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What the ...? Are they <> for real?
« on: April 22, 2014, 11:46:26 PM »
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/04/17/keel-laid-for-future-uss-gabrielle-giffords.html?ESRC=eb.nl

No.  I am not going to post anything from that article.  The URL gives you enough information to know you need to head for the aspirin, pepto, and duct tape before clicking on the link.

On top of that, they are probably going to want to launch Marines at the beach from that ... that thing!

And by the way - what ever happened to having to be dead before they named a ship after you?

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Re: What the ...? Are they <> for real?
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2014, 12:34:40 AM »

And by the way - what ever happened to having to be dead before they named a ship after you?


Apparently they've relaxed that requirement a bit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ronald_Reagan_(CVN-76)
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