Further excerpts from what the OP stated in this thread:

• "that class of submarine also happens to be the only type in service with the us navy that has a diving trunk capable of deploying and retrieving seal teams while remaining submerged. needless to say they dont just let anyone serve on these things. nukes (as in navy nuclear reactor technicians) even see it as an elite assignment, despite the trust already placed in them and the numerous psychological screenings and background checks they endure, and most are relegated to the surface fleet and stuck on aircraft carriers."

• "the basic point is that in the course of their duties, however numerous or divergent, they most likely accessed the same areas of the ship in a similar capacity and therefore were exposed to similar phenomenon, stimulus, information, sights, experiences or which ever term you want to apply. coincidentally, both of these people become involved in shootings with civilian federal employees where they die from an insinuated suicide over a relatively short span of time. notwithstanding my lack of acute clarification over the scope of their duties on board a ship, does this not seem to you somewhat anomalous?"

• "i dont have all of the answers. i only have information that leads me to believe a certain situation is more likely than another. why it was in dry dock to begin with, we will most likely never know, but it is obvious that if it was swarming with contractors at the time, as you say, then it makes it all the more peculiar why this small group for some reason stood out to him or moved him to actually fire his weapon. in the investigation done by the navy it doesnt seem to identify that any witnesses were present aside from the petty officer of the deck (if there were any others) and doesnt state whether or not he gave them commands before firing on them. re-reading it it does say explicitly that the dry dock was at pearl harbor and not san diego. the conclusion is contradictory in that it states he was unfit for duty and most likely psychotic, yet was serving on what could be considered one of the most sensitive platforms in any military branch. furthermore he was screened and approved for armed patrols in this capacity. during this time he was never once reported to counterintelligence or any authority through any insider threat reporting procedure. this conclusion is of course drawn posthumously."

Both men killed by Romero were listed as metal inspectors.

Roldan Agustin

https://retireenews.org/2019/12/20/taps-roldan-a-agustin/

Vincent Kapoi, Jr.

https://obits.staradvertiser.com/2019/12/13/vincent-jerome-kapoi-jr/

Possibly unrelated, but anytime I hear about metals and the military, I'm reminded of Elaine Thomas, metallurgist who falsified test results on the strength of steel for decades and was sentenced to 10 years for it.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/former-metallurgist-lab-director-pleads-guilty-major-fraud-usa

As a shipyard employee, this came up.

The workers were metal inspection code workers. These guys, who don't often go to the boat, would be wearing badges, the sailors know that civilians are coming aboard well in advance. Additionally, these would not be the only (federal) civilian workers coming aboard. These guys are called by the shop workers doing work, who run into an issue, when the material used is called into question. I'm not really sure how deep I should go, 1. for boredom, 2. opsec stuff. Either way, the shop says, this stud should say X, but it's missing, is it a Lowe's replaced stud, or did a sailor go crazy cleaning it. These inspectors determine that. So these guys wouldn't randomly show up.

On to the sailor. Submarine sailors live in dark times. You get shit on endlessly from the day you show up until the day you get qualified submarines (you get to wear the submarine warfare device, "fish"). Even after that, life is hellish. Too much work, not enough workers. Not enough parts, if you are not new, you get crap for having guys under you unqualified, even if they suck. So all this to say, a lot of sailors are suicidal. This is an actual problem the Navy has ignored for decades. Now that people are (even if only reported more often) committing suicide and getting attention nowadays, sailors have taken to that kind of thing. My former department is not allowed to carry a gun across the navy because of suicide issues. My former department is an amplified version of extreme sadness, sadistic, masochism, and suicidal tendencies compared to the non-engineering portion of the boat.

My qualifications to make the above statements: Submarine sailor 2011-2017 (training 2011-2013 + subs from 2014-2017)

Link to thread: https://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/391662317

This is fascinating, and I wonder if it connects to the info coming out of Russia right now that there may be a nuclear event instigated by Ukraine.

https://greatawakening.win/p/15JAqOsVYg/update-from-russian-mil-on-this-/