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TODAY IS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
The News Service is on line and fully functional this morning.
The first blog posting of the day address our observations and opinions about the navigability and port development of Annapolis.
We had delayed the discussion of Annapolis maritime development in order to make our initial pleas for the removal of senator John McCain from office before he does any more damage to our domestic commercial fleets and maritime security. We are not through yet with our discussion of the economic and national security importance of the Jones act fleets. When one listens to statements by politicians like the senator for Arizona it seems like they have a vision of a fleet that existed around 1939, not the fleets of today. There is a great deal at stake in any debate over the Jones Act. Too much to allow us to cut the Senator any slack for being a former POW, a naval veteran, or even based on our admitted usual preference for Republican office holders. To professional mariners, he won't protect the cabotage trades must go. If you want to see what happens to nations who fail to protect their cabotage trades study China on the eve of the Boxer rebellion. We will have a great deal more to say on thi sin the coming days.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS:
OF INTEREST TO USMMA ALUMNI AND STUDENTS OF HEAVY WEATHER RESCUE:
OF INTEREST TO ANYONE INVOLVED IN HIGH LATITUDE WINTER OPERATIONS:
.The National Anthem this morning is performed by: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
The first blog posting of the day address our observations and opinions about the navigability and port development of Annapolis.
We had delayed the discussion of Annapolis maritime development in order to make our initial pleas for the removal of senator John McCain from office before he does any more damage to our domestic commercial fleets and maritime security. We are not through yet with our discussion of the economic and national security importance of the Jones act fleets. When one listens to statements by politicians like the senator for Arizona it seems like they have a vision of a fleet that existed around 1939, not the fleets of today. There is a great deal at stake in any debate over the Jones Act. Too much to allow us to cut the Senator any slack for being a former POW, a naval veteran, or even based on our admitted usual preference for Republican office holders. To professional mariners, he won't protect the cabotage trades must go. If you want to see what happens to nations who fail to protect their cabotage trades study China on the eve of the Boxer rebellion. We will have a great deal more to say on thi sin the coming days.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS:
OF INTEREST TO USMMA ALUMNI AND STUDENTS OF HEAVY WEATHER RESCUE:
Captain James J. Kelleher '77 gave two separate presentations—one to faculty and staff and the other to the Regiment of Midshipmen—recounting his dramatic rescue in early February. Capt. Kelleher, Master of the Horizon Lines containershipHorizon Reliance, maneuvered his vessel in extremely adverse conditions to save the lives of three sailboat passengers who were adrift in a Pacific storm about 400 miles from Honolulu, Hawaii. Click on the link below for a video on the presentations:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zKo6UmoGBQ&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zKo6UmoGBQ&feature=youtu.be
The 2012 Ice Operations Planning Meeting will be held at the Calhoon Marine Engineers Beneficial Association Engineering School, Easton Maryland on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 10 am-1 pm. To submit a proposed topic, please contact Mr. Ron Houck, Sector Baltimore Waterways Management Division, at (410) 576-2674 or Ronald.L.Houck@uscg.mil. To ensure your proposed topic is addresses, please make your submission prior to Friday, November 16, 2012. Meeting registration is being accepted by fax, phone, e-mail or mail before Monday, November 26, 2012, and should be addressed to Mr. Ron Houck. Additional information can be found in the supporting documentation titled," Ice Meeting Invitation 2012." You can also use the following link to RSVP. https://einvitations.afit.edu/inv/anim.cfm?i=128130&k=03634A087857
.The National Anthem this morning is performed by: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Click on the link below the flag to start the video
Click here to start the National Anthem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdP1CQEboIo
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