Not Umpire related but WTF

[Umpire in Chief]

This is not umpire related but goes under the category of WTF were they thinking???

I happen to live and work in the middle of the worlds largest military complex, and this ship is stationed out of here, so it made local headlines.

Go get'em boys!

http://hamptonroads.com/2010/04/pirates-pick-wrong-ship-mess-indian-ocean

[Paperipper17]

Maybe they were trying to play an April Fool's joke? :cheers:

[BrianC14]

You know, there wouldn't be an issue of "what do we do with the pirates now?" if they'd just do what Commodore Barry used to do:

SINK 'EM!

When the pirates' attrition rate hits 100%, then maybe the wannabes will seek out other lines of work.

[padist4ump]

As former USN I loved that story. Would have loved to been on the boarding crew that caught them just to see the look on their faces.

[jjb]

Would have loved to be that fly on the wall when they started shooting small arms at armor plate: "Uh, Skipper----?"

[mstaylor]

Send them to Gitmo. Idiots!

[JaxRolo]

Retired Navy CPO here.

Love it! SINK THEM!

[Umpire in Chief]

Retired Navy CPO here.

Happy belated B-day Chief.

[padist4ump]

retired navy cpo here.

Love it! Sink them!

BM2 (asws) 1989-1993

Edited April 3, 2010 by padist4ump
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[JaxRolo]

Happy belated B-day Chief.

Thanks Warren! But my B-Day is the 30th of this months! The big 50

[Umpire in Chief]

Thanks Warren! But my B-Day is the 30th of this months! The big 50

No, CPO's 117th birthday. I thought it was last week because something I saw on TV about a fund raiser event they were doing, but ironically its today.

http://blog.usnavyseals.com/2010/04/happy-117th-birthday-chief-petty-officers.html

[JaxRolo]

No, CPO's 117th birthday. I thought it was last week because something I saw on TV about a fund raiser event they were doing, but ironically its today.

http://blog.usnavyseals.com/2010/04/happy-117th-birthday-chief-petty-officers.html

I was wondering how you knew it was close to my Bday! Too funny!

[catoblue]

Great story!!! Not a whole lot of any kind of armor on those FFG's though. Are the FFG's even active anymore? Aluminum superstructures if I remember correctly.

Would have been a great opportunity to set up the .50's on the Foc'sle and Fantail for weapons training!!!!

STG1 1983-1989

[JaxRolo]

Great story!!! Not a whole lot of any kind of armor on those FFG's though. Are the FFG's even active anymore? Aluminum superstructures if I remember correctly.

Would have been a great opportunity to set up the .50's on the Foc'sle and Fantail for weapons training!!!!

STG1 1983-1989

I never liked the look of those FFG's. Plain Ugly.

ETC 1979-2006

[BrianC14]

I never liked the look of those FFG's. Plain Ugly.

ETC 1979-2006

They're all just targets to me.

"Fire Control Officer, match bearings and shoot."

[Big Red]

Bubbleheads!!!

[catoblue]

OUR bubbleheads were hard to track, but could be done with the right sonar gang - Ivan's bubbleheads, on the other hand were easy to track (even the boomers)!!!!!

I'm a tin-can sailor: FF-1097 (Knox-class, not a Perry class) & CG-57 (AEGIS!)

[Umpire in Chief]

They tried again...

http://hamptonroads.com/2010/04/norfolkbased-ship-fired-upon-captures-six-pirates?cid=srch#rfq?cid=omc

[mstaylor]

We need to quit taking prisoners, just sink the damn boats and let it go. If they do capture some then they get a military trial, no rights.