FLASH articles from July 2003

FLASH archives from July 2003

Driving while tired.
July 1, 2003... This was one of the happiest drives I ever had made; I was driving back to school from Ohio to graduate after four long years of work. I looked forward to all the festivities of graduation week and all the parties with friends and family. I had...

A different soap box.(submarines)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Training our Sailors is the ultimate responsibility of the Navy's leadership structure. I've visited numerous boats over the last two years and found many DCPOs did not have the requisite level of knowledge to perform the PMS required on some...

Navigation interactive CD-ROM version 5.
July 1, 2003... The Navigational interactive CD-ROM continues to be an invaluable tool for navigational personnel to learn from others misfortune. The newest version will include a grounding incident that actually occurred. This mishap could have been avoided...

Accidental discharge.(small arms)
July 1, 2003... Mishaps involving small arms have increased recently. Two submarines have reported incidents of accidental discharges in the last couple of months. One submarine reported an incident of six rounds being "accidentally discharged" from the sail...

Is your ICV a shock hazard waiting for a victim?(submarines)
July 1, 2003... During the past year we have seen several mishap reports regarding electrical shock received from the ICV panel. Each mishap was the result of test probes, for total bus voltage, missing insulated finger guards. These guards are designed to...

Health & safety information on household products.
July 1, 2003... The U.S. National Library of Medicine, run by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, launched a web site in September that lists the potential health effects of more than 2,000 product ingredients. If you're worried about the...

A diver's greatest asset.
July 1, 2003... Having spent the first 5 1/2 years of my career as a submariner, and the last two of that as a diver, I know the challenge of being a dive locker LPO onboard a submarine. Common to most commands, divers aboard the USS Sargo were plagued by...

Reverse osmosis desalinator.(submarines)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Formal PMS has now been issued for SSN 688 Class boats that have the Submarine Escape and Immersion Equipment (SEIE) suit SHIPALT. This new PMS now covers the reverse osmosis desalinators that were issued with this SHIPALT. SUBMEPP Portsmouth...

Editor's thoughts.
July 1, 2003... A safety survey offered by the Naval Safety Center is one of the last free looks the Navy has to offer! We conduct safety surveys (not inspections), we don't report the specific results of our surveys to anyone (e.g., squadrons and TyComs),...