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2006-02-25 Iraq

Reagan launches 1st combat mission - in Iraq

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Posted by Frank G 2006-02-25 12:52|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 fantastic news

Posted by ShepUK 2006-02-25 13:10|| 2006-02-25 13:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Say - isn't Iraq pretty close to Iran? I mean, it'd be pretty easy for a pilot to inadvertently release munitions on the wrong side of the border.

Posted by Matt 2006-02-25 13:24|| 2006-02-25 13:24|| Front Page Top

#3 thought they were on WesPac tour...seem to be a little further west. Wonder why?

Is that the same Ronald Reagan that was just in joint exercises with the Indian carrier Vikraat?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-02-25 13:28|| 2006-02-25 13:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Ronald Reagan Strike Group

Let's hope RR's namesake gets the Mad Mullahs to think a bit more clearly just like the man himself did in 1981.

Posted by Scott R">Scott R 2006-02-25 14:04|| http://five24.net]">[http://five24.net] 2006-02-25 14:04|| Front Page Top

#5 I note with satisfaction one of Reagan's escorts is the destroyer Decatur. Once again, a "Decatur" gives tyrants in the Middle East reason to fear the United States of America.

Posted by Vance P. Frickey">Vance P. Frickey 2006-02-25 14:46|| 2006-02-25 14:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Good catch. I hope the Stethem is out there somewhere running missile drills. And the Cole.

Posted by Matt 2006-02-25 15:16|| 2006-02-25 15:16|| Front Page Top

#7 How many carrier groups does this now put in the theatre?

Posted by smn 2006-02-25 15:27|| 2006-02-25 15:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Just the Reagan. The T Roosevelt (the good one), is at Corfu, Greece. Also in the Persian Gulf is the

Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG)
[22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) (SOC)]
USS Nassau (LHA 4) - Persian Gulf
USS Austin (LPD 4) - Persian Gulf
USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) - Persian Gulf

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-25 15:51|| 2006-02-25 15:51|| Front Page Top

#9 couple were in the Med, which is a couple days away. AFAIK - the Persian Gulf was not on the Reagan's original itinerary :-)

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-02-25 15:52|| 2006-02-25 15:52|| Front Page Top

#10 I think that one of these mornings we are just going to wake up and discover the deed is done.

Posted by 2b 2006-02-25 15:53|| 2006-02-25 15:53|| Front Page Top

#11 I've always wondered why we don't have an LSD named Borkums Rift.

Posted by 6 2006-02-25 16:03|| 2006-02-25 16:03|| Front Page Top

#12 There is a bit of symbolism, in that Iran freed the hostages while Ronald Reagan was taking the Oath of Office: there was disappointment in the collective MSM voice that day when they commented that former President Carter was cheated of the credit for releasing them. And in those words.

Oh Lord, let a bomb carried into the Gulf by a figheter from the Ronald Reagan take out a Mullah...

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2006-02-25 16:47|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2006-02-25 16:47|| Front Page Top

#13 it may be that the Mullahs agreed to a deal with Jimmuh because they new they wouldn't get a deal with Ronnie. Just a thought.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2006-02-25 17:22|| 2006-02-25 17:22|| Front Page Top

#14 that's exactly what happened - though Dems will tell you that Ronald Reagan worked a deal to screw Jimmy Carter out of his deserved glory.

Posted by 2b 2006-02-25 21:41|| 2006-02-25 21:41|| Front Page Top

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