US sailors ill-prepared for Iran encounter in Gulf

So by this standard, any nation can send their military vessels into US territorial waters, then just say "Our bad. Our ship 'broke down'. We'll move it." when we try to intercept them?

 

You have no knowledge of the international laws of the sea.

The Navy's two RCB's weren't outgunned the Iranian boats which were nothing more than ski boats were outgunned.

The RCB's were each armed with two .50 cal HMG and a 7.62 mm minigun able to fire 2,000 to 4,000 RPM and a 40 mm grenade machine gun. ->

A photograph released by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards showing the sailors' weapons from the American's boats.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/01/14/world/14SHIPS-2/14SHIPS-2-master315.jpg

United States
0.30 caliber (7.62 mm) Minigun
Navy - GAU-17/A and GAUSE-17/A -> http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_30-cal_GAU17.htm

40 mm Mark 19 Grenade MG -> http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_40mm_Mortar_mk19.htm

0.50"/90 (12.7 mm) M2 Browning MG (BMG) -> http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_50cal-M2_MG.php

 

It's in the report, plain as day.

The conversation is ludicrous for anyone to be defending Iran's actions during this incident.

Sovereign Immunity

Source: https://www.usnwc.edu/getattachment/c838542c-31f5-41a0-beb0-f3a7296d03ab/Chapter-II.aspx

 

No it hasn't reduced combat readiness because more 11B I know of aren't shallow enough to worry about gay or straight. They are more interested if someone can shoot straight and have their back.

The anti-gay folks simply don't understand that.

 

Are you claiming that there is not a purge of our officer corps by Obama since 2009? Just what are the intentions of Obama? In 2009 Obama fired 197 Senior military Commanders alone. From 2009 to 2013 Obama fired 46 four star Generals. Obama who calls it “my military” is being cleansed of any officer suspected of 'disloyalty' or disagreement with the administration on matters of policy or force structure, leaving the compliant and fearful.
Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely, an outspoken critic of the Obama administration, notes how the White House fails to take action or investigate its own officials but finds it easy to fire military commanders “who have given their lives for their country.” Vallely thinks he knows why this purge is happening.
“Obama will not purge a civilian or political appointee because they have bought into Obama’s ideology,” Vallely said. “The White House protects their own. That’s why they stalled on the investigation into Fast and Furious, Benghazi and ObamaCare. He’s intentionally weakening and gutting our military, Pentagon and reducing us as a superpower, and anyone in the ranks who disagrees or speaks out is being purged.”
You are one of the millions of Americans that are watching the final Transformation of America by Obama As Promised and are sitting on the sidelines or worse yet don’t know what is really taking place IN YOUR COUNTRY and denying it while it's happening. It seems that Obama has taken pages out of Joe Stalin and Mao Zedong's diaries.

Read the following:
List of Names -- Military Purge High Officers -- Terrifying
http://investmentwatchblog.com/list-of-names-military-purge-high-officers-terrifying/
LIST OF NAMES — Military Purge High Officers ... U.S. Army Commander Afghanistan (2009) ... for the “forced resignations” of President Obama, ...

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Under Obama, Our Military's Strength Has Significantly ...
http://dailysignal.com/2015/07/26/weapon_system_revive/
Under Obama, Our Military’s Strength ... Most neglected of all U.S. national security elements are our strategic forces. Here, President Obama has reined in ...

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