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.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofindia.indiatimes.com ...
Degree in International Affairs come on! She is PC diplomat is Obuggery’s PC military. We have not had any real ship-to-ship surface actions since WWII and trust me the type of warfare today is far more dangerous and you can die fast.
Priority target attack window is a bad hair day.
She had “I will kick your ass” written all over her.
Yeah. Maybe we can dig up a few ship’s commanders with actual ship-to-ship combat experience!
I am not suprised. The war machine is for the specific purpose of killing and breaking things. Obuggery’s PC agenda is doing nothing but undermining the ability to do that in the style that is required. Women have their place in the military and they do their jobs well. But combat is a different story.
I think I’m in love!!!
Me too. You can have the girl.
Nah. The cook got fired for favoring curry...
I know this situation better than a lot of you and being a CO of a major surface combatant during war is not a woman’s work. In today’s environment (technology/tactics) you can die real fast. Ruthlessness is a requirement for a CO. There is no place for PC in the military.
OMG!!
Without Obuggery in the WH she would not be a CO in the Navy. This AH is screwing everything up. He sucks at everything he does and is a complete and utter failure as POTUS.
“adventures in paradise”?
sounds like don’t want to ask don’t want to know.
Lookup ASROC
And you know this how?
I googled her name and blog. Sure hope it was the right one.
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