Unless George Soros Valerie Jarrett The First Wookie Barack Obama orders them NOT to fire, even if fired upon.
I vaguely have the impression that there have been cases (Ft. Hood; Somalia; the Marine Barracks in Lebanon in 1983; the USS Cole) where our defensive posture hasn't been all it could have been.
NO cheers, unfortunately.
Those are different individual cases. I think the Navy more or less assumes the worst in the Gulf and is ready to shoot first and ask questions later. I’ll bet the Iranians have launched probes and been satisfied that the Navy will shoot. You notice that they grabbed 14 British sailors (back around 2005) and gave the U.S. Navy, which was conducting similar patrols, a wide berth.