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Originally Posted by Henson

On a US submarine the COW/DOOW team has godlike powers, and is integral to the safety of the ship, the mission, and the crew both in normal evolutions and especially during casualties. IMO that knowledge and experience they have is a direct result of the time they have had as junior guys 'sitting sticks' in control and seeing how we operate the ship. The new system takes the junior guys out of the equation, and instead we have a couple of chiefs with touch screens and joysticks. I'm sure it looks really cool and all, but I want to know when it is they're supposed to get all of that experience and learn how to drive the boat.

Playstation? Maybe they've made a PS2 game for the Junior Officers called "drive the boat".

Originally Posted by Driftwood

I completely agree! That is.......Right after North Carolina! Which I believe is getting commissioned in the next year! AND we have great barbeque up here too! Sorry, couldn't resist!

Them's fighting words!