Urgent warning: Military contractors threatened with termination by Biden poses a national security threat
Posted by: Pat Droney| |Categories Featured, Homeland Security,
As China and Russia accelerate the buildup of their military, the U.S. is falling far behind while at the same time the Biden administration, obsessed with the ridiculous goal of getting 100% of the population vaccinated threatens to have those who build our military weapons fired from their jobs.
One such company affected is Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut, a division of General Dynamics, which manufactures our submarines for the United States Navy. Back in September, the president of Electric Boat said the company would comply with Biden’s dictates for federal employees and contractors, according to The Day of New London.
“These protocols are still in development and require no immediate action on the part of employers or their employees…,” Kevin Graney, president of EB said. “As a federal contractor, Electric Boat will comply with these protocols. However, requirements are still evolving and remain unclear at this time.”
He continued, “For EB employees who work on federal property, including SUBASE New London, other public shipyards and in-service submarines, the Department of Defense continues to evolve their COVID-19 requirements related to access to these facilities,” Graney wrote.
Graney said the company encourages all employees to get vaccinated, and provides the vaccine at all company clinics and pharmacies.
Meanwhile in contrast, Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia has had an exemption process in place for employees since Oct. 4, 2021.
As with those who work in hospitals, who are on the front lines as firefighters, police officers and EMS workers, as well as numerous others, apparently yesterday’s “heroes” are today’s “zeroes,” a point made by another EB employee:
…We are all frustrated. I am going to see people I care about get locked out over a vaccine. We were all deemed “ESSENTIAL” when the pandemic started, now we are being labeled “REPLACEABLE.” I hope the company understands, you aren’t going to replace these people and what they have done overnight.
The consequences of this are going to be felt years into the future. We have people who are masters at their craft walking. You can’t replace that in a timely manner. People are going to be overworked because of this disaster the company doesn’t seem to care about.
There should be no other priority to the company right now other than this issue. Boats are delayed enough now with a full workforce here at EB, it is going to get much worse when people get locked out. Maybe this is what the company and the government needs to see…”
“They’ve got a lot of shipyards and a lot of capacity,” said Brent Sadler, a retired U.S. naval officer and analyst with The Heritage Foundation. “They’re building a lot of ships.”
Sadler, author of the U.S. Navy section of Heritage’s 2022 Index of U.S. Military Strength, which is updated annually, found that for the second year in a row, the index gave the U.S. sea services scores of “marginal” and “trending toward weak,” with a specific naval capacity score of “weak.”
“A battle force consisting of 400 manned ships is required for the U.S. Navy to do what is expected of it today,” the index said. “The Navy’s current battle force fleet of 297 ships and intensified operational tempo combine to reveal a Navy that is much too small relative to its tasks.”
The index also showed that the Navy’s technological edge is “narrow[ing] against peer competitors China and Russia.”
“The combination of a fleet that is aging faster than old ships are being replaced and the rapid growth of competitor navies with modern technologies does not bode well for U.S. naval power,” the index said.
Sadler said it is possible for the U.S. to turn things around but it won’t be cheap.
“If you put the demand out to build more ships quicker, that will force capital investment in the shipyards to have a larger workforce and a larger capacity, which we will need,” Sadler said. “If you don’t have enough ships, you overwork your crews.”
Sadler said U.S. political leaders need to get serious about “making significant investments” in Navy ship capacity in the coming years.
While a Navy spokesman declined to comment on the specifics of Heritage’s analysis, the Pentagon has acknowledged previously that funding availability is the obvious issue.
Republicans have called the Biden administration’s request of $753 billion for the Pentagon’s 2022 budget inadequate in light of the ongoing threats from China and Russia. The Navy budget has drawn bipartisan concerns, with the House Armed Services Committee securing a $24 billion increase in the Navy’s budget appropriation.
At the height of the Cold War in the 1980s, the Navy had some 600 ships and kept around 100 deployed. As of July 2021, the fleet was down to 297 warships, of which 93 were at sea or otherwise deployed, the index said. This has had an impact on training and crew familiarization due to increased operational demands on fewer ships.
So clearly, building more ships in a timely manner is of vital importance to our national security. Instead, Biden and the Democrats are more focused on scoring political points with their COVID-obsessed base. And companies such as Electric Boat are leaving their employees hung out to dry over their ability to seek exemptions from the mandates. For the rest of the article, visit LawEnforcement Today
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Pat Droney is a retired police officer, having worked in the field in for over 31 years, up to and including the rank of Chief of Police. After retirement, Pat worked as Director of Campus Safety for a private school, as well as Loss Prevention Supervisor in the retail sector. He currently works in the transportation industry. Pat is a proud Reagan conservative patriot, loves his Irish heritage, but especially loves his country and is an unabashed supporter of our military. He is also the co-host of the podcast “Red, White and Blue With P2” on Spotify.Related Posts