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Mission Readiness

General quarters, Generals quarters. All hands man your battle station! Imagine being awaken up to the sounding alarms that's demanding you to fight for your life. Senior Enlisted Leaders should know the importance of Personal Qualification Standards, proper watch standing, and adequate rest prior to assuming the watch in-port or at sea. This essay will cover the problem, discussion, and recommendation regarding mission readiness.

Problem

Seventh Fleet ended year 2017 with five collisions, 17 sailors killed, senior leaders getting fired, and two pending military court-martial cases against the captains of the USS Fitzgerald and USS McCain. Questions are now being asked regarding the events surrounding these collisions such as, are longer deployments for ships not enough time and is limited amount of money spent for maintenance and less training reasons for the crashes (Navy Times). The Navy is now in a spotlight where the focus is on safety operations, procedural compliance, and combat readiness. Now that we have identified the problem, will we now cover the discussion.

Discussion

Recommendation

Today, the Navy has taken immediate action reestablishing a considerable scheduling process for Seventh Fleet. Officers will be thoroughly examined on their preparations for higher leadership responsibilities, the bridge team will be assessed on warfighting exercises, and there will be improved team and individual skills training. The Navy will go back to basic and fundamental trainings on seamanship, inaugurating inclusive policies on supervision of fatigue and revisit the last few years’ budget plan.

In summary, this paper highlighted the problem, discussion, and offered recommendations regarding mission readiness. Senior Enlisted Leaders should know the importance of Personal Qualification Standards (PQS), proper watch standing, and adequate rest prior to assuming a watch in-port or at sea. How do we prevent unnecessary mishaps in our seas? It begins with you!

"America will never be destroyed itself from outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."

Abraham Lincoln

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