Sunburn74
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This is the problem. There's a story on NPR you can download about an explosion a few years ago at a US missile silo I believe in Arkansas. Anyway the error was seen immediately and was completely innocuous.and could happen to anyone (a metal tool slipped, was dropped from a considerable height and punctured a container of highly explosive missile fuel). However concerns regarding what would happen to those that made the error played a part in delaying the correction of the error (the guys who dropped the tool literally shat bricks over thoughts that they would either be killed immediately by the explosive rocket fuel or by their commanders once they found that the leak was due to human error and a dropped tool). That delay lead to the death of individuals subsequently. In fact when the mistake was finally admitted (this was before anyone died by the way) the men involved were in complete tears by report to where they could barely speak.The are already operating in a constant CYA mode as it is. Need to get rid of several useless rear admirals and clean house.
Look the long and short of it is if you're interested in making sure that people see problems, report problems and fix problems prosecutions often have the exact opposite effect. No one is looking to kill people.
There is a growing sentiment by the way that the Navy has systematic practices and a culture that promotes sleep deprivation. It is common for shipmen to operate on 3-4 hours of sleep a day and some are expected to perform on 72 hours of continuously being awake. Go ahead and prosecute and incarcerate 19 and 20 year olds who fell asleep at hour 63 of being awake. That'll fix the problem forever! They haven't suffered enough knowing they killed inadvertently their close friends and brothers!
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