The answer is graft. Get the blue cities interested in building them and Congress will act. Even Randi Weingarten will support it if it creates scores of teachers who will now pay union dues and vote Democrat. The cities will support larger unions, their kickbacks and their votes.
I support this, but I can see the "Taxpayer Advocates" killing it. Though an Elyria Ohio, Buffalo New York, or Detroit Michigan Naval Yard would be useful.
There's a legit effort by Bartlett to build a Navy Yard in Elyria. The plan is work on subs. Although their proposal to have a company repair facility south of there in Lordstown seems more likely.
If we are really serious with this proposal then we should also adopt a serious legal immigration program that will allow law-abiding foreign workers from friendly countries to enter the US, work in these new shipyards, and attain citizenship through hard work and keeping a clean legal record.
As a side note, by the way, do applications for worker visas include the job posting for the position that needs to be filled? I'd like to see more scrutiny of those.
Slip enough graft into the system in the east coast cities and they might actually start votech training for their few school age constituency that can actually read or write.
Did try that once. Didn’t turn out too well. Shipyard in Alabama, built and repaired offshore drilling rigs. Hired a bunch of Indian welders. Turned out, the yard took away their passports and visas, locked them up in a dormitory, and cheated them on pay and benefits.
Good news. Our operating demands where we end up far from home require a substantial logistical backbone. And going with commercial designs hopefully means starting production sooner rather than later. Now, we just need to execute this good enough plan sooner rather than later.
That's on the science side. Billions for studies that no one reads. Also phony university grants for Stem. I would type up a paragraph and get 30k every year to play with and no final report.
We are in a Naval War, with our men and women! Over there, in the Gulf … the Red Sea, the Straight of Hormuz!
If the Senator from Rhode Island denies this. He will be replaced at the voting booths!
Stay strong America!
Keep up your good work CDR Salamander.
By the Grace of God, I’ll be taken into Walter Reed Hospital, Monday 20 April 2026, for a 0900 appointment in the Neurology Surgery Clinic to be seen by PA Crawford.
Dr Dengler is on his way to Germany. Dr Dengler was Chief of Neuro Surgery at Walter Reed. He and I spent about 30 minutes in his office going over the procedure to be performed on my back!
Remember, in the Arctic, on the Perma Frost we study conditions.
I must know Russian to understand and move quickly, “Back to the Ship!” Once onboard, in Russian I thank the watch officer. We don’t shoot polar bears in Russia.
If I can’t drop my gear, climb back onto the ship or submarine, shipmates… Give my regards to Broadway New York City. Remember Nurse Jane, only a LCDR USN, retired… but still serving! Semper - Fei God bless America!
For the workforce piece, supply and demand will eventually solve this, but not on a timeline that matches the threat environment. The gap between “market response time” and “strategic need time” is where workforce policy has to operate. It is not happening.
Sure, that's why I suggested nice blue cities that are slowly rotting away. You look at the unemployment rate, I look at rate of people not participating in the economy.
Prime-Age Male Decline: Participation for men aged 25–54 has dropped from 1 in 35 in 1960 to 1 in 9 by 2023, driven by, among other things, a decline in demand for lower-skilled work.
Youth Nonparticipation: Youth (ages 16-24) experienced the highest nonparticipation rates, which accelerated during the 2000s and remained below pre-pandemic levels.
Thank you! My father was just saying last night, “You’ve got to SUPPLY the fighting ships. The fleet was old in the 1970s and still using those ships”. My dad is retired US Navy served 1950-54, 95yo, and sharp as a tack. Can’t wait to share this with him! PS He met my mom while in basic training at Long Beach, CA. Married 71 years this year. I wouldn’t be here if not for USN! ;-)
Not much surface ship building in RI. May need to home port something at Quonset Point (once again) to accommodate Jetcal1’s point. Possibly where the good Senator was pointing us to.
That went away in the mid 1990s. BRAC meant every surface homeport north of Norfolk got abandoned. Only reason Earle stayed open was the pier, and New London from concentrated local interest.
Great!!! Alas, I fear that the "Loyal" opposition will not permit this to happen without massive increases in welfare handouts. Maybe if it can be done through reconciliation.
From your lips to God's ears. I am an Armg dog but have watched the steady decline for years. Hopefully this will mark a turn around.
Mega-Monday post! great start to the week.
Mine sweepers?
Now we just need a few more administrations to procure at this rate... especially Sealift and tankers to get/store fuel for the fast oilers.
The answer is graft. Get the blue cities interested in building them and Congress will act. Even Randi Weingarten will support it if it creates scores of teachers who will now pay union dues and vote Democrat. The cities will support larger unions, their kickbacks and their votes.
I support this, but I can see the "Taxpayer Advocates" killing it. Though an Elyria Ohio, Buffalo New York, or Detroit Michigan Naval Yard would be useful.
Trying to bring back the US Steel plant north of Elyria?
There's a legit effort by Bartlett to build a Navy Yard in Elyria. The plan is work on subs. Although their proposal to have a company repair facility south of there in Lordstown seems more likely.
Can we just combine the shipfitters with the teacher's union?
Probably not. The educators probably can't do the math.
haha
Given the USN’s deplorable procurement record of the past decades nobody should hold their breath…..
NAVSEA will find ways to ruin it.
If we are really serious with this proposal then we should also adopt a serious legal immigration program that will allow law-abiding foreign workers from friendly countries to enter the US, work in these new shipyards, and attain citizenship through hard work and keeping a clean legal record.
I'd be down.
As a side note, by the way, do applications for worker visas include the job posting for the position that needs to be filled? I'd like to see more scrutiny of those.
Slip enough graft into the system in the east coast cities and they might actually start votech training for their few school age constituency that can actually read or write.
LOL,
The South Somali CDL School, becomes Abdula's School of Seapersonship and Navigation...
"Seepersonship"
FIFY.
get that from Mo's Learing Center, did yu?
I'm the Captain now...
I don't need a video, I can see the image in my head.
Did try that once. Didn’t turn out too well. Shipyard in Alabama, built and repaired offshore drilling rigs. Hired a bunch of Indian welders. Turned out, the yard took away their passports and visas, locked them up in a dormitory, and cheated them on pay and benefits.
Good news. Our operating demands where we end up far from home require a substantial logistical backbone. And going with commercial designs hopefully means starting production sooner rather than later. Now, we just need to execute this good enough plan sooner rather than later.
Welcome back!
If Trump can rebuild the Navy that will be his second greatest accomplishment after restoring the Space program.
He wants to cut NASA's budget by 23%
You must not have heard about the Artemis II trip to the moon.
If money were the solution then Baltimore public schools would be best in the world.
That's on the science side. Billions for studies that no one reads. Also phony university grants for Stem. I would type up a paragraph and get 30k every year to play with and no final report.
Bill: But, how will we learn about the effects of zero gravity on gender-queer guinea pigs?
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just give LSD to both the guinea pigs and the grad students, so the stories could be told by the pigs directly?
Good. NASA has wasted too much money not associated with the Space Program.
CDR thank you!
Good post!
To those with their head in the sand…
Wake up and smell the roses!
We are in a Naval War, with our men and women! Over there, in the Gulf … the Red Sea, the Straight of Hormuz!
If the Senator from Rhode Island denies this. He will be replaced at the voting booths!
Stay strong America!
Keep up your good work CDR Salamander.
By the Grace of God, I’ll be taken into Walter Reed Hospital, Monday 20 April 2026, for a 0900 appointment in the Neurology Surgery Clinic to be seen by PA Crawford.
Dr Dengler is on his way to Germany. Dr Dengler was Chief of Neuro Surgery at Walter Reed. He and I spent about 30 minutes in his office going over the procedure to be performed on my back!
Remember, in the Arctic, on the Perma Frost we study conditions.
I must know Russian to understand and move quickly, “Back to the Ship!” Once onboard, in Russian I thank the watch officer. We don’t shoot polar bears in Russia.
If I can’t drop my gear, climb back onto the ship or submarine, shipmates… Give my regards to Broadway New York City. Remember Nurse Jane, only a LCDR USN, retired… but still serving! Semper - Fei God bless America!
Unfortunately RI is a corrupt one party state. Their motto is “I know a guy.” Once a democRAT is elected he’s there for life
Fingers crossed.
For the workforce piece, supply and demand will eventually solve this, but not on a timeline that matches the threat environment. The gap between “market response time” and “strategic need time” is where workforce policy has to operate. It is not happening.
Take a look at pre-WWII expansion. It's doable.
Take a look at the economy pre-WWII, specifically the unemployment rate.
Sure, that's why I suggested nice blue cities that are slowly rotting away. You look at the unemployment rate, I look at rate of people not participating in the economy.
That's exactly the issue. Different economic environment. Different characteristics in the existing workforce.
Urban Nonparticipation
Prime-Age Male Decline: Participation for men aged 25–54 has dropped from 1 in 35 in 1960 to 1 in 9 by 2023, driven by, among other things, a decline in demand for lower-skilled work.
Youth Nonparticipation: Youth (ages 16-24) experienced the highest nonparticipation rates, which accelerated during the 2000s and remained below pre-pandemic levels.
The 25% of unemployed people in the Great Depression *wanted* to work, and probably already had some blue collar skills.
The urban kids today that are "non-participating" have neither.
I agree, which is why I've tied Randi Weingarten into the graft. She'll support votech if it means more teachers.
Thank you! My father was just saying last night, “You’ve got to SUPPLY the fighting ships. The fleet was old in the 1970s and still using those ships”. My dad is retired US Navy served 1950-54, 95yo, and sharp as a tack. Can’t wait to share this with him! PS He met my mom while in basic training at Long Beach, CA. Married 71 years this year. I wouldn’t be here if not for USN! ;-)
Not much surface ship building in RI. May need to home port something at Quonset Point (once again) to accommodate Jetcal1’s point. Possibly where the good Senator was pointing us to.
There were ships homeported at Newport
That went away in the mid 1990s. BRAC meant every surface homeport north of Norfolk got abandoned. Only reason Earle stayed open was the pier, and New London from concentrated local interest.
Great!!! Alas, I fear that the "Loyal" opposition will not permit this to happen without massive increases in welfare handouts. Maybe if it can be done through reconciliation.
Putting money on Congresscritter Reed is a fool's errand...
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=833147591529804&id=100045037117087
https://youtu.be/-xTeEm-x9lI?si=SBsXtRo6lbrTJyUF
He will help founder the effort with usless pursuits like above.
All he cares about is keeping Newport and Quonset point open, and having them remain unobtrusive to his base.