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2020-11-28 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is being deployed back into the Persian Gulf along with her strike group

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Posted by trailing wife 2020-11-28 01:44|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 So Iraq and Afghanistan are to be exited. What about Syria?

Posted by 3dc 2020-11-28 02:36|| 2020-11-28 02:36|| Front Page Top

#2 'Her strike group'? How sexist!

Posted by Raj 2020-11-28 08:00|| 2020-11-28 08:00|| Front Page Top

#3 “Its”

Posted by Mad Eye Angonter1301 2020-11-28 08:36|| 2020-11-28 08:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Come off it, troops are never going home. We'll have soldiers dying in Afghanistan and Iraq 75 hears from now.

Posted by Elmung Hatrack5948 2020-11-28 14:15|| 2020-11-28 14:15|| Front Page Top

#5 The Western tradition is to call ships 'her' and 'she'. You make 'her' mad and 'she' leaves you, then you're really sunk.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-11-28 18:04|| 2020-11-28 18:04|| Front Page Top

#6 @ #4 - Nah, the rare earths should be mined before then. And if the focus becomes China, then back to the poppy fields of Asia.

Posted by Clem 2020-11-28 18:06|| 2020-11-28 18:06|| Front Page Top

#7 I believe Russians call their ships "He"...

Posted by CrazyFool 2020-11-28 19:53|| 2020-11-28 19:53|| Front Page Top

#8 /\ It depends. Yes, you are correct in that the bigger ships (e.g., warships) are "he", but smaller boats can be "she". A submarine is a "she".

Perhaps g(r)om can assist tomorrow.

Posted by Clem 2020-11-28 21:35|| 2020-11-28 21:35|| Front Page Top

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