Heck no... are you kidding?
I'm not rich enough to go there.
Heck no... are you kidding?
I'm not rich enough to go there.
Did you read that someplace?
About 4,800 sailors from the Reagan and its strike group, air wing and destroyer escorts will be allowed ashore to tour and shop, according to a news release from the strike group's public affairs office.
Recreational activities will include shopping trips, desert safaris, city tours, golf and a water-park visit.
This is the Reagan's third port visit since leaving San Diego Jan. 4 for a cruise to the western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. The strike group's tour is expected to last six months.
Jebel Ali is a major hub of U.S. military supply operations in the Persian Gulf. It is the operational headquarters of Dubai Ports World, the UAE-owned company that recently came under fire for its plans to take over management of six U.S. ports.
You don't have to be rich.
Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) (Sept. 10, 2004) - A Sailor playing on the Strike Fighter Squadron Three Four (VFA-34) team serves the volleyball up to the opposing team during the Moral Welfare and Recreation (MWR) volleyball tournament in the oasis during a recent port visit by the aircraft carrier USS John F Kennedy (CV 67). The oasis referred to as the "Sand Box" is an area where Sailors can take advantage of athletic, laundry and telephone facilities along with a variety of food venders. Kennedy and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) are operating in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Units attached to the Kennedy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) are working closely with Multi-National Corps-Iraq and Iraqi forces to bring stability to the sovereign government of Iraq