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[b]Make them coed, give the job of manning the 16" battery to the Marines- since few in the Navy understand bagged charge guns anymore, as the Iowa accident clearly demonstrated, and anyway the reason those guns still exist is for support of amphibious landings. The whole 16in system, from the RPV's through the FCS to the gun crews ought to be Marine crewed. They would have a vested interest in doing the job right.
I think beween these mesures, and perhaps laying up a couple more of the useless FFG7 class frigates, they could get the 6000 men and women to man the 4 Iowas.[/b]
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Co-ed? WTF? Is that supposed to be a good idea?


Marines manning an FCS onboard a ship? [rolleyes]  even more so WTF?

I happen to be a MK92 FCS Tech..you know on those "useless" FFG-7 class frigates...our FCS might be outdated and underpowered but frigates have outshot Aegis ships...(scary isn't it).