Tracking Bloggers On USS Freedom

Phillip Ewing, a Navy Times reporter who we read regularly, is currently taking a trip across the Great Lakes in the Navy's newest warship USS Freedom (LCS 1). Phillip is blogging his trip from the warship which you can follow here.

This might interest some folks...

In the meantime, if there are any curious surface warriors, airedales, bubbleheads or just enthusiasts who have questions about the Freedom they haven’t gotten answered, please send me them in an e-mail at [email protected] or leave them in the comments. I’ll do my best to find the right sailor, chief or officer while we’re on board and get the details you’re looking for.

I only have one question Phil, is the Navy providing Charmin or the cheap stuff? Just trying to get a feel for what I might need to pack.

I'll be taking a ride on USS Freedom in the near future, and uh, I don't want to be the guy who comes back to blog about the rash I got hanging out with sailors.

All kidding aside, I am pretty sure I know what people here want to know, and I hope to get those answers. After reading the commentary from the commissioning, I still believe I can make a better strategic case for this warship than the Navy, or at least than the Navy has so far, but maybe the USS Freedom CO or XO will have a good case to make themselves? It is somewhat telling that after four years, SECNAV was hyping the recent news about the Marine module and calling LCS a "mini-gator" during the commissioning, which is a brand new description for the LCS, instead of sticking to what it has supposed to be for the last several years.

Oh well, last week I heard the LCS referred to as the "think tank, sink tank" which was a less than flattering description. As I've said for over a year now, USS Freedom isn't a warship, it is a mini-mothership, and a reminder that the USS Langley wasn't the perfect aircraft carrier either.