Posted on Feb 21, 2018
Does anyone have any details at all about LHD-6 Bonhomme Richards hull swap?
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I’m a radar ET in holds awaiting transfer. Does anyone have any details at all about LHD-6 Bonhomme Richards hull swap? I have NECs for SPS-49A(V1) and SPS-67(V1) and frankly I have no idea what’s going on with the ship. I know they’re swapping with the Wasp and it’s already there but other than that I don’t know much else.
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SN (Join to see) I assume you’re going to Bomhomme Richard? Last I remember they’re in Sasebo, Japan for turnover. Do you have a sponsor on the ship? They would be able to tell you the most up to date information.
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PLEASE-- UPDATE YOUR QUESTION with a reminder to be cognizant of OPSEC when responding. Talking about specific movements of specific ships can be dicey, and we are not ALL friends here... (we should be, but you can never be too careful).
They Hull swap because it is cheaper for the Navy and less impactful on the families involved to simply move the forward deployed crew to a new ship when theirs needs to come home for major maintenance or upkeep. There is a lot of process that goes into making sure the right NEC's are going to be on both ships after the swap, so it is common for orders to either or both to be held up until all of that is figured out (and they pick a cutoff date after which orders to a ship will be written after the swap).
They Hull swap because it is cheaper for the Navy and less impactful on the families involved to simply move the forward deployed crew to a new ship when theirs needs to come home for major maintenance or upkeep. There is a lot of process that goes into making sure the right NEC's are going to be on both ships after the swap, so it is common for orders to either or both to be held up until all of that is figured out (and they pick a cutoff date after which orders to a ship will be written after the swap).
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CPT Lawrence Cable
LCDR Robert S. - My son's last ship was the Bonhomme Richard and I agree with you. I could normally find out where the ship was at during a cruise by the Navy Times or the ship's Facebook page faster than OPSEC allowed him to actually tell me.
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LCDR Robert S.
CPT Lawrence Cable - Ships are really hard to hide. So a statement about where a ship is *right now* is *almost never* an OPSEC issue. Where OPSEC actually does come into play is future ships movements.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
LCDR Robert S. - One of the many reason's Dusak was relieved. It's not been a good decade for 7th Fleet commanders.
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Not suggesting the question itself was an OPSEC problem. (I admit it could have easily come across that way.)
Just see a lot of potential for the comments to end up there (specific NEC's, etc. as well as specific details regarding which ship is going to be where when.)
Just see a lot of potential for the comments to end up there (specific NEC's, etc. as well as specific details regarding which ship is going to be where when.)
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