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2011-03-29 Africa North
P-C3 engages Libyan Coast Guard, Ensign Mohammad al Parker beaches PT73
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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2011-03-29 09:32|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 That boat is getting away with our per diem checks!

(Sorry, I couldn't help it.)
Posted by Penguin 2011-03-29 10:12||   2011-03-29 10:12|| Front Page Top

#2 A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt said it also fired on two smaller Libyan vessels traveling with the larger ship, destroying one and forcing the other to be abandoned

A-10 against a boat? Ouch.
Posted by The Other Beldar 2011-03-29 10:27||   2011-03-29 10:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Obviously there are still some who think Gadaffy is the team to be on. I wonder why.
Posted by gorb 2011-03-29 10:45||   2011-03-29 10:45|| Front Page Top

#4 I think it should be P-3C
Posted by crosspatch 2011-03-29 11:05||   2011-03-29 11:05|| Front Page Top

#5 You're prob'ly right. My mind corrected it to that while I was reading. But a PC-3 sounds so... ummm... Politically correct.
Posted by Fred 2011-03-29 11:45||   2011-03-29 11:45|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm just happy that GolfBravoUSMC posted an on-topic link instead of the usual "gorilla slips on banana peel" video. Never mind the nonsensical headline...Ensign Mohammad al Parker?
Posted by gromky 2011-03-29 12:00||   2011-03-29 12:00|| Front Page Top

#7 I think they changed it to a PC-3 for preventative civilian casualty deployments in oversea contingency operations considering but not limited to kinetic military options involving man made disasters.
Posted by swksvolFF 2011-03-29 12:02||   2011-03-29 12:02|| Front Page Top

#8 "Ensign Mohammad al Parker?"

Ensign Parker was a character played by Tim Conway on a TV show called McHale's Navy. If you didn't grow up in the 1960's you probably missed it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1102105/
Posted by crosspatch 2011-03-29 12:20||   2011-03-29 12:20|| Front Page Top

#9 "I think they changed it to a PC-3 for preventative civilian casualty deployments"

Yeah, for "peace strikes".
Posted by crosspatch 2011-03-29 12:22||   2011-03-29 12:22|| Front Page Top

#10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJafUZ0HUqM
Posted by crosspatch 2011-03-29 12:27||   2011-03-29 12:27|| Front Page Top

#11 I don't know about you but I do feel sorry for all those Libyan spiders.

They must be starving because of that no-fly zone.
Posted by Fi 2011-03-29 14:04||   2011-03-29 14:04|| Front Page Top

#12 Bah dum dum (or however you write that drum line after a bad joke, suggestions welcome) :-)
Posted by Fi 2011-03-29 14:11||   2011-03-29 14:11|| Front Page Top

#13 Actually, the stellar service record that got Ens. Parker ONTO the 73 included such gems as "Rammed the dock with a destroyer, while still tied up."
Posted by mojo 2011-03-29 14:26||   2011-03-29 14:26|| Front Page Top

#14 The Real Deal

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2011-03-29 14:43||   2011-03-29 14:43|| Front Page Top

#15 German Navy has Ens. Parker Moment

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2011-03-29 14:53||   2011-03-29 14:53|| Front Page Top

#16 P-3C used, perhaps the first time in history a P-3 has fired its missiles in combat. Looks like it was a 32 m boat, built by Croatia. PV30-LS

E-mail me if anyone can confirm this was a P-3 first.
Posted by Chuck Simmins  2011-03-29 16:42|| http://northshorejournal.org  2011-03-29 16:42|| Front Page Top

#17 I'm just happy that GolfBravoUSMC posted an on-topic link instead of the usual "gorilla slips on banana peel" video

And we're sooo happy that our resident Mandarin is happy.
Posted by Pappy 2011-03-29 21:06||   2011-03-29 21:06|| Front Page Top

#18 Hey, I went through a lot of trouble making those vídeos, I think I deserve more respect than being called a gorilla.

- tfsm
Posted by Menhadden Whaish8836 2011-03-29 21:14||   2011-03-29 21:14|| Front Page Top

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