P.O.D.

SSN 680 Plan of the Day

Celebration and Sorrow

Today is the 11th of April. We have reason to celebrate - it’s the 116th birthday of the United States Submarine Service! Today, as throughout history, the U.S. Submarine Service remains the premier submarine force on the planet. The quality of the submarines we sailed and that those who followed us continue to sail is, without question, unequaled.

As good as the iron we drove beneath the sea was and is, the true reason for 116 years of success lies in the men that sailed, and the men and women that continue to sail those silent prowlers of the depths.

There is no character equal to one forged on the anvil of submarine hull metal under the hammer of crisis and conflict, tempered by the depth and breadth of the unforgiving and endless sea..

As those of us who earned the dolphins can attest, this comes at great cost. It is with sorrow and gratitude that we remember the loss of the USS Thresher, fifty-three years ago yesterday. Sorrow, that 129 comrades, shipmates, and friends were lost with the ship that fateful April morning, in the cold Atlantic east of Boston. Gratitude, that their sacrifice was not wasted, that the resulting SubSafe program made our submarines the safest in the world, and the lessons they taught us continue to protect and serve every U.S. Submariner that sails today. May God grant the Threshers fair winds and following seas...

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