...there is always an aircraft carrier and her escorts in the Caribbean area, practicing take offs and landings as well as chasing drug boats. And again, of course, every sailor/seabee, airman, soldier, coastie and Marine permanently stationed in GTMO must be paid, cared for, equipped, trained and *armed* to the teeth and cojones. That costs a lot of wampum and moolah. GTMO celebrates ...

... Guard response to Katrina was one of the most professional and effective aspects of gov't actions. As always, in hindsight there are (were) some tweaks that could have been helpful, but the Coasties got a solid A plus for their work. The very worst thing that FEMA did was issue this order to the public: "Do not self-dispatch". The city could have been rescued one van-load at a...

... actions. | | | | As always, in hindsight there are (were) some tweaks | | that could have been helpful, but the Coasties | | got a solid A plus for their work. | | Not at all saying the Coasties did a bad job (one crew was almost up on | charges for doing a better job) but the fact remains they were literally...

... of gov't actions. | | As always, in hindsight there are (were) some tweaks | that could have been helpful, but the Coasties | got a solid A plus for their work. Not at all saying the Coasties did a bad job (one crew was almost up on charges for doing a better job) but the fact remains they were literally ...

...was one of the most professional and effective aspects of gov't actions. As always, in hindsight there are (were) some tweaks that could have been helpful, but the Coasties got a solid A plus for their work. -- _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been ...

... it's side in 2000 in Yemen. But you can't get anywhere NEAR the place post-9/11. If any drunken fishermen decide to do that now they would have a serious pranging from the Coasties. And Naval Station Pascagoula isn't even particularly strategic. Can you imagine what puttering along in the wrong place in NY Harbor will get you? If you want to talk about space, do you think everything...