I and a few other naval assets kept that chokepoint handled for many years while on deployment there in the 80's...Remember when it wasn't "cool" to be in the Persian Gulf???
Lost a few friends there as well...Before any war, or rumor of war, we were being targeted and shot at for a long time before any of the current activities taking place now...
The Superintendant of the Naval Academy, Adm. Rodney P. Rempt, was my first C.O. when I was in the fleet...
I do not believe with the leadership and the training that has been ongoing for the last 30 years is going to waste...
If there is to be a naval battle in and around the Persian Gulf, I can guarantee you it will be short, ugly, brutal and final...And Johnny Achmed sailor is going to have a very bad day...They are all good little goober targets to me, then and now...
No problem here...Move along...Move along...
Thanks for your service there. I do believe if it came down, we would be able to keep the straits open. They could cause damage in the short run since none of them have any problems with defiling the gulf with fire, wrecks and oil.