<p>I’m with Z on this one, there’s something they aren’t telling us. It’s been abuot 20 years since I was in submarine ops but you hear alot of stories on duty in the command center and I never heard anything like this. The story says that the submarine was only out of communication for a couple of hours. Anyone who’s been there can tell you that it would take that long just to get the right folks in the room and up to speed. I understand from another article they even woke Sec. Gates up for this one. The call to ISMERLO and SAR operations could have gone out immediately, that’s SOP but notifying the families that the sub is in distress is a whole different story, that decision is made at a very high pay grade, and not without knowing that you’re dealing with a real casualty.</p>