The Navy needs to project force, not pronouns

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This week, the U.S. Navy gave the United States another unfortunate peek at its priorities when a video of two engineers at the US Naval Undersea War on Rhode Island (NUWC) surfaced. did. The importance of using the correct pronoun. 

Talk about mission creep. The NUWC website states that there are R&D tests and other assessments of the fleet support capabilities of submarines and other underwater systems, as well as work to help defeat enemies in naval combat. increase. 

As the Navy goes far beyond the game, NUWC tells us "the importance of using the correct pronouns" and tips for avoiding misgendering. I have time to do it. 

It is possible. However, evidence over the past few years has shown that the Navy is better served with a focus on preparation, training and morale. 

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Just a few years ago, USS John S. McCain, USS Fitzgerald, USS Lake Champlain, and USS collide. I saw. Antitam. The results of the survey were not surprising. Navy seafarers are poorly trained, exhausted in guidance, and do not have enough ships to provide proper training. 

Since then, there is little evidence that the Navy has learned anything, and the issue has not been left to carrier-based aircraft. In May, the Navy launched an underwater mountain in 2021 because the attack submarine USS Connecticut "accumulated mistakes and omissions in voyage planning, surveillance team execution, and risk management far below U.S. Navy standards." We have released a report stating that we have attacked. 

It can be inferred that the NUWC training helped at least the seafarers to use the correct pronouns in the chaotic minutes after the accident. 

Aircraft accidents also increased rapidly last year. Helicopters, Ospreys and Super Hornet jets crashed in early June. This was followed by two crashes earlier this year, including another Osprey and F-35 that descended in the South China Sea, and the loss of two more jets and helicopters in late 2021. 

Accumulation Of these peacetime disasters, it may have ultimately aroused the Navy's sleeping leadership. So far in 2022, the Navy has issued more than 12 announcements indicating that various commanders have been released from their mission. 

Many of these announcements go beyond the usual decision to rescue the captain — They will have the Navy train our seafarers. It reveals a growing lack of confidence in the leaders who are. 

In February, the commander of the New Orleans Navy Resources Acquisition Group was relieved. In April, the CO in the eastern part of the Fleet Preparation Center was released along with the CO in the San Diego Submarine Training Facility. 

In June, the CO of the Navy's Recruit Training Center in the Great Lakes, Illinois was fired a little over a year later. This is a sign that a problem has occurred in the first stages of the journey of all seafarers through the Navy. .. Two days later, the Navy wrote condemnation to three Marines and two naval officers associated with the 2020 amphibious ship accident, killing eight Marines and one sailor. 

Exactly why each of these former leaders was dismissed. I don't know. The Navy does not always provide details, instead quoting the general "loss of self-confidence." I am worried that some of these decisions may be based on unrelated issues. Perhaps some authoritative people have not yet used the correct pronouns. 

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But the Navy has left the house Recognizing that the cleaning efforts could not focus on the basic mission of recruiting, training and maintaining a ready fleet is a welcome first step. 

A great second step is that both Republicans and Democrats have begged the Navy for the past few years.Refocus on the core mission.This means setting a clear strategy for projecting forces and clearly outlining the budget, fleet, and human resources needed to reach it. 

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Our Navy We must aspire to more than punish them, fail in a broken system, and instead regain our confidence in knowing how to build a better system. If it is lacking, the Navy's firing becomes less important. 

In other words, it's time to forget the pronouns and worry about them — rich and powerful ships and sailors properly trained to use them.