unhappycamper note: Since the Pentagon has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on
Army Times, and
Airforce Times, I’ve decided to give ya’ll an unhappycamper summary of the article and a link to the OP. To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on
Navy Times,
Marine Corps Times,
stripes.com and
military.com.
To read the article in the military's own words, you will need to click the link.
I didn't realize that the Pentagon/MIC could restrict my
First Amendment rights as well as morph the
Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 107 with zero, zip, nada Congressional approval. (NOTE: I am going to revise the preceding sentence.) It sure is beginning to smell like fascism.[br />
unhappycamper summary of this article: Apparently the Navy is talking about cutting ships to buy more (expensive) ships. I sure hope they put some money in the budget
to buy some tools for sailors.
But naval analysts and a retired admiral who commanded Atlantic Fleet surface forces say they’re hearing exactly what the lobbyist claimed: 2nd Fleet, in charge of fleet operations for defense of the East Coast and afloat training in the North Atlantic for more than 60 years, could soon be a thing of the past.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/08/navy-rumors-surround-second-fleet-fate-083010w/