Article on the USS Fitzgerald accident

[Dartz]

But the Pentagon ignores 7th Fleet. And then they got the gall to wonder what happened when shit like this happens.

This not unique.

The Irish Navy is almost unable to put to sea due to lack of qualified sailors. They stopped recruiting a few years ago to keep costs down, cut pay due to the recession, never raised them again and were surprised when nobody stuck around. They can just about manage to do the job in the mediterranean.

Same thing that happened with the nurses, actually.

Or the Coast Guard helicopter that was up flying solely because anyone qualified in the Air Force had gone home for the night - and which flew into an island that hadn't been loaded into its flight map.