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Master and Commander
Posts: 1890
Location: Patterson, New York | Subject: US Navy Problem Solving
The collisions of 2017 demonstrate a need for more training - who would have guessed.
https://www.defensenews.com/training-sim/2018/11/26/us-navy-steps-up-training-standards-following-fatal-mccain-fitzgerald-collisions/
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Master and Commander
Posts: 2490
Location: East Coast of Wisconsin | Subject: RE: US Navy Problem Solving
Gotta say I'm very disappointed in what the USN drifted into apparently. Disgusting to see the powers that be were so behind on simulator usage. Highly unlikely they didn't know what with all the simulators in use in NASA. USAF, civilian nuke power,etc.
At the facility where I worked, The simulator and the actual control room were identical. Every alteration to the main plant was duplicated on the simulator. On the simulator you actually responded to casualties not just recite emergency procedure steps. Good training!! Had to identify what was happening and take appropriate action since all casualties were programmed into the simulator computer. Use of procedures was OK and of course, you were graded on your and your team's performance. |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1576
Location: Wollongong, NSW | Subject: RE: US Navy Problem Solving
Use your own eyes to see what is happening.
Submarine on the surface was a very good training ground - 360 vision and no electronic crap for tunnel vision.
OOW (OOD) report to the captain would give a clear picture of any vessel likely to come within two (captain's orders distance) miles of the submarine. Surface Officers who spent any time in a submarine often changed their own 'to call the captain rules' based on this reporting.
When I had my surface command before returning to the submarine, my orders reflected the report to the captain:
I have a ship (type) bearing red/green
Range is X thousand yards
I am X degrees on his port or starboard bow
The bearing is steady/drawing left/drawing right
He will pass X yards to port/starboard or "hit"
(I/he is the burdened vessel if manoeuvring is required)
This type of reporting was learned within days of joining for part III training. It did not fail.
In close quarters situations - Malacca Strait, Dover/Calais shipping lanes etc, one would expect the number one team to be closed up if heavy shipping ensued.
The Mark I eyeball is better than any radar, even in bad visibility. |
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US Navy Problem Solving
