More important than the floating thingees are the sailors. How would you design and implement a sailor training program?
For me it would be:
1. Eliminate Didn't Earn It.
2. a. For officers; I believe leadership is born not made, and officer academies should enable this ornate ability to blossom. Now how to do that I don't know, but mankind has thousands of years of experience in what works. The concept of 0 mistakes is the wrong one, as long as you don't repeat it.
b. Every major naval academy needs to have all upper level cadets spend at least a few months on a sailing ship on the ocean without using modern technology.
3. a. The men; Have every sailor take a Damage Control Course on their first ship and every ship the are on and use actual equipment and material to damage and to practice on. I believe the days of a sailor can do about every shipboard job was over at about 1945 onward, but damage control knowledge an experience is a must for all hands.
b. The women; no women should be on a combat ship counting amphibious ones. Period. Auxiliaries, especially hospital ships, are ok.
4. Naval families; If on a long deployment, government transportation should be provided to move these families to a safe location near where the ship is deployed and have both the sailors and there families spend a few days together at a hotel or, possibly, a chartered cruise ship.
5. For the U.S.N., for the love of God, keep the traditional uniforms and get rid of that camo crap as a ship uniform.
For me it would be:
1. Eliminate Didn't Earn It.
2. a. For officers; I believe leadership is born not made, and officer academies should enable this ornate ability to blossom. Now how to do that I don't know, but mankind has thousands of years of experience in what works. The concept of 0 mistakes is the wrong one, as long as you don't repeat it.
b. Every major naval academy needs to have all upper level cadets spend at least a few months on a sailing ship on the ocean without using modern technology.
3. a. The men; Have every sailor take a Damage Control Course on their first ship and every ship the are on and use actual equipment and material to damage and to practice on. I believe the days of a sailor can do about every shipboard job was over at about 1945 onward, but damage control knowledge an experience is a must for all hands.
b. The women; no women should be on a combat ship counting amphibious ones. Period. Auxiliaries, especially hospital ships, are ok.
4. Naval families; If on a long deployment, government transportation should be provided to move these families to a safe location near where the ship is deployed and have both the sailors and there families spend a few days together at a hotel or, possibly, a chartered cruise ship.
5. For the U.S.N., for the love of God, keep the traditional uniforms and get rid of that camo crap as a ship uniform.
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