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Why am I taking you thru this boring ass journey of Rx Dept Manning? Because Crozier would have seen this. You can't just Omni Domni new guys into RO/SRO. It's not as simple as "flying replacement bodies" out. AND HE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT. That was his urgency. /5
To give as much lead time as possible to NAVSEA and others to be able come up with a solution if they needed one. Even if you could find enough former TR sailors at NPTU & NNPTC to fly back to watch a shutdown/cold-iron plant, you still have to make damn sure they're proficient.
And beyond proficient, you need to keep what Rx & Eng Dept you have "healthy" for a turnover. You CANNOT walk into a plant blind. Material condition, equip status, all of this matters heavily. Not to mention where the plant gremlins are. GODDAMNIT I AM STEAMED OVER THIS!
Full disclosure: I was an RO/SRO on the USS Enterprise. That big steamy bitch had 8 Reactors & was an absolute monster to keep running. The TR has 2 RXs & is 30 yrs newer but the principles are always the same for Nukes- Safety, Procedural Compliance, Watchstanding Principles.
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