… my comments on the pier made on 22 March 2024 under Latest from JPF “The American Military Takes a Fateful Step”
… Yes, this along with the fact that it appears that the USSA is intent on putting boots on the ground (or shall we say “black and brown shoes” in the water) from Naval Beach Group 1 near Gaza. Hmmmmm. … building something, doesn’t the building of something require “contractors”? Just sayin’
Navy sending sailors and ships to help build Gaza aid pier.
… in 2019 the Senior Enlisted Leader, Command Master Chief, of Naval Beach Group 1 (defined by the Navy as an amphibious warfare unit) was removed and replaced with the leader of Expeditionary Strike Group 1. Hmmmmmm.
An ESG is composed of an amphibious assault ship, Landing helicopter assault (LHA) / Landing helicopter dock (LHD), a dock landing ship (LSD), a Landing Platform/Dock (LPD), a Marine expeditionary unit, AV-8B Harrier II aircraft, CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters, CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters or more recently, MV-22B tiltrotors, and other aircraft that comprise a USMC composite squadron. Cruisers, destroyers, attack submarines, and may deploy with either an expeditionary strike group or a carrier strike group.
Hmmmmm. I seem to recall the deployment of forces in Lebanon … In August 1982, the governments of the United States, France, Italy, and Great Britain deployed a multinational peacekeeping force to Lebanon in an effort “to stabilize the country and stop the fighting between Syria, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and Israel.” To paraphrase the loathsome Dr. Phil, “How’d that work out for you?”
In the words of the great Yogi Berra, “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” In 1947 F.L. Will asked the question in a paper titled as the question, Will the Future Be Like the Past? (Mind: 56:332). In some cases the odds are in favor of its very likely being so.
… and since we are taking about being in the water, to end with Yogi on a light note, “He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.”
Thank God for Yogi Berra and Norm Crosby … and since former President Trump has been in court quite a bit lately … this from Norm …
“When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.”
