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Navy sailor from Gulfport dies on U.S.S. Enterprise (mysterious death while in Middle East)
The Tampa Tribune ^
| June 09, 2012
| HOWARD ALTMAN
Posted on 06/09/2012 1:56:06 PM PDT by Dave346
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To: EEGator
Also near the anniversary of the Battle of Midway. The Iranian Nuclear talks just collapsed again. The US just admitted to attacking Iran with Stuxnet. So many possibilities, unfortunately.
To: justa-hairyape
Attack, complete BS. Totally un-nmaed sources.
Imagine what would happen when 2000+ sailors got home. How are you going to keep 3 quiet, let alone 2000+?
Old Russian proverb, “Two People Can Keep A Secret, When One Of Them Is Dead.”
In addition, there are imbedded reporters.
I was a reporter for years. Rumors like this flew all the time. Always BS. The only one that proved out was the Bay of Pigs. Back un those days, the Coban ex-pat community was Tampa, rather than Miami based. We put it on the air 2 days early!
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posted on
06/09/2012 2:37:29 PM PDT
by
MindBender26
(America can survive 4 years of Romney. She cannot survive another 4 years of an unfettered Obama!)
To: katana; sport; Melas; Last Dakotan; 60Gunner
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posted on
06/09/2012 2:41:48 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: MindBender26
Unfortunately Global Warming and the Ozone Hole proved that government conspiracies involving thousands can be very successful. We also have the coverup of the WMD’s found in Iraq. Have no idea about this report though. Would assume that most sailors on board a Carrier live and work below deck. They would have just heard an explosion and some sirens. Perhaps some sailors heard something and a false rumor about an attack was started below deck.
To: Dave346
Gulfport = Sea Bee........
Naval construction battalion
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posted on
06/09/2012 2:48:47 PM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
To: Dave346
We lost a chief same way on a deployment. He simply passed in his sleep. 5000 plus men like a small town some do pass on by heart attacks etc.
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posted on
06/09/2012 2:51:12 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
To: sport
Back when I was in college there were two students who died in the dorm. Same room. Nothing came up. No one knew how or why they died.
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posted on
06/09/2012 2:52:48 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(STOP The Great O-ppression)
To: justa-hairyape
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posted on
06/09/2012 2:54:04 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(All libs & most dems think that life is just a sponge bath, with a happy ending.)
To: Dave346
A Master Chief, no less. He wasn’t a silly E-2.
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posted on
06/09/2012 2:54:53 PM PDT
by
moovova
(Michelle Obama is a community snacktivist.)
To: carriage_hill
Oh yeah. Cannot forget that one. The exploding center fuel tank theory. Probably why I refuse to fly in ape built planes anymore :> With all those hand held anti-aircraft missiles getting loose in Libya, we will probably have a lot more exploding fuel tanks.
To: All
Oh for Pete Sake people use your brains. My Division Chief while we were in the yards for drydock began feeling bad and drove himself to Pourtsmouth Naval Hospital up the road. He died {full cardiac arrest} walking into the ER Lobby. They brought him back thankfully. Rumors flew around she ship for months he was an invalid would not ever be the same etc. I got out shortly after his heart attack.
A few years ago I began hunting down some shipmates. Guess who I found? Alive and well. He told me what had happened. He did have some convalescent leave then got shore duty in the yards then later retired. He makes kids toys in his shop in Va Beach.
A heart attack by a senior enlisted especially on a carrier is not that uncommon.
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posted on
06/09/2012 3:24:02 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
To: justa-hairyape
I haven’t flown since I heard that happened in July 1996; if I can’t drive there, I don’t need to go.
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posted on
06/09/2012 3:26:43 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(All libs & most dems think that life is just a sponge bath, with a happy ending.)
To: justa-hairyape
Read the linked report. It all comes from one un-named man in New Hampshire.
From my 3 days on the Bonnie Dick, I can assure you there are hundreds of sailors above deck.
Why do we all think that something on the internet is real?
Before these ‘net, these were stupid, idiotic beauty shop and taxi cab driver rumors. Now they are stupid, idiotic internet rumors.
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posted on
06/09/2012 3:44:00 PM PDT
by
MindBender26
(America can survive 4 years of Romney. She cannot survive another 4 years of an unfettered Obama!)
To: bert
In this case, Gulfport is a suburb of St. Petersburg, near Tampa, and this story is from the Tampa Trib.
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06/09/2012 3:46:16 PM PDT
by
MindBender26
(America can survive 4 years of Romney. She cannot survive another 4 years of an unfettered Obama!)
To: MindBender26
Just gathering information. Have no idea what happened.
To: justa-hairyape
On the WWII +70 years thread the old newspaper image is up, and has a photo of the flier George Gay and his detailed account of the Battle of Midway as he floated in the water watching three Jap carriers going up in flames.
On the same page was the “Report from Hawaii”. Said something like “No activity near Midway, battle in Alaska continues”.
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posted on
06/09/2012 3:58:42 PM PDT
by
21twelve
To: Slings and Arrows
I miss 60gunner’s stories.
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posted on
06/09/2012 4:02:36 PM PDT
by
sport
To: justa-hairyape
Have no idea what happened.Nor does the Live Leak site promoting this foolishness!
Be well :)
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posted on
06/09/2012 4:04:57 PM PDT
by
MindBender26
(America can survive 4 years of Romney. She cannot survive another 4 years of an unfettered Obama!)
To: cva66snipe
Sadly, it does happen. I knew an Air Force Colonel, early 40s, physically fit and near the lower end of the insurance “weight tables” for his height. Always in the gym or doing PT at 6 am. Finished a workout one morning at Langley AFB, went straight to his desk. When he failed to show up for a nine am staff meeting, someone was sent to check on him. Didn’t respond to a knock on his door, so the Lt went into his office. Found the Colonel face down on his desk, dead of a heart attack.
I also remember a Lt Col (navigator) from my days in SAC. Retired in early 85 after 20 years of active duty. Had just built his dream home and landed a job with a defense contractor. Died from a heart attack two weeks after his retirement ceremony. He was 43.
To: sport
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posted on
06/09/2012 4:14:50 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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