The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain is seen after a collision, in Singapore waters August 21, 2017. Ahmad Masood | Reuters
NPR: Navy Navigation Errors May Have Killed More Troops Than Afghanistan So Far in 2017
A heartsick surface Navy is vowing to find answers after a series of incidents that could make the peacetime Western Pacific deadlier for U.S. troops this year than Afghanistan.
The Navy began, as it often does, with accountability: On Wednesday, it fired the three-star admiral whose command in the Western Pacific suffered at least four big accidents this year, two of which may have killed a combined 17 sailors.
An officer aboard the destroyer USS Stethem also was lost overboard near the Philippines on Aug. 1.
That compares with 11 service members killed in Afghanistan — details are available from the Military Times and icasualties.org. President Trump on Monday authorized a big new deployment of American forces to Afghanistan, according to senior U.S. officials.
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WNU Editor: Oh oh .... the U.S. Navy definitely has a problem.
1 comment:
Maybe it is me but sounds more like a cover up for something else.....this....incidents.
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