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Navy already can’t meet their enlisted recruiting [1] and civilian mariner [2] targets. Operational security is a consideration, but unmanned vessels don’t sail and project force.

As stevetodd’s link mentions downthread, the Navy is procuring StarLink officially (likely as part of StarShield, their DoD product with milspec satellites and full DoD ownership and control [3]); peel off some bandwidth for the humans if you expect them to show up to the job. They’ll easily find a better job in the current labor macro otherwise [4].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39169676

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41331066

[3] https://spacenews.com/pentagon-embracing-spacexs-starshield-...

[4] https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/article/36...

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How about a huge collection of offline digital medias and an Intranet that connects the sailors on the ship? That might help a bit?

that solves 1 of the three content types. the other two are "check sports scores, text home" which an intranet would not solve.

I'd assume "text home" is the one that's explicitly against the rules no matter the method.

Most media that your average person is interested in can't legally be obtained for offline consumption.

Your average techie can get around that by using Jellyfin, Sonarr/Radarr, Torrent trackers and such, but the military has to follow the law.

THe fact that ships travel around the world doesn't make this easier. Even if the Pentagon could make a deal with most of the major U.S. streaming services to provide their content to the military in a secure, offline fashion, which they probably could, those companies are often prohibited from distributing that content outside U.S. borders due to exclusivity agreements.

I was on a ferry from Barcelona to Mallorca. They had a movies, magazines and newspapers on what looks like an intranet app. It probably works the same way an airplane's in-flight entertainment.

The US Navy could have their own version of that.

Man I thought the companies that hold legal rights of those medias (movies and shows and games) have some special deals with the army. They should!

But how can airlines have almost every movie, TV Show and music album on their airplanes?

I recently flew on long flight with Qatar Airways and their library is massive. Almost any movie, show or album I could think of was in there

Why wouldn't it be possible to individually pre-purchase media before deployment?

Purchased (i.e. not rented) media on at least iTunes/Apple TV/Apple Music/Kindle etc. are usable offline indefinitely.

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