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!)
To: Poohbah; b-cubed
When POTUS comes on board a Navy ship, Does he have to say, "Permission to come aboard sir" to the captain? It would not be necessary. As is customary with dignitaries, as soon as his plane landed he would have been gonged aboard with honors "Commander-In-Chief, Arriving"
140 posted on
05/02/2003 11:24:43 AM PDT by
Magnum44
(Duty, Honor, Country)
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