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2013-08-21 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by badanov 2013-08-21 00:23|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Training ship the Cuauhtemoc pride of the Mexican Navy

Posted by Marilyn (I had a Sex Change) Bourbon6503 2013-08-21 09:13|| 2013-08-21 09:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Mexico has a navy?

Posted by OCCD 2013-08-21 09:16|| 2013-08-21 09:16|| Front Page Top

#3 It all started with an argument over whether or not mariachi music is a kind of polka.

Snark of the day with a twist of lime.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-08-21 09:31|| 2013-08-21 09:31|| Front Page Top

#4 The Mexican Navy is one of the two independent Armed Forces of Mexico. The actual naval forces are called the Armada de México. The Secretaría de Marina (SEMAR) (English: Naval Secretariat) includes both the Armada itself and the attached ministerial and civil service. The commander of the Navy is the Secretary of the Navy, who is both a cabinet minister and a career naval officer.

The Mexican Navy's stated mission is "to use the naval force of the federation for external defense, and to help with internal order". The Navy consists of about 56,000 men and women plus reserves, over 189 ships, and about 130 aircraft. The Navy attempts to maintain a constant modernization program in order to upgrade its response capability.

Posted by Marilyn (I had a Sex Change) Bourbon6503 2013-08-21 09:34|| 2013-08-21 09:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Sailors brawling in a port of call?

Call me when REAL news happens, please...

Posted by Ptah 2013-08-21 10:24|| 2013-08-21 10:24|| Front Page Top

#6 #3 It all started with an argument over whether or not mariachi music is a kind of polka.

I suspect it's more like is ranchera a kind of polka, but on tequila.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-08-21 10:28|| 2013-08-21 10:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Modifications of the mariachi music include influences from other music such as polkas and waltzes, the addition of trumpets and the use of charro outfits by mariachi musicians.

Posted by crazyhorse 2013-08-21 11:10|| 2013-08-21 11:10|| Front Page Top

#8 Yeah, I like those Charro Outfits

Posted by Elmaish Sproing7566 2013-08-21 11:28|| 2013-08-21 11:28|| Front Page Top

#9 The Charro outfits are what started the brawl.

Posted by Frozen Al 2013-08-21 12:46|| 2013-08-21 12:46|| Front Page Top

#10 Someone screamed 'el Cuauhtémoc hombre iz sustantivo'...! It all went downhill from there.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-21 13:21|| 2013-08-21 13:21|| Front Page Top

#11 That's a mark in the win column AH9418.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-08-21 16:06|| 2013-08-21 16:06|| Front Page Top

#12 They ended up with a few of our most Newport Class tank landing ships, a couple helped out after Katrina.

Same class as this one altho this one ended up in Morocco.

Hope we kept the design.

Posted by Shipman 2013-08-21 16:32|| 2013-08-21 16:32|| Front Page Top

#13 The Mexican Navy/Marines are actually bad ass. They are about the only ones you can count on to have what it takes to kick cartel ass time and time again throughout Mexico.

Posted by Uneaper Spairong8790 2013-08-21 19:24|| 2013-08-21 19:24|| Front Page Top

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