Sunday, January 20, 2013

Digital map error may have led to grounding - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times

Digital map error may have led to grounding - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times

And yet - the CO will still lose his job

This Jan. 17 photo released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Command (WESCOM) shows the Guardian, a U.S. Navy minesweeper, after it ran aground off Tubbataha Reef, a World Heritage Site in the Sulu Sea, 400 miles southwest of Manila, Philippines. Most of the sailors left the ship Jan. 18 for safety reasons after initial efforts to free the vessel failed, the Navy said.

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