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                        Navy PAO

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, October 9, 2004 2:21 PM
                        ::shrug:: I was in the hospital corps, and when deployed we, and the medical officers knew what ships were what, what helicopters were what... and most important... which were soviet made.... whether in the hands of the soviets or Uncle Sadaam a few yrs later...

                        can't speak for JAG tho... never trusted lawyers too much anyway... Wink [;)]
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        richter111
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        Posted by richter111 on Saturday, October 9, 2004 10:30 AM
                        Military Intelligence = Oxymoron

                        Some of the best advice my father ever gave me

                        And he was an instructer for 1st Special Ops
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                        Jeff Herne
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by Jeff Herne on Saturday, October 9, 2004 9:53 AM
                        In my best Officer Barbrady voice...(from Southpark)...

                        'That...that's a pigeon' :-)

                        Jeff
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 9, 2004 12:15 AM
                        Butchy...what I'm referring to is "MOS 101" (Military Occupational Specialty)...it would be akin to a Marine holding an M16A2 and calling it an M9. I wasn't referring to technical/classified specs.
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                        DBFSS385
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: Connecticut
                        Posted by DBFSS385 on Thursday, October 7, 2004 8:14 AM
                        Don't surprise me at all. There are many in the Service that are in positions that would not allow them to aquire the info about equipment etc that others have.
                        The medical Corp and JAG are prime examples of this.
                        Be Well/DBF Walt
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 6, 2004 2:32 PM
                        The main reason I fumed over the whole thing, was these Commanders were working for PAO and are not military journalists by trade. They were chosen because they are supposed to be experts in their respective fields (as mentioned earlier, one is a Aviation Maintenance Officer and the other is a Surface Warfare Officer).

                        As for "security concerns"...one can go to the Navy's website and download all the information or go to Jane's.

                        It still boggles my mind on how they can screw up that much.
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, October 3, 2004 8:32 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by azrog

                        Hmmm.... Maybe those weren't errorsDunce [D)]--just efforts at misleading Evil [}:)]the "evil-doers."

                        "Should we prosper it shall be as is our custom--by Miracle!"Captain [4:-)]


                        Qoute: Be careful when you stare long into the abyss, for the abyss also stares back into you...

                        Mislead the evildoers, and then do you eventually become an evildoer? Wink [;)]

                        nevermind... feeling a bit whimsical tonight..

                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 3, 2004 6:09 PM
                        Mischief [:-,]PAO: "Well...I'd love to tell you about those naval aircraft and ships you're looking at, but...I'm afraid I really can't because of National Security concerns!"Wink [;)]

                        Hmmm.... Maybe those weren't errorsDunce [D)]--just efforts at misleading Evil [}:)]the "evil-doers." This gives a whole new meaning to "Counter-Intelligence!"Yuck [yuck]

                        "Should we prosper it shall be as is our custom--by Miracle!"Captain [4:-)]
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                        tho9900
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                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, October 3, 2004 5:50 PM
                        ::smiling at camera:: what kind of plane is that you ask? well that is a NAVY plane! See, it's written on the side!

                        (Spoken in best PAO voice)

                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        LemonJello
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Sunday, October 3, 2004 5:34 PM
                        I'm chuckling at this one, you'd think they'd at least get the ships right. And most of the planes that have NAVY written on the sides. I wouldn't think that's asking too much.
                        A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade... The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 3, 2004 9:16 AM
                        tom's got it right, many personell are under the navy's employ and wear the unifrom but they arent soldiers. im not saying that all non combat personell are any less vital, but its just the way things work.
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, October 3, 2004 8:38 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Dragonfire

                        This morning was the parade of ships in San Diego for Fleet Week 2004. I was on my exercise bike watching the Live news broadcast and got fuming mad!Evil [}:)] There were two Navy Commanders (0-5) Public Affairs Officers (PAO) giving commentaries and explanations to the local news anchors on types of ships and aircraft passing by. Did they have their information all screwed up!!! One CDR told the media that the ship passing before them was an AEGIS Destroyer when in fact it was an AEGIS equipped TYCONDEROGA Class Cruiser! It got worse from there. The other CDR said that Super Hornets were first deployed with the USS CONSTELLATION Strike Group when there were actually deployed with the USS LINCOLN Strike Group; thought Sikorsky was a foreign owned company; and was mis-identifying aircraft passing by!!! WTFO?! These are two career Navy officers and they can't even properly identify their own equipment? One was a Surface Warfare Officer and the other was an Aviation Maintenance Officer. I was mad enough that I called the COMNAVAIRPAC Quarterdeck to complain.

                        Thanks for letting a former Marine blow off some steam. SoapBox [soapbox] Smile [:)]


                        the thing about those PAO's is they are basically reporters... and like some of their civvy counterparts they sometimes only report half the story and the rest of the time just plain fudge their way through it... (not all reporters, but some glowing examples come to mind)

                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Navy PAO
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 3, 2004 12:13 AM
                        This morning was the parade of ships in San Diego for Fleet Week 2004. I was on my exercise bike watching the Live news broadcast and got fuming mad!Evil [}:)] There were two Navy Commanders (0-5) Public Affairs Officers (PAO) giving commentaries and explanations to the local news anchors on types of ships and aircraft passing by. Did they have their information all screwed up!!! One CDR told the media that the ship passing before them was an AEGIS Destroyer when in fact it was an AEGIS equipped TYCONDEROGA Class Cruiser! It got worse from there. The other CDR said that Super Hornets were first deployed with the USS CONSTELLATION Strike Group when there were actually deployed with the USS LINCOLN Strike Group; thought Sikorsky was a foreign owned company; and was mis-identifying aircraft passing by!!! WTFO?! These are two career Navy officers and they can't even properly identify their own equipment? One was a Surface Warfare Officer and the other was an Aviation Maintenance Officer. I was mad enough that I called the COMNAVAIRPAC Quarterdeck to complain.

                        Thanks for letting a former Marine blow off some steam. SoapBox [soapbox] Smile [:)]
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