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2020-04-01 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

'Sailors Do Not Need to Die': Carrier Captain Pleads for Help as Virus Cases Surge

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-01 09:13|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Anyone seen any COVID-19 reporting on the Chinese navy, ships at sea, etc? No, me neither.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-01 09:17|| 2020-04-01 09:17|| Front Page Top

#2 So "throw the military at the problem" does not appear to be the answer in this case.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-01 09:18|| 2020-04-01 09:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Recruiters Urge Boot Camp Closures Amid Pandemic

tough going to make quota this and some subsequent months

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-04-01 09:18|| 2020-04-01 09:18|| Front Page Top

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-01 10:41|| 2020-04-01 10:41|| Front Page Top

#5 surprised carriers aren't better prepared for an outbreak. I would have thought such a thing would have been a major risk during the cold war, and even more so now that we have jumping jihadi's.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-04-01 13:00|| 2020-04-01 13:00|| Front Page Top

#6 ...And sadly, this is the end of the skipper's career. His guys will remember him for the rest of their lives - but the admirals were embarrassed.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2020-04-01 17:57|| 2020-04-01 17:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Shore leave during an epidemic. What could go wrong?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-04-01 20:06|| 2020-04-01 20:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Hell what was he thinking? Shoreleave?! Sack him. Yesterday.

Posted by Woodrow 2020-04-01 20:19|| 2020-04-01 20:19|| Front Page Top

#9 “You’re relieved.”

Posted by KBK 2020-04-01 21:05|| 2020-04-01 21:05|| Front Page Top

#10 in Viet Nam? Authorized at the highest levels, including DOS

Posted by Frank G 2020-04-01 21:05|| 2020-04-01 21:05|| Front Page Top

#11 /\ The Captain did not wake up one morning and schedule the port visit. Once the visit was scheduled by higher authorities the "shore leave" was inevitable for political reasons.

Posted by magpie 2020-04-01 21:24|| 2020-04-01 21:24|| Front Page Top

#12 Once the visit was scheduled by higher authorities the "shore leave" was inevitable for political reasons.

A key point. Thank you.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-04-01 23:26|| 2020-04-01 23:26|| Front Page Top

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