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To: Magnum44
Can someone answer a dumb question?

When POTUS comes on board a Navy ship, Does he have to say,
"Permission to come aboard sir" to the captain?
61 posted on 05/02/2003 9:19:40 AM PDT by b-cubed
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To: b-cubed
He should.

The captain of a ship underway in international waters is the last absolute monarch.
63 posted on 05/02/2003 9:21:38 AM PDT by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
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To: b-cubed
When POTUS comes on board a Navy ship, Does he have to say, "Permission to come aboard sir" to the captain?

No, he doesn't have to request permission to come aboard. I'd imagine that they "piped" him aboard as "Commander in Chief, arriving".

The Stained One paid the USS Eisenhower a visit while I was assigned to the Ike. Willy awarded a medal to a rather attractive blonde Radioman First Class, the only medal awarded by the Bent one that day.

92 posted on 05/02/2003 9:43:18 AM PDT by csvset
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To: b-cubed
Probably, but the O6 had better reply, with "Permission Granted. Welcome aboard, Sir!" :-)
245 posted on 05/07/2003 8:26:48 AM PDT by MortMan
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