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🎖️ Military Spotlight: Christopher Jackson Christopher Jackson, a former U.S. Navy E6 Nuclear Machinist Mate, credits his military experience for shaping his approach to the data center industry at Applied Digital (NASDAQ: APLD). Focused on training, teamwork, and adaptability, he ensures his team is always ready to perform under pressure. Christopher believes veterans' quick decision-making skills are vital in today’s rapidly changing digital infrastructure landscape. Watch Christopher’s story to see how veterans are driving the future of technology. #DigitalInfrastructure #DigitalInfrastructureCareer #MilitaryTransition #TechAfterService #MilitaryTechCareer #VeteransInTech #Veteran

The article discusses the housing crunch at Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state due to delays in the construction of new aircraft carriers and the disposal of older ones. Delays in the construction of the new Ford-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy and issues with the decommissioning of the USS Nimitz have resulted in both carriers being stationed at Kitsap simultaneously. This has put a strain on the base's housing resources, leading the commander to announce that leases for units occupied by retirees, reservists, and others will not be renewed to accommodate the influx of active-duty sailors. The article cites the arrival of the USS Ronald Reagan, which is being transferred from Japan for a two-year overhaul, as further exacerbating the housing crunch. The base is also undergoing renovations, which have caused a shortage of offices and other facilities. The housing shortage at Kitsap is a ripple effect of the challenges the US Navy is facing in managing its aircraft carrier fleet, including delivery delays and the disposal of older nuclear-powered ships. This is impacting the quality of life for sailors and their families stationed at the base. #NavyHousing #AircraftCarriers #NavalBaseKitsap #ShipyardManagement #MilitaryQualityofLife

A troubled US Navy frigate program looks like a humming top of efficiency and value compared to our Department of Defence’s $27 billion program to get 3 Hunter class frigates for our Navy.  The bad news is the Australian Government isn’t doing anything to change things, releasing an ‘updated’ naval shipbuilding plan which leaves the Hunter frigate program to bumble along for decades. Back to the US. The Pentagon is buying 10 Constellation class frigates for about $18 billion Australian dollars. The contract started in 2020 and the first of ten warships is expected to be delivered to the US Navy in 2029.  The first warship is now expected to cost about $2.2 billion Australian dollars, with the next 9 costing around $1.8 billion each. The dark comedy for us here in Australia is that this US program is considered a disastrous scandal in US defence circles – because the frigates are costing too much, delivering too little warfighting capability, and taking too long to deliver. Meanwhile, the our Defence Department’s latest Annual Report revealed that the approved acquisition cost for our Navy’s first three Hunter Class frigates is $A27.1 billion. That’s a smidgen over $9 billion a ship, with the first ship scheduled to be delivered to our Navy in 2032, 14 years after Defence awarded the contract back in 2018. The contractor is BAE, who also build the UK’s nuclear submarines. They are also going to be the designers and builders of Australia’s future submarines. Yes, at $ 9 billion each, we’re paying over $7 billion more per ship than the US is paying and the US Navy is getting its first ship 5 years faster than we are. None of that last sentence is a typo – it’s a tragedy. The US Navy’s Constellation Class frigates are highly modified versions of an Italian warship. Some Navy folk will howl with outrage to hear this, but they’re a similar size and type to the Hunter. In fact, the Italian frigate was one of the shortlisted contenders for the Hunter contract.

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A recent US Government Accountability Office report says the US Navy's Columbia-class submarine program is 12-16 months behind schedule and could jeopardize the submarine's planned availability for operations in 2030. "Additionally ... cost overruns for the Columbia-class ... are more than six times higher than shipbuilder General Dynamics Electric Boat's estimates and almost five times more than the Navy's. To increase its investment in the U.S. submarine industrial base, the Navy in Sep awarded a contract worth up to $980 million to non-profit BlueForge Alliance. The two year contact will "enhance existing suppliers and develop new suppliers to increase [the] resiliency of supply chains; facilitate the rapid deployment of manufacturing technology to improve productivity and remove known production risk areas and bottlenecks identified by shipbuilders and suppliers; accelerate investments in supply chain infrastructure and capacity; and implement a consortium approach to critical areas in the defense industrial base workforce that require a whole-of-enterprise response..." #defenseindustry #submarines #defenseindustrialbase https://lnkd.in/et8vDjdA

Recent Navy review cited years long delays to new CVN-80 Enterprise, new Columbia class sub, and others due to “design maturation, supply chain issues, and difficulties finding skilled workers.” #shipyard #navalarchitecture #USNavy #shipbuilding

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I honestly wonder why the #DepartmentofDefense especially the #Navy doesn't have a pipeline with Trade Schools. There is no difference in my view if you are paying for an officers training at the Naval Academy, Nuclear, or Special Warfare Pipelines to paying the tuition of #Tradesmen and then becoming GS personnel. The sheer amount we rely on GS's already makes sense when its jobs that should not have high turnover. However, as we keep learning with every new inked contract, that company contracted turned over most of its contracted personnel from the las equivalent contract they did to increase profit margin.

One of my latest articles, and one of the more interesting components of this article about the B-36 Peacemaker: "...the B-36 covered the ten-year gap between 1949 and 1959. During that time frame, the U.S. military did not have a complete nuclear triad (land, sea and air deployed nuclear weapons), in fact, it only had one leg. By 1959, the Navy was able to deploy its first ballistic missile submarine (the USS George Washington: SSBN-598), and the first nuclear missile silos became operational (containing the Atlas nuclear missile). These assets completed the U.S. nuclear triad and filled out the U.S. military's nuclear deterrence requirements. #AirForce #USmilitary #Military #Aviation #MilitaryAviation