top kek   6/01/complex-systems-wont-survive-t he-competence-crisis/   quote: "following three completely avoidable collisions of u.s. navy warships in 2017 and a fire in 2020 that resulted in the scuttling of uss bonhomme richard, a $750 million amphibious assault craft, two retired marines conducted off-the-record interviews with 77 current and retired navy officers. one recurring theme was the prioritization of diversity training over ship handling and warfighting preparedness. many of them openly admit that, given current issues, the u.s. would likely lose an open naval engagement with china. instead of taking the criticism to heart, the navy commissioned task force one navy, which recommended deemphasizing or eliminating meritocratic tests like the officer aptitude rating to boost diversity." - april, 12, 2024: "troubled uss boxer returns home 10 days into deployment due to maintenance issue"   /2024/04/12/troubled-uss-boxer-retu rns-home-10-days-deployment-due-mai ntenance-issue.html   - "transgender space force colonel says using pronouns in emails will help win wars"   /transgender-space-force-colonel-sa ys-using-pronouns-emails-will-help- win-wars   - "doj notified of suspected faulty welds on subs, aircraft carriers at newport news shipbuilding"   j-notified-of-suspected-intentional ly-faulty-welds-on-subs-aircraft-ca rriers-at-newport-news-shipbuilding  
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