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To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (128010)	2/19/2001 8:24:56 AM
From: willcousa	Respond to of 769667

Since when is 8 texans out of 16 people a majority? You have got to clean up your act if you intend to persuade anyone.

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (128010)	2/19/2001 9:51:29 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Patricia Dear: "All 16 guests were major contributors to the USS Missouri Restoration Fund, " Do you not think THAT is the reason the NAVY honored them with an underseas trip on a nuclear submarine?? JDN

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (128010)	2/19/2001 12:26:08 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769667

Deat Patricia, so what. Folks were on the boat and they participated in an exercise. In the entire ocean they surfaced at just the right time to collide with a fishing boat. The consequences of this random accident are tragic. I believe that it is good for non military person's to be allowed to learn how weapon systems work. As the skipper of Sea Scout Ship I on a regular basis take civilians on cruises and as the Captain of the boat I am responsible for all actions in the operation of the vessel I command. This accident if caused by mistake was caused by the mistake of the Captain or duty officers at the time of the accident. The civilians on board have no responsibility at all. A person given command of a vessel must be able to with 99.9999% accuracy understand the strenghs and weakness of the team that operate his vessel. That's the deal. One can prove with one mistake that one is wanting. That's the deal. Wining liberals want multiple seconds chances. In some things second chances are fine and in others you get one shot. In many contests one get's one shot. That's life. watman.com 100% guests for crew for 150 miles through Hell's Gate twice. And yes I have 12 years experience with the Navy and in particular Naval Underwater Systems Center, Newport, R.I 1969 to 1982 Senior Electronic Engineer. Responsible for program management of software engineering for the Advanced Capability(ADCAP) Mk 48 torpedo Automatic Test Equipment(ATE). Included: providing technical guidance on equipment selecting, test set software design interpretation of system specifications and military standards, manpower and material cost accounting, technical liaison between Navy program office and contractors. Project Engineer for the ADCAP torpedo Computer Bus Access system. Included: total system specification, design, programing, integration, and test. Served as a systems consultant on mini and microcomputer system testing; interface requirements between automatic test equipment and embedded torpedo computers; computer communications protocols; in-circuit emulation techniques; real time software testing methods and software development. Responsibilities included the development of several STD BUS, Z80 and 8085 systems. These systems were used to provide real time simulation data for the evaluation of integration testing and logic analysis software testing techniques. Performed technical evaluation and integration of the ADCAP Evaluation Instrumentation/Warhead test set. Performed technical evaluation and integration testing of torpedo MK 48 Homing Control Logic unit fault detection software. The world if full of doers with knifes in their back from all the weiners complaining about what was and wasn't done. Tom Watson tosiwmee