tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post2020615121411390041..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: .... and the Red Team smiles ...CDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-23896131040194898472012-02-13T18:11:08.319-05:002012-02-13T18:11:08.319-05:00wait you haven't heard, the LCS will only be i...wait you haven't heard, the LCS will only be in SDGO and LCRK and overseas so not going to help other navy ports in CONUS~<br />CVN was a dumb political idea to begin with wrapped in some strategy which made it unaffordable.leeseanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-50048494195637987432012-02-13T18:08:51.842-05:002012-02-13T18:08:51.842-05:00kiss the CVN goodbye and get past it, lets get som...kiss the CVN goodbye and get past it, lets get some DDGs and amphibs into Mayport sooner!leeseanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-60610231813734194852012-02-13T17:16:10.994-05:002012-02-13T17:16:10.994-05:00That movie ciip taken by a helo flying around, sh...That movie ciip taken by a helo flying around, showed the Intraccoastal Waterway clearly.<br /><br />It passes right next to those little floating booms stretching between the piers where all the CVN, SSN, CG, DDG, LPD, LHD are tied up at Naval Station Norfolk.<br /><br />Those tiny floating booms will not stop even a small barge filled with fertiizer being pushed by a barge from taking a 120 second change of course where the heavy barge gets nudged up against the side of a 100,000 nuclear carrier. Sometimes, you see several barges in a row traveling by, heading North or South on the IntraCoastal Waterway. Some group could load up a barge or two or three, with Fertilzer in say, Little Rock Arkansas and then later in the week, deliver his barge (s) at the Norfolk Naval Station. Do you think a floating oil containment boom next to a CVN will stop a 750 ton barge ? What about 3 barges being pushed up from Georgia or Texas or down from Pennsylvania ?<br /><br /> Or some terrorist flys over 4 CVN and 3 LHD tied up together in Norva and crop dusts them with Anthrax ? Why present such a tempting tgt as all our Battleships tied up next to each other at Ford Island in Pearl Harbor ? Woops, I meant to say, tempting tgt such as a half dozen large deck amphibs and carriers all tied together, each with a small duty section onboard very early on a Sunday morning in Norfolk ? Retired Nownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-62673068913665054222012-02-13T15:57:35.567-05:002012-02-13T15:57:35.567-05:00<p><span>But </span><span>...<p><span>But </span><a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-bba.htm" rel="nofollow"><span>THIS</span></a><span> was a good idea!</span></p>Boat School Gradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-25767623554910867802012-02-13T14:52:45.306-05:002012-02-13T14:52:45.306-05:00It's not just the (D)s in this case. The two C...It's not just the (D)s in this case. The two Congressmen making the biggest stink about VA "losing" a carrier are both solid (R)s. All politics is local, but this has been absurd in the Hampton Roads news lately.LazyChopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-57801508228200229062012-02-13T14:33:16.465-05:002012-02-13T14:33:16.465-05:00Is the Red Team the (D)s among us? Some days I...Is the Red Team the (D)s among us? Some days I'm beginning to think so....or just, as noted by James, all politicians anymore.....I used to hate the thought of term limits, now I see we need them, as the Congress has decided they can vote themselves lifetime bennies, all out of the pockets of the same people they bend over, and bend over, and bend over...I'll stop now for the sake of the family nature of this board, having merely stated the obvious....xformednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-16513447097071771212012-02-13T13:35:29.702-05:002012-02-13T13:35:29.702-05:00Those of us who aren't politicians and actuall...Those of us who aren't politicians and actuall work at Mayport will tell you to keep the carrier, just give us an ARG and escots before the "industrial base" i.e., people like me, disappear, since the same Navy is going to take all the FFGs and all our CGs and decom them, leaving us with four DDGs. Four tin cans and a carrier will not keep us alive down here, not us, not BAE, nor even the little topside outfits.Byronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-18157989069315663842012-02-13T13:02:16.097-05:002012-02-13T13:02:16.097-05:00If I were in the Pasadran Naval Arm or PLAN SEAL/S...If I were in the Pasadran Naval Arm or PLAN SEAL/Spetsnaz eqivalent I'd start the contingency plans on detonating some big IED in that tunnel... (If they dont have one already in place, to add possibly to mine warfare and sinking a ship to block the waterway...)ewok40knoreply@blogger.com