If you recall a few years back the Navy had a series of incidents in a very short span of time including a destroyer running into a commercial cargo ship and another running aground.
I read an article that basically said the crew works almost non-stop when they're at sea, resulting in everyone being perpetually exhausted. There were some procedural and technical details that also contributed to the accidents, but my big takeaway was that the ships have always been undermanned, and the Navy's answer has been to expect the crew to just work harder.
Seeing as they were on the razor's edge a few years ago, any disruption in bringing in fresh recruits to fill empty billets is going to result in mission failure.
If you recall a few years back the Navy had a series of incidents in a very short span of time including a destroyer running into a commercial cargo ship and another running aground.
I read an article that basically said the crew works almost non-stop when they're at sea, resulting in everyone being perpetually exhausted. There were some procedural and technical details that also contributed to the accidents, but my big takeaway was that the ships have always been undermanned, and the Navy's answer has been to expect the crew to just work harder.
Seeing as they were on the razor's edge a few years ago, any disruption in bringing in fresh recruits to fill empty billets is going to result in mission failure.
I think this was the article I read, sorry about the annoying Propublica layout: https://features.propublica.org/navy-accidents/uss-fitzgerald-destroyer-crash-crystal/
I want to say all of those crashes were with women at the helm.