Saturday 22 March 2008

US Task Force off-shore

USNS 2nd Lt. John P Bobo


USNS LCPL Roy M Wheat
USS Fort McHenry
HSV2 - Swift
USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo and USNS LCPL Roy M. Wheat have just arrived off the coast of Monrovia to participate in a "humanitarian aid distribution exercise" in conjunction with the US Embassy in Monrovia, the US Marines and USS Fort McHenry and HSV-2 Swift. Their launches come into the port daily, carrying lots of men in uniform, and before long I expect we'll see them carrying larger amounts of aid, if that is indeed the purpose of them being here. Last night I went on our ship's bridge to identify the four ships but only the two USNS ships were identified; the two warships remained completely unnoticed by our automatic ship identification system, I guess so they can move around the world without being challenged by maritime agencies or being targeted by anyone with hostile intent. Olly

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