Ze French Have Landed!

Personal Observation | 27FEB04 | Skwidd

[Skwidd]

Ze French have arrived at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan! There are two ships, whose names I have been unable to ascertain.

For those who aren't in the know, the Yokosuka Naval Base is divided into the American side of the harbor (the larger of the two, but also hosts Japanese subs), and then there is the smaller Japanese side of the harbor. Ze French have ported on the Japanese side.

[Skwidd]

I can see them from the deck of my ship, the USS Vandegrift. I wonder how many drunken brawls are going to break out in the Honcho tonight...

[Kozak]

Have the French surrendered to anyone yet?

[mrs tiggywinkle]

**Ze French have arrived at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan! There are two ships, whose names I have been unable to ascertain. **

Ship names *pee* and *ew*?

I don't know French..just thought I'd give it a stab.

[Redcoat LI]

Is admiral Kerry aboard one of those French ships?,if he is salute him upside the head with a beer bottle for me,thanks.

[GeronL]

Darn, you guys didn't give them a warning shot over the bow or anything?? Slow impulses while in port?

[evolved_rage]

France rattling the old saber, eh? Must be time to nuke a few more whales in the Pacific, and time for a gay sex binge in Thailand. Impotent, emasculated, third rate, nuclear power.

[GATOR NAVY]

Maybe they came to help the JMSDF with this:
Dancing sailors to promote MSDF

The Defense Agency will start running a publicity ad Monday for the Maritime Self-Defense Force on video billboards featuring seven young dancers in sailor uniforms performing on the deck of a destroyer.

Dancers in sailors' uniforms perform on the deck of a destroyer in this video clip promoting the Maritime Self-Defense Force. PHOTO COURTESY OF DEFENSE AGENCY

A Maritime Staff Office public relations officer said the pros and cons of the rather lighthearted production -- a far cry from the MSDF's sober image -- were taken into account.

"We hope it will serve as a gateway for people to get to know the MSDF," the officer said.

The 15-second ad will be shown 30 times a day on three video billboards in Tokyo's Shibuya district, a youthful entertainment spot, through March 31.

The cost to make and run the ad is about 7.5 million yen.

In Japan's mission to aid reconstruction work in Iraq, the MSDF is playing the rather low-key role of transporting equipment for the Ground Self-Defense Force, which has been in the spotlight for its central role in the actual ground mission.

According to the officer, the ad promotes "seaman ship" and the basic attitude required for sailors, and ends with the narration: "We love Japan. We love peace. The Maritime Self-Defense Force."

Dancing sailors to promote MSDF

[Atlantic Friend]

I just love to read how "evolved" your "rage" is. So, have you got anything to say apart from low-life insults ? I sure hope it made you feel better.

[Dan Middleton]

>>Dancing sailors to promote MSDF<<

Remember Monty Python?

"Squad, camp it...UP!!!"

[evolved_rage]

Go eat a bug.

Wait a minute, you would probably enjoy that.