No Relief in Sight for the Lincoln

Soldiers For The Truth ^ | 1/20/2005 | Ed Stanton

[gura]

Props to Diplomad for posting this on his blog.

[newsgatherer]

Bump for special friday update.

[newsgatherer]

I want to add a link to this page, so that our readers at Christian News In Maine can read what Freepers have to say about this, Thanks

[NonValueAdded]

I understand the USS Carl Vinson (CVN70) was originally scheduled for relief duty but had its orders changed right before sailing and headed to Iraq instead.

[MEG33]

Thanks for posting this..Imagine the visiting UNocrats having to give up dining on china to save water for the tsunami victims..the nerve.
Our diplomats and now our Navy have gotten a close up view of the UN and the others who do nothing but talk or get in the way..The Diplomad is a must read for me.

[hoosiermama]

...and now back to the "real" world.....

[Centurion2000]

bump ... sounds like the CO needs to kick these parasites off the ship.

[Jazzman1]

<<>> me too. there is no such thing as PR with barbarians and savages. with liberals in America, sadly we'll never learn it doesnt do ANY good to help these people. It only aids and abets them.

[lowbridge]

bump

[dawn53]

I heard this AM on the radio (hubby was listening, so I didn't catch the station...maybe NPR...that's the only thing on at 6 AM) that we are pulling out some of our troops from Tsunami relief.

Of course, whatever lib was reporting it was bemoaning the fact that we were pulling out so "early", but my husband remarked, "Isn't that what the Indonesian government said they wanted...the US to get out of there?"

[hershey]

Why am I not surprised. Smoke coming out of my ears.

[libbybelle]

Too bad keelhauling has fell into disfavor.

[Coldwater Creek]

While our officers have to pay for their meals on ship.

I have always had low blood pressure, but my veins are popping now. One of our boys is an officer of a carrier, we have not seen him in over three years.

Rumsfeld needs to put these ingrates off in a dingy and leave them to their own devises.

[justrepublican]

This artical was written by a relative. God help us.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2005501090878

[Coldwater Creek]

Tell your relative to keep us informed.

[OXENinFLA]

PING!

[texas booster]

>> While our officers have to pay for their meals on ship.

I was under the impression that the better meals served to officers are a perk of rank.

What are the rules for per diem while a ship is underway, and while a ship is in port, stateside or overseas?

Having grown up as an AF brat, I thought I understood the general workings of the military.

[Coldwater Creek]

All I know is that an officer in the Navy has to pay for their meals aboard ship. They take it out of your pay.
The perks are white table linen, china dishes, and real silverware. Sometimes you get to have chicken almost every meal for three weeks running.

[justrepublican]

This article was written by a relative. God help us.

Article

[lowbuck]

Actually officers receive a meal allowance in their pay. This is used to offset the cost of eating, especially, aboard ship. The cost of the meals is determined by each officers mess. I was on a FF which deployed to Far East. We chose to eat good as so paid more than another wardroom would.