Posted on 03/17/2011 9:35:56 AM PDT by Sancho1984
CHENNAI: "I have a mostly male crew. They're not old, but they're not young either," says commander of the USS Decatur, Shanti Sethi, in her blog, Adventures in Paradise. When her ship docked in Chennai on Wednesday, Shanti Sethi, an American of Indian descent, became the first female commander of a US naval vessel to visit the country.
The port call of USS Decatur, a destroyer armed with surface-to-air missiles and anti-submarine rockets, is part of the US effort "to demonstrate commitment to regional partners" and promote bilateral relations. It comes close on the heels of another visit by a US ship, the USNS Safeguard, a salvage class vessel, which visited Port Blair in January 2011.
Serving in the US Navy since 1994, Sethi took over the command of USS Decatur in 2010 and leads a predominantly male crew. But her blog suggests that she enjoys an easy camaraderie with them. It even has pictures of her moments after being "doused by a bucketfull of water during yesterday's fresh water wash of the ship" and experimenting with recipes in the ship's kitchen. A native of Reno, Nevada, Sethi describes herself as a "half Indian" with an American mother. She's a graduate from Norwich University with a degree in international affairs.
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I didn’t know anti-submarine torpedoes were really rockets.
I had a crush on a girl named Shanti when I was in college.
I don’t care what she is, I just hope that in a shooting war she is the best we have.
Lets see how she does in real combat against equally or more powerfully armed surface or undersea combatant. I say the crew of the USS Decatur will be in Davey Jones locker. The is nothing but PC BS and our enemies are just laughing at us.
Sancho1984 Since Mar 11, 2011
Stupid Ostrunze policies PING!
ASROC 40 years old
Not officially decommed but not deployed anymore either.
These days we launch a rocket to get close to where we think the sub is, where it drops a torpedo in the water. It gives the sub a lot less warning that a torpedo is coming than if the torpedo had to make the whole trip from the ship.
But is she gay? If she’s gay then ya got three bullet points on that ol’ affirmative action list.
Spending lots of time preparing and fighting wars on land and sea. She lacks the killer instinct necessary to finish your enemy off quickly and without mercy. This is a joke and will end up getting men unecessarily killed.
India has a long tradition of warfare, and their #1 killer god Shiva, is a chick.
I would not assume that just because she’s a she, she lacks the killer instinct.
Ever been through a divorce?
Wait until you go against the Russians and Chinese. I know their weapons, tactics and strategies. There are no women commmanding any of their combatants. This is sheer Obuggery PC nonsense.
I agree with you 100%. I looked around her blog “Adventures In Paradise”. Snort. In the words of Trailer Park Boys’ Ricky, “We are screwn.”
The US is “ripe for picking”.
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