The Tagout Crisis of June 25th 2023.

Aboard USS Kansas, the Tagout Crisis of Sunday June 25th 2023  will never be forgotten (until next maintenance avail, where inevitably the same mistakes will be made). Below is a first look at the minute-by-minute track of where the Ship’s Duty Officer, LTJG Paul Barinette, was and what he was seeing for the entirety of the 25th of June. 

 
0000Q             	LTJG Barinette ran into his former division at the strip club Headlights and offered up his AMEX Platinum to cover the tab.
0000Q-0300Q 	[The Subpar Group’s legal team advised us to redact this]
0300Q               	LTJG Barinette stumbled into his Uber Black (He is on the record later stating that the Uber Black was ordered by mistake).
0303Q               	LTJG Barinette passed out in his Uber Black.
0329Q               	Kevin (The Uber Driver) shook LTJG Barinette awake in the back                                                    seat of the Uber.
0331Q               	LTJG Barinette vomited outside of his apartment door onto his shoes and doormat.
0334Q               	LTJG Barinette placed 24 Taquitos in his oven set to 400°.
0335Q               	LTJG Barinette passed out on his couch.
0450Q-0455Q 	LTJG Barinette woke up from his smoke detector going off, removed the batteries, turned off the oven, and returned to sleep on the couch.
0740Q               	LTJG Barinette woke up on his couch needing to pee.
0755Q               	LTJG Barinette arrived at Pier 3-4 at Naval Station Norfolk and came aboard the USS Kansas.
0800Q               	LTJG Barinette held duty section turnover, unaware of the status of Sail Safety, Diver’s Safety, VLS Safety, the Electric Plant, Containment, or any evolutions scheduled for his duty day.  He “understood Tab Alpha.”
0813Q               	The oncoming and offgoing EDOs and SDOs called the ENG and CO for turnover briefs.  The Offgoing EDO informed the ENG of a valve found out of position. Upon questioning from the Engineer, the Offgoing EDO admitted that he hadn’t opened up the Valve out of Position actions of the Engineering Department Manual. The Engineer told the Offgoing EDO, “Try again” and hung up the phone.
0832Q-0841Q 	The team once again tried their turnover reports with success.
0842Q               	LTJG Barinette relieved the watch as SDO, conditions as before.
0842Q-0923Q 	The SDO slept on the Wardroom bench chair.
0923Q               	The duty NAVET reminded the SDO that the weekly tagout audit needed to be done today.
0950Q               	After throwing up in the Stateroom head, the SDO issued the daily tagout audit.
0951Q               	The SDO resumed sleeping on the Wardroom bench chair.
1022Q               	The SDO was again woken up by the duty NAVET and informed that a danger tag on [REDACTED]  was never signed by the Authorizing Officer.
1023Q               	The SDO again resumed sleeping on the Wardroom bench chair.
1106Q               	The SDO was woken up by the Duty CS. Lunch (Grilled chicken, steamed broccoli, and carrots) was ready to be served.
1157Q               	Topside called the SDO to inform him that Girl Scout Troop 312 was topside for a tour of the boat. (The SDO was unaware of a scheduled tour for the day)
1208Q               	While in the Machinery room, the SDO left Troop 312 in the custody of MMA3 to go throw up in the Chief’s Quarters head.
1217Q               	While in the Torpedo Room, TM2 disclosed classified information about the MK48 Torpedo to Troop 312.
1234Q               	The SDO attempted to don an EAB for time in the wardroom (2 minutes, 32 seconds) and accidentally broke the regulator in the process. He muttered “You get the point” as he threw it back in a chair after doffing it.
1245Q               	While showing Troop 312 the periscope in control, the Belowdecks watch whispered into the SDO’s ear, “Mr. Duty Officer sir, there’s been a second tagout violation.” Not to alarm Troop 312, the SDO carried on with his tour trying to get the scope to move with the Xbox controller. (The SDO was unaware sail safety was hanging with the scopes pinned up)
1301Q                The SDO led the troop topside and returned to the wardroom to watch It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
1320Q		The Duty Chief asked the SDO what the Captain said about the tagout violations.
1325Q		The SDO called and informed the Captain of the tagout violations.  When asked if he had opened the Tagout Users Manual to verify they took the correct actions, the SDO replied “Yes sir, and I’ve ordered a stop work until we can hold a critique and conduct all hands training tomorrow.”
1345Q		The SDO opened the Tagout Users Manual for the first time in the past 13 months. Auxiliary Division personnel continued their work for the day.
1346Q-1745Q 	The SDO continued watching It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
1746Q 		The SDO went topside to check out the Norfolk dating app scene.
1749Q		The SDO ran out of likes on Tinder.
1751Q		The SDO ran out of likes on Bumble.
1753Q		The SDO ran out of likes on Hinge.
1754Q		The SDO returned below decks to get his credit card to pay for Hinge+.
1803Q 		The SDO completed paying for Hinge+ and swiped right for 3 consecutive minutes.
1808Q		First Call for Colors.
1809Q		The SDO returned belowdecks. 
1813Q		Colors. 
1814Q		SDO returned topside and noticed a match on Hinge.
1815Q		The only person to match with the SDO blocked him after realizing he was an officer (it was later revealed that the match was with an E-3).
1825Q		The EDO asked the SDO to call the CO to get permission to single the duty. 
1826Q		The EDO and SDO called the CO for the evening phone call. The SDO stated he, “intended to single the EDO and station him as SDO U/I for his professional development.”
1827Q		The EDO punched a locker and went to the rack.
1828Q-2200Q	The SDO watched more It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. 
2200Q 		The SDO told the belowdecks to “forget to wake him up for his 0100 tour.”
2215Q		The SDO “didn’t play Candy Crush on his phone because his phone was topside and you’re not allowed to have your phone on the boat” and fell asleep in his rack.