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2010-06-08 Home Front: Culture Wars

Defense Department opposes Navy name change

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Posted by tipper 2010-06-08 01:27|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 ION NAVALE' RIAN > NEGLECTING THE NAVY MAY THREATEN RUSSIA'S SOVEREIGNTY.

Can ask or defer to CHINA that question, ala REGIONALLY DISPUTED CHINA SEAS ISLANDS.

* SAME > WORLD FACES MORE TERROR THREATS: RUSSIA SECURITY CHIEF.

In case youse didn't know it yet, the GLOBAL JIHAD is aka MOSLEM UNIVERSAL/GLOBAL, CONQUEST-CENTRIC "WORK-IN-PROGRESS".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-06-08 03:24|| 2010-06-08 03:24|| Front Page Top

#2 A better question to ask is "Why?"

Seems like a waste of time and money to me, but I was never in the Navy or Marines.

Posted by DarthVader 2010-06-08 07:36|| 2010-06-08 07:36|| Front Page Top

#3 ....cause it's considered sexist to keep referring to the Marines as the 'Men's Department of the Navy'?

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-06-08 08:49|| 2010-06-08 08:49|| Front Page Top

#4 or rename congress, house of assholes and liars

Posted by Bugs Spealing3182 2010-06-08 09:06|| 2010-06-08 09:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Having known quite a few Marines, including one in our immediate family, none have ever expressed a desire to be a separate entity from the Navy.

"They get us to where we're going."

Posted by Mullah Richard 2010-06-08 09:45|| 2010-06-08 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm a Marine and I could care less about this. I'm kind of big on tradition and not fixing what is not broken.

Posted by Broadhead6 2010-06-08 10:24|| 2010-06-08 10:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Renaming is protection from Army take over of Marine Corps...and the Air Force taking Marine Air Wings...
Note also,Gates wants Marine Corps to cut back on amphib equip,..etc..

Posted by crazyhorse 2010-06-08 10:50|| 2010-06-08 10:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Why not? the DoN already spent a sh!tload of dollars on digital uniforms for the current active duty folks. seems kind of stupid, more of a 'me too' to keep up with the Aarmy, and Marines with the latest in camoflague. I can picture it now: the enemy, whilst sweeping a nearby flattop with binoculars turns to his second in command and remarks that the navy ship is there without a single sailor on it.
spend the money on something useful; like more F-35s

Posted by USN, Ret. 2010-06-08 18:05|| 2010-06-08 18:05|| Front Page Top

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