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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| USS Mustin in Japan (along with some other US "shoot down" ships) |
| 2006-07-08 |
| Ouch, this one's gotta hurt Kimmie boy. EFL. TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer with the navy's most advanced combat weapon system arrived in Japan on Saturday as tensions surrounding North Korea's missile tests remained high. The USS Mustin, equipped with missile tracking and engaging systems and with a crew of 300, will be permanently deployed at the navy's Yokosuka base in Tokyo Bay, U.S. Navy spokeswoman Hanako Tomizuka said.Gawd, you gotta love a US Navy spokesman with that name! |
| Posted by:BA |
| #3 Just today, I saw an old guy at the grocery store giving out free samples. At a second glance, I noticed that he was wearing a US Navy cap with a destroyer on it. Turns out he was a WWII Navy vet, so I mentioned the deployment of the destroyer Mustin to defend Japan. He said that in his day destroyers were called "tin cans", because they were lightly armored, fast and expendable. He didn't miss the irony of the US Navy now protecting Japan, then confessed that maybe sometime he would like to pay a visit to one of these new ships. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-07-08 22:22 |
| #2 USS Mustin Hammering Hank must be proud. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2006-07-08 21:54 |
| #1 Gawd, you gotta love a US Navy spokesman with that name! :> Amerilikka! Ain't it a great place! |
| Posted by: 6 2006-07-08 21:14 |