Why US Navy vessels are rusting

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Here are the top 10+ reasons why US Navy ships are covered in rust stains:

•They aren’t allowed to use old, toxic-but-effective paint.
•They aren’t allowed to use new, eco-friendly-but-effective paint.
•They aren’t allowed to send people over the side on ropes.
•They aren’t allowed to violate even a single one of the myriad idiotic Navy safety rules.
•They aren’t allowed to use acids or chemicals like Ospho over the side.
•They don’t allow shipyards to work quickly to strip and immediately paint hulls.
•They aren’t allowed to use “dangerous” equipment like the most powerful hydroblasters.
•They don’t allow shipyards to bypass overly restrictive state and local laws in places like California.
•They aren’t allowed to update requirements to reflect the latest application science.
•They aren’t allowed to let shipyards complete the work without bureaucratic entanglements and armies of clipboard carriers.
•They aren’t allowed to let captains overrule workplace safety regulations.
•They aren’t allowed to spy on other nations, like South Korea and China, to learn why they do a better job at preventing rust.
•They aren’t allowed to send uniformed officers to commercial shipping conferences to learn about the latest paint technologies.
•They aren’t allowed to purchase the best paint and equipment.
•They aren’t allowed to admit the US Merchant Marine does certain things better than the Navy.
•They aren’t allowed to turn off mandated DEI computer training long enough to get painting done.
•They aren’t allowed to ask the USCG how they manage to keep their cutters white.
•They aren’t allowed to fire any of the 83,000 people who work for the Navy’s shipbuilding and repair arm,
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•They never fire the Admirals or SES officials responsible for the problem.