Nuclear sub crew faked inspection records

[SDuderstadt]

More evidence the 'human element" can lead to breakdowns in supposedly 'airtight" procedures. It's patently silly to claim the Minot/Barksdale incident could not have been the result of negligence and/or disregard for procedures. Oh, wait...now you'll claim the Navy is just providing "cover" for the AF. They're obviously part of some 'false flag" operation! (sarcasm intended)

Nuclear sub crew faked inspection records
Inspection records for USS Hampton were falsified, Navy says

Personnel failed to perform inspections as scheduled

"Non-judicial punishment" handed one officer, five enlisted personnel

From Barbara Starr
CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Six Navy personnel on board the nuclear-powered submarine USS Hampton have been punished for forging inspection records for the cooling system of the ship's nuclear reactor, Navy officials said Monday.


The USS Hampton in an undated photograph.

The misconduct was discovered on September 17 but was made public after completion of an initial investigation.

One officer and five enlisted personnel received a "non-judicial punishment" after other Navy personnel discovered their actions, Navy officials said.

The crew neither maintained inspection records nor conducted the required inspection of the chemical levels associated with the cooling system, the Navy officials said. The crew then went back and falsified existing records to make it appear the work had been done, the officials added.

"There is not, and never was, any danger to the crew or the public," the Navy said in a statement.

A fact-finding investigation is under way, and further action against Navy crew members is possible, a navy official said.

In all, the $900 million vessel's crew is composed of 13 officers and 116 enlisted personnel.

It is not clear if the disciplined personnel were still on board the vessel. The Hampton remains in port in San Diego.

[MADem]

1. OH faCHRISSAKE!!! This is getting ASININE!!!!!!!! Is it me, or is my sense that

the "Clinton Military" which had to battle back from "The Cheney Drawdown" was WAAAAAAY the fuck more prepared and professional than this bunch of idiotic, stupid, gundecking, lazy asshats?

And hell--it's the USAF and the USN lately--the two branches that are NOT yet doing the heavy lifting. What's the EXCUSE? What POSSIBLE excuse could they have?

I spent a long and honorable career in the military, and this shit is PISSING ME OFF.