Another Covid cost:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...15-days-at-sea
Another Covid cost:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...15-days-at-sea
"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
8 months out on the water? Yikes. I might have started to think about swimming!
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Kathianne....
I appreciate you posting this. Been there, done that..but not as long.
How bout this? During 1990-91 in the Persian Gulf during Operations Desert Shield/Storm. We did a little thing like that too!
Left Norfolk, Aug 19, 1990...one port call in Dubai...came home March 13, 91.
Except for 3 days in Dubai....You count the days. Thousands of sailors and marines know the feeling from way back then, on all kinds of ships the PUBLIC knows nothing about if it's not an AIRCRAFT CARRIER or SUBMARINE.
Ever heard the expression: "HAZE GREY AND UNDERWAY?" That's where it came from.
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I love to make Liberals Cry, and Whine.
So, this is for them.
GOD BLESS AMERICA - IN GOD WE TRUST !
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
@Kathianne I gotta know, did I turn you on to The War Zone when I mentioned it a while back? They really do an outstanding job.
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The War Zone is the place to watch when anything happens militarily around the world. The analysis is top notch.
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That is a ship in serious need of some paint and body work...
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"The man who invented the telescope found out more about heaven than the closed eyes of prayer ever discovered." - Robert G. Ingersoll
Unfortunately. That kind of repair from Salt Water requires many weeks alongside a pier, or in a shipyard Drydock. SALT WATER is the biggest enemy of almost everything.
Those crew members deserve a long, long LEAVE period while the Shipyard workers do their thing.
After that...It will look like a new ship, probably with a huge turnover of crew as well.
I love to make Liberals Cry, and Whine.
So, this is for them.
GOD BLESS AMERICA - IN GOD WE TRUST !
I have mad respect for the crew of that ship. All that time at sea (only resupplied by unrep or helo) would make anyone nuts!
But being a Coastie I would like to submit the antics of this ship
USCGC Courier (WAGR-410)
The Courier held the record for longest deployment overseas - from 17 July 1952 to 13 August 1964, she spent no time in United States territorial waters being stationed instead off the island of Rhodes, Greece during that time
Much more here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Courier_(WAGR-410)
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