[ConorMacNessa]

Forgot to check off the excerpt box.

[SIDENET]

That’s a cool picture of those old battleships!

[Incorrigible]

As I remember, Teddy Roosevelt had a battle with Congress to pay for this bit of sabor rattling not unlike what GW faces today.

Talk softly and carry a big stick!

[gridlock]

Are those ships intentionally burning that inefficiently, or was that how it was done back then? An odd sight, to our modern eyes.

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

I do not remember who said it (more currently), but I always liked this quote:
“Just because ‘Gun Boat Diplomacy’ is a pejorative term, does not mean it doesn’t work.”

Semper Fi,

[Vaquero]

[Doohickey]

Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter, is hosting a ceremony from that very home port on board USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Dec. 15.

He'd better be careful *smirk*:

In 1996, the USS Leyte Gulf deployed for six months as part of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Carrier Battle Group (CVBG). During that deployment, On October 14, the carrier Theodore Roosevelt, without warning, reversed its engines while the Leyte Gulf was behind it and slammed into the cruiser's bow approximately 100 miles off the coast of Cape Hattaras, NC, while conducting routine operations in the western Atlantic. The collision caused $9 million in damages to the cruiser and $7 million to the carrier. The Leyte Gulf's captain at that time was relieved of commandas a result of the incident.

[Oratam]

Bully!

[SlowBoat407]

If I recall my local history correctly, they departed from their stop at the Jamestown Festival in Norfolk, a huge real estate promotion on a piece of land bounded by the Elizabeth River and Hampton Roads. The Secretary of the Navy, upon visiting the site, had the bright idea that this would be a good location for a Navy base, thus giving rise to the largest Navy base in the world - the Norfolk Naval Air Station.

[drpix]

Will Ron Paul and Cindy Sheehan release a joint statement on the unconstitutional imperialism of Teddy Roosevelt?

[P.O.E.]

"the message was that the United States had arrived as a significant world power, outward-looking, and filled with goodwill towards every nation"

and BTW - don't mess with us.

[NavyCanDo]

I do believe my Chief was on these ships, At least he led us to believe so. Every time we would ask him how long he was in the Navy he would say “he did not know, but during his first deployment he could say for certain that it did rain for 40 days and 40 nights”.

[COBOL2Java]

Uh oh. "Great White Fleet"? What will The Ju$tice Brothers say about this?

[Professional Engineer]

Bttt

[Professional Engineer]

Bttt

[Prophet in the wilderness]

You sustain peace when your enemy knows you are prepared for war.
Our enemies are always looking for any weakness, and when they see weakness, they pounce.

[Badeye]

Whats really interesting is the United States Congress refused to provide funding for the trip....saying it was too expensive.

So TR sent the fleet anyway, and told Congress it would have to remain in Manila Bay if they didn’t come up with the money.

Pity Nancy Pelosi doesn’t remember history....