How is that appropriate?

and Gabby is entitled to it.
Obviously her and her husband approve of it, so what's your problem?

Very interesting.

This place never surprises me anymore...

poster hasn't come back to answer me yet.

I merely asked for justification.

I happen to think it clanked off the rim given what happened to her.

Not sure how that would be interesting.

and she's been a strong of the military.

It's armed defensively. It's a multi purpose workhorse, particularly useful for amphibious landings and support. You might want to read up on them.

I didn't catch that, but you're correct.

FWIW, the Wiki article is quite interesting.

precisely because it is so lightly armed. Her combat systems can be summarized as 1) A defensive electronic warfare suite, 2) Some anti-missile machine guns, 3) One 57 mm cannon 4) mid-range SAMs, 5) A few Hellfire missiles, and 6) Helicopters and all capabilities associated with them.

That's actually not much. The USS Gabrielle Giffords and ships of the class would be effective at minesweeping, launching Navy SEALs, and engaging pirates/Iranian speedboats. Her anti-submarine capabilities are only as good as the helicopters (which need to be airborne). And the Hellfire missiles are kind of a joke, since they only have a range of five miles and would be ineffective against a heavily armored enemy combat vessel. Even the anti-aircraft weaponry would be quickly overwhelmed by a handful of aircraft launching supersonic missiles, assuming they could get a radar lock. Basically, the whole ship design banks on the stealth being pretty reliable, and/or the enemy being rather unsophisticated. Still, I wouldn't consider this ship much of a strategic asset.

Amphibious missions have always been the toughest tactical on the books. Depending on what the other guy's got and even with the best screen possible, can go crappy quickly.

I hope for the swabs' sakes it isn't one of those "looked good on paper" FUBARs

That enjoys shooting with her husband?

I do see the meaning in your comment, when it was a gun which would have killed her had she not worked desperately for such a long time to prevent it.

I definitely see your point.

Welcome to D.U., Camelback.

Let that be a lesson to the whisper hearers over on the Reich!

And very fitting! Congrats Gabrielle!

I think this is great!