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    Facebook horror.

    It has turned into a thread where a CG JO based at the headquarters command has taken it upon himself, based on heresy, to discipline a cadet. It just ain't right. Just think, if Cadet A does not like Cadet B, Cadet A can contact the young naive JO, fabricate a story, and cause possible...
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    Minimum SAT Scores for Acceptance for Class of 2014

    Parkhurst, are NAPS and Foundation SAT scores figured into these 'typical' scores and, if so, where would they fall in the mix? I suppose another way to ask the question would be to ask what would the typical scores look like for those entering directly from high school? Also, are there not...
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    Pirates?

    An interesting side story is that the USS Bainbridge, involved in this incident, was named after Captain William Bainbridge who, as captain of the USS Philadelphia, ran her aground during the war against Tripoli. He and his crew were taken prisoner for 19 months. The Philadelphia subsequently...
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    Pirates?

    Ditto. Thanks, deepdraft. I like it. Insist that the Navy do the job for which they were created. One question please. ALL the news sources said this was the first act of piracy against a US vessel since the early 1800s. Lineinthesand alluded to, but was unable to provide examples of...
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    Pirates?

    Actually, I am just attempting to get a clearer picture of all the issues, from both sides of the coin. There are owner issues, union issues, international law issues, psychology of dealing with pirate issues, etc, etc. The one issue which a lot of expert "sources" have alluded to is that in...
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    Pirates?

    "Wilbur, I would check out the concept of "force majeure" in the case of an emergency." Again, definitions. My definition of an emergency as a conservative seaman whose idea of high winds and heavy seas might be 20 kts/5 feet is probably not the same as a Jamican, Dominican, or Mexican corrupt...
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    Pirates?

    I think I have finally figured out your position. Adm Allen states that there is no effort in place to arm commercial ships. Therefore, the answer to my questions are moot. We aren't going to arm ships so we have no need to ask foreign ports to change their laws concerning the prohibition of...
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    Pirates?

    Lineinthesand, I don't think Justamom or anyone else has ever stated that international law prohibits firearms on commercial ships. What has been a common thread throughout this incident is that many countries either A). Prohibit foreign ships entering their ports with firearms aboard, or...
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    Pirates?

    JustAMom, I think you have solved the issue. International law can be very confusing. Not only is it laws by the ILC, United Nations, IMO, etc. where a nation must be a member for it to apply, but also customs, treaties, resolutions, declarations, etc. both explicit and implicit. I have also...
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    Pirates?

    JustAMom: "I heard on a news report that one reason why many merchant vessels don't carry any weapons is that they travel to ports all over the world and in some cases can't enter ports with weapons on board as it would violate the gun laws of some nations. Does that sound plausible?"...
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    Maersk Alabama Hijacked by Pirates

    "OK, I'll bite. What's the story here?" The Iran hostage rescue attempt. One of the choppers had to turn back due to overheated electronics because a flight jacket was clogging an air intake. This caused a lack of sufficient aircraft to continue the mission and perhaps the decision to...
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    Maersk Alabama Hijacked by Pirates

    Christcorp: " Why do I get the terrible feeling this administration is: "Carter- Part Deux"." I don't know. Had an aircrew man been able to have a little better presence as to where he placed his flight jacket, we may be looking at President Carter under a whole different light now.
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    Maersk Alabama Hijacked by Pirates

    "What exactly does this mean Wilbur?" US owners foreign flag their vessels for many reasons, many of them economic. By reducing or even totally eliminating their taxes to the United States, should they be afforded the same protection as a US flagged vessel with owners paying the appropriate...
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    Pirates?

    "You have to worry about leaving your GPS in the back seat of someone could break into your car and take it." Not quite sure I totally follow your analogy. I suppose I should carry a gun to protect my GPS. If fishing catch theft is so rampant, I am surprised it is so well hidden by our news...
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    Maersk Alabama Hijacked by Pirates

    JCollins: "ugh... now they have a US tugboat......" US owned, Italian flagged. The owners made their bed. Now let them lie in it.
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    Maersk Alabama Hijacked by Pirates

    Lineinthesand: "U.S. flagged ships have been taken by ships within 200 years. That's a side note." All the news sources seem pretty uniform in reporting that this is the first takeover by pirates in over 200 years. Educate us. I guess this is the FBIs job. Remember that they were the ones...
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    Pirates?

    “Merchant vessels may have weapons on board; you OFTEN find fishing vessels armed as well. It's not a huge deal.” If the captain wants to keep a 9mm in his safe for "law enforcement" purposes or if a fisherman wants to carry a gun and play Ernest Hemingway if a shark gets in his nets is...
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    Maersk Alabama Hijacked by Pirates

    “Might be a little off topic, but am I the only person that feels our President needs to come out and say something, especially since our military is there?” Since this is an ongoing hostage situation, probably the least said the better. What could be said that would either not give solace to...
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    Who is dumber?

    I never said that at all. Read the last part of my post. My single desire is that it receives an appropriate critical review from the top down and that the proper lessons were learned. I supposed my concerned taxpayer position on all of this is that, assuming you are at work, our government...
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    Who is dumber?

    "I was attempting to be more diplomatic than saying "Wilbur, you don't know what you're talking about"." Your attempt at 'diplomacy' is laughable. I agree whole heartedly that some information is classified and should not be available to the American public. And I agree that for a terrorist...
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