U.S. Marines early Thursday boarded and took control of a German-owned commercial vessel that had been attacked and captured by pirates, in what appeared to be the first American-led military boarding of its kind amid the recent surge in piracy along the east coast of Africa.Real good detail over at USNIBlog if you haven't seen it yet.
hoo-rah.
ReplyDeleteJust out of curiosity, does anyone (with a better memory than me) happen to know when the last time was that we actually used Marines for their original historically intended purpose like this?
Nice job. 'Bought time.
ReplyDeleteRusty: Mayaguez.
Beware ye scurvy pirates!
ReplyDeleteBTW, seems merchant ships are developing their own set of counter-piracy tactics.
Call of distress, shut down engines, then hole up in a secure cabin. Its good the pirates dont know how to operate modern big merchants...
Another btw, another regular has his birthday, and that would be me :)
thanks to Byron and AW1 for the wishes online...
Yes, it would be Pawel K Day! HUZZAH!
ReplyDeleteI'll lift a beer in your honor!
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