Remember that sub fire in Portsmouth? A lot of people suggested that it was incompetent “Hot Work” like welding or cutting that caught fire after the crew left the compartment.
It was much worse:
Navy investigators have determined that a civilian laborer set a fire that caused $400 million in damage to a nuclear-powered submarine because he had anxiety and wanted to get out of work early.
Casey James Fury of Portsmouth, N.H., faces up to life in prison if convicted of two counts of arson in the fire aboard the USS Miami attack submarine while it was in dry dock May 23 and a second blaze outside the sub on June 16.
The 24-year-old Casey was taking medications for anxiety and depression and told investigators he set the fires so he could get out of work, according a seven-page affidavit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland.
Wow, what an ASSHOLE! Has he not heard of faking sick or lying about a family emergency….or hell just WALKING OUT? All of these moves are dickish and bad form, but better than STARTING A FIRE ON A NUCLEAR SUB!
I don’t know what the work environment is like in the shipyard (tho I know several civilians who work there who overall see it as a pretty nice job) but if you’re just having a bad day for medical reasons just tell your damn supervisor and get yourself healthy!
This jerk is going to be REALLY anxious in federal prison.
I don’t know how things are these days, but it used to be the case that civilian workers in military jobs had it good.
This raises a good point. Don’t the control freaks go on and on about how we need mental health checks for all gun owners? Doesn’t the military run at least some measure of a background check on people like this–especially for those who work in areas as sensitive as a nuclear attack submarine? It appears that we just can’t catch everything after all.