Comments on: Japan Coast Guard cuts down on training to save on fuel costs http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/06/japan-coast-guard-cuts-down-on-training-to-save-on-fuel-costs/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Maritime Monday 123 | gCaptain.com http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/06/japan-coast-guard-cuts-down-on-training-to-save-on-fuel-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-218790 Maritime Monday 123 | gCaptain.com Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:07:16 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5569#comment-218790 [...] Probe has “Japan Coast Guard cuts down on training to save on fuel costs“. I would think that there are better places to cut expenses, but I guess they can get away [...] [...] Probe has “Japan Coast Guard cuts down on training to save on fuel costs“. I would think that there are better places to cut expenses, but I guess they can get away [...]

]]> By: Daniel Fath http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/06/japan-coast-guard-cuts-down-on-training-to-save-on-fuel-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-215564 Daniel Fath Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:14:28 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5569#comment-215564 Well, if JCG training methods mirror those followed by local emergency response teams, will they actually be saving on fuel? I mean, how much gasoline do they use ferrying around a half-dozen fire extinguishers and cardboard cutouts emblazoned with the word "fire"? Hell, if they really want to save money they could hand every recruit a boxed set of the Umi Zaru series and leave it at that. Well, if JCG training methods mirror those followed by local emergency response teams, will they actually be saving on fuel? I mean, how much gasoline do they use ferrying around a half-dozen fire extinguishers and cardboard cutouts emblazoned with the word “fire”?

Hell, if they really want to save money they could hand every recruit a boxed set of the Umi Zaru series and leave it at that.

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