonderoga- class cruisers, the ship has separate systems that power the twin propulsion shafts, which turn the ship’s Having passed the enlistment physical, Jon propeller and generators that work exclusively to power was asked by the doctor, "Why do you want to the ship. An integrated power system, similar to what is join the Navy submarine, son?" on the Zumwalt-class destroyers, uses all the ship’s "My father said it'd be a good idea, Sir." engines to make electricity that turns the propellers and powers the weapons and sensors. "Oh? And what does your father do?" "He's in the Army, Sir. MEETING STILL COULD STILL BE CONCELLED!!! Nebraska USSVI Base APRIL 17TH 2021 Meeting

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*********************************************************************************************************************************** Navy plans to retire 48 ships during 2022-2026 Richard Burgess, Seapower Magazine, December 11 Funny Navy Submarine Jokes Posted in Funnp Jokes by admin A defense bill that includes funding for the development and procurement of Columbia-class submarines 1. A new ensign assigned to submarines was to replace the Ohio-class boats stationed at Naval Submarine eager to impress his commanding officer with all Base Kings Bay has been approved by the U.S. House of the knowledge he had picked up at submarine Representatives. school. The first Columbia-class submarine is scheduled to After listening patiently for five minutes, arrive at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in 2028. The base the senior officer said: "Listen, it's simple. Add the is currently undergoing renovations costing in excess of $1 number of times we dive to the number of times billion in preparation of the new submarines. we surface. Divide that number by two. If the Funding for construction of the new ballistic missile result doesn't come out even, don't open the submarines is considered a priority because of their role in hatch. national defense. The existing ballistic missile submarines, 2. Why does the USMC put Marines on ships? Ohio-class, are aging and will all exceed their lifespans when So the Navy has someone to dance with the boats were commissioned in the 1980s and1990s. underway. U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, a strong supporter of Kings Bay, has been a vocal advocate for the new fleet of 3. Submarines are safer than airplanes. Proof in submarines and the importance of the boats completed on the fact is there are more airplanes in the water schedule. than submarines in the air! “This legislation ensures construction on the Ohio- class replacement continues to prevent any interruption in 4. Little Willie asked his mother: "Mamma, don't future missions at Kings Bay,” Carter said. “The submarines sailors ever go to heaven?" at Kings Bay play a critical role in our nuclear deterrence as "Of course they do!" protested his mother. "What the United States continues to face uncertain threats from makes you ask?" around the globe. Kings Bay is the elite home to the Atlantic "There are so many sailors with beards but ballistic submarine fleet, and I will continue to support both I never saw any pictures of angels with beards." this mission and Kings Bay.” "Oh, that's because most men who go to Heaven get there by a close shave." Navy to add new attack submarines by which have for several years now found that the U.S. industrial capacity does indeed possess the ability to 2045 in massive surge successfully "flex" to accommodate a larger buy. The Navy’s Shipbuilding plan emphasizes that Kris Osborn, Fox News, January 7 industrial base assessments regarding how to sustain an New Virginia-class attack submarines are being increased production rate of Virginia-class submarines built with a massive increase in firepower, much more continue. sensitive and with powerful sonar detection and a new generation of computing, navigation, and command and NAVY 'MOVES-OUT' ON OPERATING 11 AIRCRAFT control systems … and the Navy does not have enough of CARRIERS them. "We are in the process of assessing the industrial base capability to continue delivering three SSNs per year It is a challenge that the Navy’s recently released past FY26 during Columbia serial production. The post- 30-year shipbuilding plan seeks to correct, by calling for an FYDP [Future Years Defense Program] SSN profile will increase in submarine production and acquisition in coming continue to be reviewed and updated in subsequent plans as years to address emerging threats, meet growing requests the industrial base assessments are refined with the goal of from Combatant Commanders and greatly expand the three SSNs per year, if affordable and supportable by the mission scope for attack submarines to include more industrial base," the Navy Shipbuilding plan writes. reconnaissance and clandestine undersea patrols. Part of the growing need for attack submarines is The prospect of a rapid uptick in attack submarine inspired by technological breakthroughs in recent years production has been discussed and advocated now for wherein new "quieting" systems are now more able to several years by both members of Congress and senior U.S. improve stealthy undersea maneuvering potential. Some of Navy leaders who have for quite some time voiced these applications, which began several years ago with the concerns about the size and reach of the service’s Navy’s USS South Dakota Block III Virginia-class attack submarine fleet in coming years. submarine, including new antennas, coating materials and As more Los Angeles class submarines, which engine propulsion quieting technologies, Navy developers have functioned well for decades, retire, there will be a have explained over the years. fast-evolving and pressing need for larger numbers of These kinds of breakthroughs impact the tactical submarines to replace them and also advance the technical equation by improving the attack submarines’ ability to curve by engineering a new generation of attack submarine command and control small fleets of undersea drones and capability. conduct clandestine undersea reconnaissance patrols in high-risk, littoral coastal areas less accessible to large, deep NAVY ELECTRONIC WARFARE STOPS MULTIPLE draft surface ships. There are significant tactical ENEMY MISSILE ATTACKS AT ONCE implications regarding firepower as well, given that as "Analysis is ongoing to reach the goal of more many as nine or more of the upcoming Virginias will be consistently procuring three SSNs [nuclear submarines] per built with what’s called Virginia Payload Modules, an extra year," the plan says. In total, the Shipbuilding plan states 80-foot section added to the boats to massively increase that the Navy hopes to operate as many as 72 attack firepower capability from 12 Tomahawks up to 40. This, of submarines, up from 54, by 2045. course, gives the boats an ability to conduct major land The attack submarine USS Virginia departs Naval attacks potentially in closer proximity than larger surface Submarine Base New London en route to Portsmouth ships. Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine in 2010 - file photo. ************************************************ The attack submarine USS Virginia departs Naval Submarine Base New London en route to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine in 2010 - file photo. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Myers) The plan cites what it calls an "adjustment'' in funding for a large 12-ship multiyear buy of the emerging Block VI Virginia-class attack boats. This is extremely significant in a number of key respects as the emerging Block VI boats, underway with conceptual development and prototyping, will incorporate new attack submarine technologies designed to improve performance and expand mission scope. Congress and the Navy seem quite committed to the adjustment to build three per year starting in 2025 and 2026, as evidenced by the Shipbuilding plan’s addition of $1.7B to support "shipyard facilitation." The move likely reflects ongoing assessments and industrial base studies FROM PAGE 3 Articles in Chinese state journals, while noting the US and Chinese militaries, Goldstein told Insider. the importance of stability, have said the Atlantic "has "One, they may have entertained this closely in great significance for the future of Chinese maritime China and then thought this is too risky," Goldstein said. strategy" and have called for a strategy to "break the "Two, I imagine naval leadership in the US and in China American maritime blockade and develop China's are both saying to themselves, 'do we really want to go maritime 'external line.'" to that level of danger?'" "They say, 'Americans are putting pressure on us Rising tension, rising frustration in our backyard so we need to put pressure on them in "Inadvertent escalation" following incidents at sea is "a their backyard,'" Goldstein said of the articles. huge danger," Goldstein said, and such incidents pose "While I do think we should maintain our [freedom-of- acute challenges to the Navy. navigation] program ... it should be maintained at a Those encounters would test the seamanship of moderate level," Goldstein added. Navy crews. A lack of experience was cited as a factor Incidents like the 1988 encounter "occurred during the in deadly collisions involving Navy destroyers USS Cold War due to the tension with regard to competing Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain in the Western interests that existed between the United States and the Pacific in 2017. Soviet Union," Hendrix said. "We do not steam as much today as we did in Tensions "today are also rising, and with that the past, in the sense of training hours, to get our officers rising tension comes frustration," Hendrix added, of the deck trained on ship-handling," Hendrix said. "specifically because of China's claims ... and their Navy crews "don't have as much experience, and quite frustration that the United States will not back down and, frankly, after 20 years their commanding officers in fact, as we continue to do normal operations in the themselves, the most experienced ship-handlers on the South China Sea." ship ... [don't] have as much time underway as [their] ****************************************** peers from 1988-1989. It's not even close," added Congressional Vets Hendrix, author of "To Provide and Maintain a Navy." 117th Congress by the Numbers Goldstein said that students of his, including Navy  91 total veterans in the 117th Congress. officers with experience in the Pacific, say "by and large" the Chinese "are very professional mariners."  17 will serve in the Senate, 74 will serve in the But Hendrix, pointing to cases of "fairly risky House. ship maneuvering" in recent years, expressed concern  28 are Democrats, 63 are Republicans. about "the professional experience level of Chinese  13 served in the military in the 1960s or earlier.  naval officers." 50 served in the military after 2000. The Navy is also worried about its lack of repair  More than half (49) had overseas combat capacity, which creates problems for normal operations deployments. that would be exacerbated if a "bumping" incident or  15 are first-time lawmakers. collision required unexpected repairs. When the McCain and the Fitzgerald returned to  6 are women, a decrease of 1 from last Congress the US after their 2017 collisions, "it actually took  44 served in the Army, Army Reserve or Army longer to repair them than it did to originally build them National Guard. and commission them," Hendrix said.  15 served in the Air Force, Air Force Reserve or A longer-term risk for the US may be Russia and Air National Guard. China replicating its activity closer to home.  15 served in the Marine Corps or Marine Corps "Russian and Chinese vessels will begin turning Reserve. this back against us, meaning they are going to very consistently patrol up to our territorial waters," Goldstein  17 served in the Navy or Naval Reserve. said. "If we continue in this trajectory ... we are maybe  None served in the Coast Guard. 31 shooting ourselves in the foot, because we may find that  Texas has the most veterans in their state China and Russia adopt a very aggressive posture." delegation, with nine. Russian military ships sailing near US coasts  12 states have no veterans in their state already attract scrutiny. Chinese warships haven't visited delegations (Idaho, Missouri, Minnesota, Montana, the region, though a hospital ship toured South America New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, in 2018, but US officials worry Beijing is setting the South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West stage for such a presence. Navy destroyer USS Chancellorsville Russian Virginia, Wyoming) ship Admiral Vinogradov collision Refer to https://republicans-veterans.house.gov/resources- for-veterans/veterans-in-congress.htm ‘Siri, Find Me A Russian Submarine,’ assistant has become a necessity. Pentagon research U.S. Navy Asks agency DARPA, for example, is working on AI battle command assistants to help human commanders. Michael Peck, Forbes, February 10 As always, the benefits of advanced technology must be Virtual assistants such as Apple’s Siri or weighed against the challenges that humans face in Amazon’s AMZN Alexa have become popular mastering it. A Siri-like AI assistant can help. technological helpers. Ask a virtual assistant to find a restaurant or tell you today’s weather, a soothing AI ************************************************ voice obligingly responds. So why not a virtual assistant to help the U.S. Navy find Navy Terminology, Jargon & Slang ‘Royal Russian and Chinese submarines? Marine’ thru ‘Scope Dope’ The Navy wants a virtual assistant — like the Royal Marine – (RN) British Marine. "Her Majesty's ones found on consumer smartphones — to help Royal Marines," when they are up and dressed overloaded sonar operators manage multiple anti- (seldom). Aka 'bootneck', 'jolly'. 53 submarine warfare (ASW) systems. In particular, active RPO - (RN) Regulating Petty Officer. sonar on Navy cruisers and destroyers come with a RTB - Return To Base. Rug Dance - Quality time spent variety of settings. “This includes employment decisions such as changing the operational mode between pulsed with a senior officer or NCO, usually in a very one- active sonar (PAS) and continuous active sonar (CAS) as sided conversation. Typical topics of discussion well as changing waveform and various other system include one's parentage and probable eventual fate. settings,” according to the Navy research solicitation. Aka 'chewing out, ass chewing, etc.' Sagging – The “Operators must conduct sonar analysis of resulting condition of a ship in which the bow and stern are sonar returns and interpret them based on the sonar supported by wave crests and the midships area is settings and the environment.” less supported by the trough. See also HOGGING. This is where a Siri-like assistant would come in Sally Ship – Causing a ship to list by having parties of handy. The AI would use sensor data and monitoring of men run from one side of the ship to the other. When environmental conditions to recommend optimum sonar employment, and to assess potential moves of the enemy a ship runs aground, a suction often forms between sub. The system would provide sonar operators with the hull and the sea bottom mud, and sallying ship “situational awareness regarding key parameters such as can break that suction, making it possible to back off primary propagation path(s), bearing-dependent of the reef. Somewhat akin to a TRIM PARTY, but for complications (such as sea mounts that might obscure very different reasons. threats), significant topology features into which a threat Salty – One whose level of experience is extreme. might retreat to minimize detection, best tactical One who is "in the know" regarding matters waveforms, and situational best practices to enable maritime. Salvo – One or more guns fired together, or operators to maximize the potential of the tactical sonar the shells which have been fired. Sandbag – (1) To ask suite for the specific conditions present at that time and location.” The Navy is hoping to see at least a 25 a question of someone to belittle or deride them, or percent gain in active sonar efficiency by employing a to do something behind their back. (2) To not give virtual assistant. 100% of one’s abilities; to hang back, or hold back. Phase I of the project calls for developing an AI Sandcrab - A sideways-walking, scavenging beach architecture and algorithms. Phase II calls for testing the creature. Refers to a civilian Naval contractor or civil virtual assistant on the hull-mounted sonar fitted to Navy service. cruisers and destroyers, as well as the Variable Depth Sandy Bottoms - (RM) The usual result of making a Sonar on Littoral Combat Ships. hot WET (q.v.) with melted snow. Submarines have been long been the nemesis of SAPFU - Surpassing All Previous Fuck-Ups. SAR – the U.S. Navy, whose carrier battlegroups can dominate the surface – but are vulnerable to subs armed with Search And Rescue. Pronounced as a word, not sophisticated missiles and torpedoes. In addition to initials. Russian and Chinese nuclear-powered attack Scope – (1) The length of the anchor chain. submarines, even smaller powers like Iran and North ‘Increasing the scope’ means to veer (pay out) more Korea may eventually field a new generation of ultra- anchor chain. (2) The Cathode Ray Tube display for a quiet diesel-powered attack subs. This will place an even radar. Scope Dope – A radar scope, or one who greater strain on the ASW capabilities of a U.S. Navy watches same. [Source: surface fleet already undermanned and overworked. http://hazegray.org/faq/slang1.htm | January 31, The deeper question is whether military 2021 ++] technology is becoming so complex that a virtual UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS INCORPORATED OFFICERS BOAT DESIGNATION REPORTED LOST MEN INFORMATION CMDR/POC PATRICK J. HANCOCK 1626 N. SYCAMORE STR. USS O5 S-66 20-Oct-1923 3 LOST RAMMED IN LIMON BAY, CANAL ZONE USS S-44 SS-155 7-Oct-1943 55 LOST JAPANESE SURFACE ATTACK IN SEA OF OKHOTSK [email protected] USS WAHOO I SS-238 I 1-Oct-1943 80 LOST JAPANESE AIR/SURFACE ATTACK IN LA PEROUSE WAHOO, NE 68066-1044 STRAIT OFF JAPAN VICE CMDR ********************* USS DORADO I SS-248 12-Oct-1943 76 LOST AIR ATTACK IN SW ATLANTIC USS SEAWOLF II SS-197 3-Oct-1944 99 LOST USS ROWELL OFF MOROTAI ISLAND ND 2 VICE USS ESCOLAR SS-294 17-Oct-1944 82 LOST POSSIBLE JAPANESE MINE IN YELLOW SEA OFF CHINA SECRETARY William C. Wilson Same as Below USS SHARK II SS-3 14 24-Oct-1944 87 LOST JAPANESE DEPTH CHARGE ATTACK OFF FORMOSA TREASURER Glenn Harris USS TANG I SS-306 24-Oct-1944 78 LOST CIRCULAR RUN OF OWN TORPEDO IN FORMOSA STRAIT USS DARTER SS-227 24-Oct-1944 0 LOST GROUNDED ON BOMBAY SHOAL, SOUTH CHINA SEA MEMBERSHIP USS CORVINA SS-226 16-Nov-1943 82 LOST JAPANESE SUBMARINE ATTACK OFF TRUK TRIM PUMP - WILLIAM C. WILSON 1301 N 6TH STREET USS SCULPIN SS-191 19-Nov-1943 12 LOST JAPANESE SURFACE ATTACK OFF TRUK -51 POWS EDITOR RED OAK, IA 51566 USS CAPELIN SS-289 23-Nov-1943 78 LOST UNCONFIRMED JAPANESE SURFACE ATTACK IN CELEBES SEA USS ALBACORE I SS-2 18 7-Nov-1944 86 LOST POSSIBLE JAPANESE MINE BETWEEN HONSHU AND 712-357-1035 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN [email protected] USS GROWLER I SS-2 15 8-Nov-1944 85 LOST POSSIBLE JAPANESE SURFACE ATTACK IN SOUTH CHINA SEA USS SCAMP I SS-277 9-Nov-1944 83 LOST JAPANESE SURFACE ATTACK IN TOKYO BAY AREA SUBVETTES USSVI OFFICERS ???? USS F-1 SS-20 17-Dec-1917 19 LOST RAMMED OFF HONOLULU PRESIDENT LORRI KENTNER 217 W 2ND STREET – PO BOX 548 USS S-4 SS-109 17-Dec-1927 34 LOST USS S-4 (SS-109) WAS LOST ON WITH THE LOSS OF H 402-755-2169 C 402-404-1289 34 OFFICERS AND MEN WHEN IT WAS SUNK AFTER BEING RAMMED BY USCGC PAULDING. RAISED 16 MARCH 1928 AND PONCA, NE 68770 DECOMMISSIONED: MARCH 19, 1928, [email protected] RECOMMISSIONED: OCTOBER 16, 1928. VICE PRESIDENT ******************** USS SEALION SS-195 10-Dec-1941 4 LOST JAPANESE AIR ATTACK, CAVITE NAVY YARD, P.I. USS S-36 SS-141 20-Jan-1942 O LOST ON HER FIRST PATROL, S-36 DID NOT SINK ANY SHIPS.SHE SECRETARY KATHY HANCOCK(PAT) 1626 N. SYCAMORE STR. WAS LOST ON HER SECOND PATROL. GROUNDED ON TAKA WAHOO, NE 68066-1044 BAKANG REEF IN THE MAKASSAR STRAIT, WEST OF SOUTHERN HISTORIAN CINDY MONINGER 310 G STR. SHELTON, NE 68876-9503 CELEBES. USS S-26 SS-13 I 24-Jan-1942 46 LOST COLLISION IN GULF OF PANAMA 308-647-6767(TIM) USS ARGONAUT I SS-166 10-Jan-1943 105 LOST JAPANESE SURFACE ATTACK IN JAVA SEA [email protected] USS SCORPION I SS-27 8 5-Jan-1944 76 LOST POSSIBLE JAPANESE MINE IN YELLOW SEA OFF CHINA TREASURER SUE ANDERSEN 3590 LOWELL ROAD GIBBON, NE USS SWORDFISH I SS-193 12-Jan-1945 89 LOST POSSIBLE JAPANESE SURFACE *ATTACK OR MINE OFFOKINAWA S-36 SS-141 20-Jan-1942 O LOST ON HER FIRST PATROL, S-36 DID NOT SINK ANY SHIPS.SHE 68840 WAS LOST ON HER SECOND PATROL. GROUNDED ON TAKA 308-468-6655 (LARRY) BAKANG REEF IN THE MAKASSAR STRAIT, WEST OF SOUTHERN ****************************************************************************************************************** CELEBES USS S-26 SS-131 24-Jan-1942 46 LOST COLLISION IN GULF OF PANA Have You Heard or Seen? Military Humor 15 | Navy Life [1] |Latest Satirical USS ARGONAUT I SS-166 10-Jan-1943 105 LOST JAPANESE SURFACE ATTACK IN JAVA SEA Cartoons Military Humor 15 USS SCORPION I SS-278 5-Jan-1944 76 LOST POSSIBLE JAPANESE MINE IN YELLOW SEA OFF CHINA USS SWORDFISH I SS-193 12-Jan-1945 89 LOST POSSIBLE JAPANESE SURFACE ATTACK OR MINE OFF OKINAWA USS SHARK I SS-174 11-Feb-1942 58 LOST JAPANESE SURFACE ATTACK, MAKASSAR STRAIT, CELEBES ISLAND 1. What’ s the purpose of the propeller? To keep the pilot cool. Doubt it? Stop the USS AMBERJACK I SS-219 16-Feb-1943 74 LOST JAPANESE AIR/SURFACE ATTACK IN SOLOMON SEA USS GRAYBACK I SS-208 26-Feb-1944 80 LOST JAPANESE AIR/SURFACE ATTACK OFF OKINAWA propeller and watch the pilot sweat. USS TROUT I SS-202 29-Feb-1944 81 LOST JAPANESE SURFACE ATTACK IN PHILIPPINE SEA 2. What do you call a deer enlisted in the Air Force? A bombardeer USS BARBEL I SS-316 4-Feb-1945 81 LOST JAPANESE AIR ATTACK OFF ENTRANCE TO PALAWAN PASSAGE USS F4 SS-23 25-Mar-1915 21 lost BATTERY EXPLOSION OFF HONOLULU 3. A shortlist of problems reported by a pilot, followed by the mechanic’ s response. USS H1 SS-28 12-Mar-1920 4 LOST FOUNDERED OFF SANTA MARGARITA ISLAND, CA (P) Left inside main tire almost needs replacement (S) Almost replaced left inside USS PERCH SS-176 3-Mar-1942 6 POWS SCUTTLED AFTER JAPANESE DEPTH CHARGE ATTACK USS GRAMPUS I SS-207 5-Mar-1943 71 LOST JAPANESE SURFACE ATTACK, SOLOMON ISLANDS main tire (P) Something loose in cockpit S) Something tightened in cockpit (P) USS TRITON I SS-201 15-Mar-1943 74 LOST JAPANESE SURFACE ATTACK OFF NEW GUINEA Evidence of leak on right main landing gear (S) Evidence removed (P) DME volume USS TULLIBEE I SS-284 26-Mar-1944 79 LOST CIRCULAR RUN OF OWN TORPEDO OFF PALAU ISLANDS USS KETE SS-369 20-Mar-1945 87 LOST UNKNOWN CAUSES BETWEEN OKINAWA AND MIDWAY unbelievably loud (S) Volume set to more believable level (P) Number three engine USS TRIGGER I SS-237 26-Mar-1945 89 LOST JAPANESE AIR/SURFACE ATTACK IN EAST CHINA SEA USS PICKEREL I SS-177 3-Apr-1943 74 LOST POSSIBLE JAPANESE MINE BETWEEN MIDWAY ISLAND AND missing (S) Engine found on right wing after brief search JAPAN 4. How do you know if there’ s an Air Force pilot at your party? Oh, don’ t worry. USS GRENADIER SS-210 22-Apr-1943 4 POWS SCUTTLED AFTER JAPANESE AIR ATTACK, MALAY PENINSULA USS SNOOK I SS-279 8-Apr-1945 84 LOST UNKNOWN CAUSES OFF FORMOS He’ ll tell you as soon as he walks in. USS THRESHER II SSN-593 10-Apr-1963 129 LOST OPERATIONAL OFF NEW ENGLAND COAST 5. What’ s the ideal cockpit crew? A dog and a pilot. The pilot is there to feed the dog. The dog is flying so that he can bite the pilot if he tries to touch anything. 111 6. Which branch is the most patriotic? The Air Force because they are US AF. 7. What’ s the difference between a fighter pilot and a fighter jet? The jet stops whining once you turn the engine off. 8. What do you call a large formation of MAC aircraft? A Big Mac Attack. 9. Where do rabbits learn to fly? The hare force. 10. Just because there are no complaints, doesn’ t all mean parachutes are perfect. EDITOR the trim pump WILLIAM C. 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