New Commander of US Naval Submarine Forces

Vice Admiral Charles A. Richard assumed command of US Submarine Forces, during a change of command ceremony held on Saturday, August 4th, aboard the USS Washington.

Full story at https://news.usni.org/2018/08/06/35...230444141&mc_cid=d9ed41cd30&mc_eid=1e7b3fa983

Admiral Richard is also known as Chas W4HFZ

 

The best offense is a good defense.

Not only a ham, but a FlexRadio guy ! Godspeed to the Admiral.

73
Jim, WQ2H

 

Not true. With the advent of hypersonic missles, all surface ships are sitting ducks. The stealthy submarine is the only truly viable deterence we have. In WW2 it was the battleship that went obsolete in favor of the aircraft carriers. Today, the carriers are sitting ducks, and only the subs will survive a REAL battle. If anything, scrap the carriers.

 

DONT SCRAP ANYTHING!!! - remember WWII. To save money, everything was run down both sides of the pond then the war broke out and it was a race to get on a par with the enemy

 

A survivor of the patriot Rickover interview. That in itself is a lifetime achievement. Kickass Vice Adm Richards.

 

What has his job and your answers to do with HAM RADIO?????

 

Well .... some pretty good DE boats come out of DL-land .... kind of expensive, tho ...

 

You might want to check again... A large portion of the U.S.'s Nuclear Arsenal is carried on Submarines. And, for obvious reasons. They are hidden most of the time and can pop up, fire a Nuclear missile, and submerge out of site again. Try a google search for 'Ohio Class Submarines'...

Dan KI4AX

 

Opinions on the efficacy of submarines aside, I appreciate QRZ making us aware of the good Admiral. An ex Navy Nuke myself, it is great to see a fellow ham doing this important work.

Bob
W8BKM

 

Welcome aboard, Admiral Richard, and thank you for your service. Please disregard some of the ignorant and uninformed comments on this board ... it's hard to fix stupid! I hope to work you sometime ... probably not from your boat? 73, Dennis, WU6X

 

That's very nice work Vice Admiral Richard. And a Ham TOO... Congratulations!

 

Yeah, there's no need for submarines. The Russians are our friends. They wouldn't dream of trying to wipe out our bombers and land based missiles with a first strike, would they?

 

Some countries can’t be responsible with such weapons. I give you Germany as an example.

 

Me too.
Bob, Do you also get a laugh when some people on here tell how hard it was to actually have to draw a simple schematic when they were being stared down by the mean FCC examiner?

 

I too met Rickover in Holyloch 1971 . I was assigned to SubRon 14 but was a surface sailor. Not a bubblehead . Subs will always be the ace in the hole .