Your (educated) opinions on this Navy ship afire "Bonhomme Richard"

66fyssh said
Dang, I didn't know they "disabled" fire suppression while in maintenance. That's too bad.

I did my time in the Army and Air Force, but I visited all the Navy bases around Norfolk for 4 years while working there and have the utmost respect for sailors. Those guys and gals work their asses off while underway.

I had the chance to attend a ceremony on the GW Bush and attended the Christening of the Ford. And I "coined" the Commanding Officer of NAS Oceana. Great times!

Changes will be made and they will be ready for the next one.
Click to expand...

Yep. Fire fighting systems disabled and damage control hatches blocked open etc etc.
I will say one thing I don't understand is you don't have to disable the entire ship's fire fighting system. You can do it in sections. And we were trained to be ready to fight a fire from another section of the ship if needed. Probably a personnel and training issue there too.