NAVSEA08 Races to Contain Fallout From ORSE Leak

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Washington, DC (SPG) - Naval Reactors has been working around the clock for the last 48 hours as officials and officers race to assess and contain the damage caused by the unexpected release of ORSE results from a sailor stationed aboard the USS Mystic.

Many questions still remain - principle among them is how an unqualified ETN serving in the role of knowledgeable petty officer was able to obtain the ORSE report and final grade before the boat’s CO and Squadron Commodore.

However, more pressing concerns exist:

“With the release of this report, our adversaries have quickly gained access to decades of audit and surveillance technology,” said CAPT Roy Gilbertson of NAVSEA(08) N2.

The United States Navy invested billions of dollars over the previous decades to develop a next generation ability to track TDLs. In an era where Russia and China have attempted to reassert themselves as global powers - boasting a new suite of hypersonic missiles and cyber weaponry - the ability to assign extra supervisory reviews was one domain in which the United States maintained a unique advantage.

This leak potentially compromises that edge.

With each new class of submarine, Russia slowly began closing the standards gap. The new “Severodvinsk” class submarine is assessed to be at near parity with its US counterpart in the ability for crew members to effectively close out TDLs (See figure below).

China, while still assessed to lag the United States, is not far behind and with a complete list of deficiencies from Mystic’s battery records they might be closer than previously imaginable.