New Hampshire is celebrating that the BRAC Commission decided not to close down the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard. It really puzzled me how it got on the list after winning awards for efficiency, cost savings and excellence in repair work. If the base was mediocre or costing an arm and a leg more than private contractors, then fine, close it - but that wasn't the case.
As the Chairman explained the commission's rejection of the recommendation for closure, "It is the gold standard by which we should measure shipyards."
The people of the base should be proud that it was solely through their excellent work that the shipyard is staying open!
Pats on the back, all around, for those fine people!
Posted by: Cop Car | August 26, 2005 at 07:01 AM
Geeze, were you sitting on the computer waiting for me to post or what?
Posted by: bogie | August 26, 2005 at 07:13 AM
I had meant to get on a little earlier, but your dad was getting ready to go to El Dorado (he's working the flooding, there), so I was checking out a printer (its black cartridge was dried out, so no sense taking it with him!) Poor baby--he returned home after 8:00 PM, last night, and left before 7:00 AM, today.
Posted by: Cop Car | August 26, 2005 at 06:19 PM