Apparently I am not familiar to you. No blame, I am an unremarkable person, a timid woodland creature foraging for nuts and berries. No reason you would know that I sometimes put more color and sarcasm in my posts than a strict recitation of fact would require. And I’m mad as Yosemite Sam after a cactus colonic.
'Course, not your fault, if you were more familiar, the sarcasm would not have eluded you. I am seldom guilty of subtlety, and I’ll be more strict about it in the future.
Gotta admit, have a different perspective. For me, the image of waves of Marines hitting the beach with blankets, baby food and medicine warms my patriotic fervor. Not very practical, but still… Its not footprints on the Moon, but its up there.
Hoo boy, that’s been a peeve of mine for decades. There is an entire base full of Seabees sitting in Gulfport, MS. And they did respond to hurricane Camille that hit the Gulf Coast back in the 70s. They also responded to super typhoon Pamela that hit Guam in 1978, utilizing the deployed battalion there at the time. There’s another base full of Seabees sitting in Port Hueneme, CA. I’ve never understood why they aren’t called out for forest fires and the like. While it’s true that they aren’t trained firefighters, they have all of the equipment and transport necessary to cut huge fire breaks. At any given time, there are at least two battalions in home port for training. Mount them up! Send them out!
Saw several US military helicopters flying into the Owen Roberts Airport here in Grand Cayman earlier today. Local media is reporting that they are returning from service assisting with Hurricane Irma in the eastern Caribbean. They made a similar fuel stop in Cayman when they were deploying from their home base in Honduras.
I saw the three Apaches and two Chinooks flying in one after the other. I missed the landing of the C130. Apparently we are expecting more returning military flights tomorrow, three Marine Se Stallions.
So good to know. All done there. Nothing more to do or see. Move along.
Doesn’t matter what they deign to call themselves. Each was admitted to the union as a state with a republican government, as required by the constitution. So, not only are they states, they are also republics.
Helicopters. Can land and take off without airports, perform low level flight to find out stuff. If not loaded with munitions, can carry antibiotics, though obviously not enough water or food to make a difference.
We bought US VI from Denmark around WWI. It had something to do with not wanting Germans in the Caribbean, fearing that if Germany overran Denmark, they might take control of the islands.
… second time today
Everybody scatters and hopes it goes away
How many kids they’ve murdered only God can say, hey
If I had a rocket launcher, if I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher, I’d make somebody pay.
