Maryland's DOT apparently does better at maintaining its bridges than the Navy.
This is the wreckage of the bridge, which shows no significant rusting:
Unlike the Navy.
One of the axioms about military equipment is that if the little things are taken care of, it's a reasonable assumption that the big things are also good. It's a matter of pride and professionalism.
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if it moves salute it, if it rust scrape and paint it.
I think they have a shortage of swabies to do the latter
and likely paint and needle guns.
This has been a problem, more so with the pacific fleet.
Eck!
While I wasn't Navy, that axiom sure worked in the Army. A lot of inspections never got too deep
if the little things were evident. and one of my first Sergeants taught me that an inspection wasn't something you got ready for.
I recall a possible counterexample - the USS Washington in WWII when Adm Lee ran her. She looked worse than any other ship in her class because Lee cared about nothing but her gunnery.
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