The U.S. Navy Has a Revolutionary New Idea: Sailors Should Know How to Fix Their Own Equipment
Apparently, we've reached the point in human civilization where teaching someone how to use a wrench without an internet connection qualifies as military innovation. There's something wonderfully absurd about living in a country that can build nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, launch missiles from hundreds of miles away, develop autonomous weapons systems, and spend billions of dollars on military technology, only to discover that somebody forgot to teach the people operating the equipment how to fix it when something breaks. I don't know whether to applaud the United States Navy for recognizing this problem or stare at the ceiling for several minutes contemplating how we got here. Perhaps both responses are appropriate. After all, we've apparently reached a fascinating milestone in American military development: the realization that an internet connection might not always be available in the middle of the ocean. Somewhere, a committee of highly educated professionals ...
