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Re: Navy: Remains of some of the 10 sailors missing in the USS McCain collision near Singapore have been found 

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Incompetence is abundant in the armed forces methinks.

It doesn't take more money to keep a ship equipped with the best radars on earth away from other ships at sea. I can see how a guy on the bridge of a merchant ship can get distracted watching porn on his laptop, but a sailor on a navy ship cannot be distracted at any time. Merchant ships are LIT AT NIGHT. Give me a fkng break!

All this bullshit about cuts for the navy have caused these events is bullshit. If I were asking the questions and someone brought that up, he'd be gone before finishing the sentence.


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Navy: Remains of some of the 10 sailors missing in the USS McCain collision near Singapore have been found
By: clo
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Tue, 22 Aug 17 4:53 PM
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Navy: Remains of some of the 10 sailors missing in the USS McCain collision near Singapore have been found

By Washington Post Staff August 22 at 7:08 AM
A frantic search had been underway for 10 sailors who had been missing since the USS John S. McCain, a guided-missile destroyer, was significantly damaged during a collision with an oil tanker off the coast of Singapore early Monday morning. Aircraft had been searching the sea where the collision happened, but on Tuesday, divers were sent in to search the compartments that had been sealed to stop the ship from flooding.

This is the fourth incident this year involving a Navy destroyer in Asia, and comes barely two months after the USS FItzgerald, which is also based at the 7th Fleet headquarters in Yokosuka, Japan, was involved in a collision. Seven sailors died during that incident.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.


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