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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 08:14 PM
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USS Bainbridge (DDG96)
She has arrived at the scene in the Gulf of Aden ........










..... to aid the Maersk Alabama










:patriot:
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 08:15 PM
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1. Yay Navy! nt
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 08:21 PM
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2. Every now and again I swear I can feel the floor gently rolling
I'm an old and crazy man.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 08:22 PM
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3. Keep the dream rolling, StinkyTC!
Just so long as Sparkly doesn't kick you out of bed for it.

Dad had the submariner's habit of levitating before rolling over in bed. Drove mom nuts.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 08:42 PM
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4. Go in shooting.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 09:26 PM
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12. They should sink the mother ship(s).
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Ex Lurker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 08:50 PM
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5. Her namesake, Commodore William Bainbridge, served against the Barbary Pirates n/t
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 08:55 PM
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6. Poetic justice, eh?
I never thought about that. Good get!
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 09:04 PM
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7. My shipmates will take care of the situation. We always HAVE!1 n/t
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 09:07 PM
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8. Why can't Denmark protect their own ships?
Yeah, yeah, NATO, blah, blah, world's policemen, blah, blah.
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hack89 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 09:21 PM
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10. US flagged ships with US crews
is the reason the US navy is there. Don't you think the US government has a responsibility to aid US citizens in trouble?
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 09:28 PM
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13. Please. More like U.S freight and trade routes.
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hack89 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 09:32 PM
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14. And American jobs? nt
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 09:15 PM
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9. Meanwhile, a VP-Squad P-3 circles the lifeboat with the hostage captain.
The hostage captain will have 100% coverage from the VPs until this ordeal is over (VP = fixed-wing patrol).
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 11:01 PM
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15. Where would they be based?
Do we have assets in Oman?

Bainbridge has an air wing herself. Two Seahawks.
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Harry Monroe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 11:50 PM
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17. Djibouti actually
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-09-09 08:12 AM
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21. Wow ..... okay. That's right there.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 09:22 PM
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11. Good!
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 11:32 PM
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16. We should've been doing this all along.
How about a couple aircraft carriers?
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-09-09 07:28 AM
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20. yeah, against a few skiffs, a fishing boat with a fucked up motor
and some skinny somalis in flip flops with ak-47s and machetes.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 11:55 PM
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18. Get em!
:bounce:
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-09-09 07:22 AM
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19. Here you go!
Okay, maybe not much use here. Carry on...
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scrinmaster Donating Member (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-09-09 08:21 AM
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22. I guess there's a reason this is only the first time in nearly 200 years
Edited on Thu Apr-09-09 08:21 AM by scrinmaster
that a US flagged ship has been taken by pirates.:patriot:
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Harry Monroe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-09-09 08:47 AM
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23. Actually in 1975, a US flagged cargo ship, the SS Mayaguez was seized by the Khmer Rouge regime
of Cambodia. The ship was an unarmed merchant vessel transiting recognized sea lanes which the Khmer Rouge regime of Cambodia claimed as territorial waters and forbid passage of ships in same. Technically, though this was politically motivated, it was also considered an act of "piracy" by then President Ford.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayag%C3%BCez_incident
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