P.O.D.

SSN 680 Plan of the Day

As Time Goes By

Sean Gawne's reminder that it was 30 years ago that we did 'absolutely nothing to nobody nowhere near anywhere we would never be caught dead at' or something like that, snapped me out of my near comatose Friday evening exhaustion and I realized that I hadn't written anything on the site in almost a year. Well, my apologies, shipmates.

It's been a busy last ten months. I'm the Human Performance Manager at DC Cook Nuclear Power Plant, and it was almost exactly a year ago that I was commissioned with turning the plant's culture around. I'll spare you the gruesome details, but a year later, and we've really done it. I can't believe the change in things at the station - I wish I knew the things about human behavior I know now back when we were on the boat. It could have really been a different place, not that I'd trade those experiences for anything.

The whole point of telling you that is that I spent about 70 hours a week for the last ten months driving this culture change initiative, and finally, I'm at a place where I feel like I can catch my breath. That meant zero time on the website, and it shows! About the only time I spent on this site in the last year was in beefing up the defenses - we haven't been hacked since last September when we got knocked off line for a few days. Currently, we are experiencing about 60-100 attempts per day, but so far the defenses are holding.

So now that I have a little extra time, I've still got photos to post, and articles to write, and that doesn't even take into account upgrading the software that drives the site. But it's a hobby!

Look for new photos shortly, and more activity around the site as I get back in the swing of things again. Don't be afraid to write up a sea story or two yourself, and post a few photos if you've got them. Instructions and answers to general questions are located in the FAQs under Quarterdeck >> Ship's Office.

Don't be afraid to ask for help finding your way around - that's what shipmates are for!

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Sean Gawne
Brad, wish I had known about your challenge over the past year. We closed out three cross cutting issues last year after a several year effort - might have been able to save you some time in the learning process. Glad to hear all is well now. With any luck we'll be starting up soon. As for what you are saying, it would have been nice if the Navy had some aspects of the commercial culture, such as respect for others, but the focus on excellence and teamwork was unbeatable.
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