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allemand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:38 AM Original message |
Third US aircraft carrier heads to the Gulf |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. Check this thread from yesterday! This is normal rotation!!! |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. So if its normal rotation, which of the other 2 is coming home? |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The article directly quotes the US Navy saying the Big "E" isn't replacing another carrier... |
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allemand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. "The Enterprise ... is not replacing any other ships in the area". |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. PLEASE read the list again. |
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allemand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. One possibility is that the Stennis is "ordered to stay in the area" |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Tell you what |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Agreed. Let's wait and see. I DON'T trust Shrub's goons to tell me |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. And for the people who made jokes of us CONCERNED |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. You DO understand that the Stennis could remain on station indefinitiely... |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Looks like up to 5 are available |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Check this thread out too |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. There was a bit of a argument going on over this |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. Call me crazy, but this could be a GOOD thing, sort of. |
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allemand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
11. USS Enterprise to Replace Carrier in Gulf Area |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. Again?! We have more 3rd aircraft carriers |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Just several months ago was the last one, iirc. n/t |
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allemand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. Pentagon denies plans to add third carrier in the Gulf |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. And Reuters: |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. A confirmation is that USS Enterprise and that 3carriers |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. Pentagon denies plans to add third carrier in the Gulf |
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Wwagsthedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. What this means is that a 3rd carrier is being added. nt |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. No normal rotation |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. its three they think they need them for some reason |
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sanskritwarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 05:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. LOL yeah we do use them |
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allemand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
25. "Stennis is slated to return to its homeport ... in late August" |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Well we will just have to see and pray its nothing |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
28. That's three too many sitting ducks |
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sanskritwarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Ummm all three carriers are not in the Gulf |
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phildo (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 01:16 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Just have to get one close enough to draw fire. Or at least say |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. What if we weren't about to start shooting, but |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
29. U.S., Iran do Persian Gulf squeeze |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. The amount of chatter that article mentions is interesting |
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