“which would have explicitly protected slavery in the US Constitution effectively forever.”
Not really. All the Corwin Amendment did was to prevent the U.S. Government from taking any action against slavery in any state where it was already legal. States were free to end the institution if the so chose to do so, and Congress had the authority to prevent the introduction of slavery into any territory they so chose.
think you are right. I have had occasions to see the Grenadier Guards, the Coldstream Guards and the Highland regiment march. They were perfect. Better than us. except maybe some Marine units.
Don’t know about cannibalism, but during the war, Us and the Aussies use to pay a bounty of a pack of cigarettes for each Japanese head these people would bring to our lines. They were very adept at head hunting. The also helped protect the coast watchers from the nips.
NTSB has interviewed both pilots, the captain, the mates, the deck crewmen, Chief Engineer, the other engineer officers and the engineer crewmen. Preliminary report due sometime in May.
‘Private contractors do. The focus on delay needs to start there.”
I disagree. If the Navy would issue a construction contract and tell the contractor to build it to plan and specifications, then walk away. The contractor would be able to do exactly that. He could, because that was his estimate of the cost and time of the contract. But that is not how the Navy operates. Once the contract is signed, the Navy starts to issue change orders to the contract. Add a missile launcher here, use this piece of machinery instead of that specified, change this space into a women’s berthing compartment etc., etc. The change orders are what drive delay and cost increase in a construction contract. Each time the Navy issues a change order, the contractor is entitled to negotiate cost and schedule impact with the Navy. I would bet with the Gerald Ford contract, the Navy issued thousands of change orders. All of whiched added time to the construction and increased the cost of the finished ship. It goes that way with any ship the Navy contractos to build.
When power was regained, the pilot immediately turned rudder hard to port to force the bow of the ship to the left side of the bridge support. When power cut out again, the rudder was hard to port and stuck there. When they got the engine reversed and went hard astern, the torque on the ships propeller and the hard port rudder forced the bow to starboard even more.