Houthis 0, US Navy 3

[Narragansett]

I don't pretend to know everything, but I am not a cultural dwarf either. But until Israel invaded Gaza, I never heard of a Houthi.

I agree, we should have gotten the 4th boat. This is not a time to show restraint. That tactic did not work well for us in Vietnam. If they attack us, show them the path to their honey and virgins

 

[venomballistics]

I don't pretend to know everything, but I am not a cultural dwarf either. But until Israel invaded Gaza, I never heard of a Houthi.

I agree, we should have gotten the 4th boat. This is not a time to show restraint. That tactic did not work well for us in Vietnam. If they attack us, show them the path to their honey and virgins

The way I see it, limited warfare is a concept born of pandering politicians who lack the intelligence to understand that you cannot shoot something halfway.

 

[swsig]

I hope the USN helicopters are up-to-date with their anti-missile defenses. The next time the Houthi terrorist pirates put to sea, they'll likely be armed with the Iranian version of Stingers.

 

[venomballistics]

No Arab state will take on Iran so who will do it first, Israel or us? Unlikely, but if one Navy ship is struck we must take action first and not just against Iran's proxies.

It cannot go unanswered, but at the same time, it's a sucker play.

 

[erikpolcrack]

Wonder if gun camera video/flight data recorder prevented a clean sweep? Knew a couple of CAS guys who'd have managed to have the last boat make a head on run at a helo.

No idea how the various missiles are launched, but doesn't seem like it would be too hard a problem to back track the course to the launch site. Hitting the launch sites would seem to be a way to discourage further launches. Would also seem to be cheaper in the long term than using SA missiles to take out the missiles in flight.

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When this kind of stuff went on back in 2016, the Navy took out all the Houthi's coastal radar sites, causing the problem to cease back then.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

These people should study history. We crossed a frozen river on Christmas Eve and killed our enemy in their sleep many years ago. we will do it again.

 

[Bald1]

Let them return to relay the message. Better the message is delivered by their own.

Unfortunately they will be looked upon as hero's.

 

[DWalt]

And now it looks like the USS Gerald Ford carrier task group has been pulled out of the eastern Med to return to the US and many of our so-called "allies" are becoming increasingly less and less interested in, and more and more reluctant to, participating in Operation Prosperity Guardian in the Red Sea. No one wants to upset the Iranians or be seen as supporting the Israelis. Seem like cut and run to me. With allies like that, who needs Iranians and Houthies?

 

[Bald1]

These people should study history. We crossed a frozen river on Christmas Eve and killed our enemy in their sleep many years ago. we will do it again.

We also drew a line in the sand and when someone danced across it we did nothing……. So there's that

 

[WR Moore]

A substantial number of the foot soldiers can't read. Besides, for some, their attitude is that all things are accomplished in accordance with the will of Allah. They live, they die, inshallah.

 

[tripledipper]

Those guys have been out to sea for maybe 250 days or more so they need a break. They missed plenty of holidays. No surprise that we will not be backed up by other nations. We can only depend on GB, Aussies, France and maybe Germany. NATO Command here in Norfolk is just a figurehead.

 

[fordson]

We also drew a line in the sand and when someone danced across it we did nothing……. So there's that

A line in the sand is just that; the wind blows the line where it wishes……..

 

[fordson]

Those guys have been out to sea for maybe 250 days or more so they need a break. They missed plenty of holidays. No surprise that we will not be backed up by other nations. We can only depend on GB, Aussies, France and maybe Germany. NATO Command here in Norfolk is just a figurehead.

Long carrier deployments are wearing on the ship, equipment and crew in numerous ways. Even with the best equipment maintenance and crew health care, long days afloat can and do produce a creeping lethargy or lassitude that is obviously detrimental to efficient ship and flight operations, safety and crew health. And this is so even with fine leadership and a well trained, motivated crew. The longer the time a sea, the longer the turn-around to get equipment and crew re-fitted and rested. My longest deployment afloat was 193 days and we were glad to get home.

 

[biku324]

Didn't expect 'lassitude' in an online discussion today. I'm at day 62 of a 90 day Mogadishu tour and can only imagine that shipboard.

 

[WR Moore]

Didn't expect 'lassitude' in an online discussion today. I'm at day 62 of a 90 day Mogadishu tour and can only imagine that shipboard.

My sympathies. At least the squids are separate from the problem and have their own environment.

 

[pharmer]

Meh, at over 5 to 1 I would have thought the Sunnis would have eliminated the Shiites by now. The West has given them a common enemy; "civilization" so there is a delay in hostilities. One can hope. Joe

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Didn't expect 'lassitude' in an online discussion today. I'm at day 62 of a 90 day Mogadishu tour and can only imagine that shipboard.

And VERY busy I can see from your green "on line now" dot
Is it as nasty over there as I have been led to believe??

 

[biku324]

It's not a tourist paradise, but they're slowly gaining limited governance. They're going to quit security checkpoints in places this month.

On the other hand we had to cancel a major training session because of an in-class typhoid outbreak. Might have been the untreated sewage stream flowing freely along the facility walls.

Remember, if it's PM here, it's mid-AM at your house.

 

[fordson]

My sympathies. At least the squids are separate from the problem and have their own environment.

Good point, but that separate environment creates a certain isolation, even with 5K sailors aboard. All in all, it's far better than sleeping in a foxhole…….

 

[biku324]

And enlisted salute the officers as THEY fly off to war. "Good luck, sir - take it to them."