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Doing the Carradine Boogie?
Taking a guess on it but yes
Former F18 pilot, missing a rush? It would explain "apparent suicide"
Doing the Carradine Boogie?
Taking a guess on it but yes
Former F18 pilot, missing a rush? It would explain "apparent suicide"
You got the reference... Cool.
Motorcycles are cheaper and less embarrassing when you buy the farm.
You got the reference... Cool.
Motorcycles are cheaper and less embarrassing when you buy the farm.
Unless you are pleasing your self with no pants on at 130 mph when you bought the farm
There has to be more coming that will explain why a high ranking officer facing a generous retirement does such a thing. We know several high ranking retired military, many if not most are USAF. Utah State University did a salute to veterans over Veterans Day that the wife and I got to attend. They even had Col. Gail Halvorsen there. Seems the schools celebrate local veterans every year, my granddaughter invites me to her school. Some years back they had one at a high school and they fired salutes in doors....was very loud.
Go Navy....
According to some Russia is making a habit out of assignations, and they are very active in the ME. It takes almost no imagination at all to come up with a half a dozen reasons Putin might decide that he wants the Fifth Fleet Commander dead.
Thanks for asking.
Another thread stillborn. Coming and going as it does.
Same as the posts across the threads from over there.
I'm confident the 5th Fleet continues as per in its daily duties. We are meanwhile getting the norm over here, unfortunately.
Let's get a look at who we're talking about at this thread. The person and the US Naval commander and his charges:
Vice Admiral Scott Stearney welcomes the crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) to Manama, Bahrain on October 24, 2018. Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay / US NAVY
U.S. Navy 5th Fleet In Action
The U.S. Navy 5th Fleet (NAVCENT) is responsible for approximately 2.5 million square miles of area including the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, North Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and the Red Sea. NAVCENT's mission is to conduct maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts, and strengthen partner nations' maritime capabilities in order to promote security and stability in the U.S. 5th Fleet AO.
Donald Trump notwithstanding.
How in THE hell do you get Russia out of this???? eace
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/01/politics/us-naval-commander-stearney-dead/index.html
If this was suicide then we need to be very clear on what lead to it. They need to do the best tox screens that they have also, we cant have Russia say killing our Commanders.
Side note: Since a temp is being assigned until a permanent successor is chosen, I wonder, will the permanent successor be confirmed by the Senate?
SIAP. I can't help myself. The same way you dems got Russia involved with Trump fixing the 2016 election?
Command of 5th Fleet is subject to Senate confirmation, yes.
According to some Russia is making a habit out of assignations, and they are very active in the ME. It takes almost no imagination at all to come up with a half a dozen reasons Putin might decide that he wants the Fifth Fleet Commander dead.
Thanks for asking.
So, the temp successor to the Fifth Fleet commander is illegitimate like the acting Attorney General Whittaker?
Hawkeye10:
Bolded word in the quote done by me.
Assignations? Putin and the Russian leadership don't seem to be libertines prone to excessive dating and, ... well you know. Have you seen Sergei Lavrov lately? Who wants an assignation with him? The Kremilin may be dated but I don't think it's dating.
Cheers.
Evilroddy.
PS: My apologies, but I could not help myself. I am a pedantic ass with no self-control here.
I am disappointed that I did not catch that, I usually do better. I am a lifelong bad speller, spell check helps a lot but not completely, as in this case. I am very good with ideas and concepts and spoken English, written English is a challenge.
Hawkeye10:
Yup, I'm a terrible speller and in a permanent state of war with the spell check function, so I hear you, brother.
Well, what was lost in debating gravitas was more than made up for by comedic imagery. The mental moving picture of doe-eyed Kremlin military officers and crisp-suited apparatchiks running around like Slavic Pepe-le-Pews in the Kremlin, furtively darting from door to door, attempting to secretly date each other, in a Moliere Tartuffesque farce set to the Benny Hill theme music, was comedy gold! I almost end peed myself because I was laughing so hard. So thank you for the oversight. It made my day!
Cheers.
Evilroddy.
Apples and coconuts. You've got the coconuts. Which is why I was pleased to reply thx. Your having the coconuts means you'd have to make your case either way concerning the guy you mentioned by name. Y'know, Whatshisname.
Because as the old saying goes, military music is to music as military justice is to justice. Hence the Department of the Navy and the Department of Justice. The logic of this is btw light years better than the logic of your iron proposition.
It's also the case the acting cmdr of 5 Fleet didn't need to be appointed by Potus so that would leave hack politics out of it. The acting fleet commander was appointed temporarily by the chief of Naval operations who is military chief of the USN -- all of it. That would be Admiral John Richardson whose number one is to win any war that might happen along. Which would mean making sure Trump stays clear of it and the AAG stays there with him.
It has become a duty of the military chiefs to keep a watch on Potus/CinC even if it means cringing regularly at his statements and proposed orders most of which get the deep six anyway. Until justice is served.
According to some Russia is making a habit out of assignations, and they are very active in the ME. It takes almost no imagination at all to come up with a half a dozen reasons Putin might decide that he wants the Fifth Fleet Commander dead.
Thanks for asking.
Are you talking about "honey traps"?