How come we never see these stories in the liberal media? You really think the media is not liberal biased?

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ABOARD USS RAVEN, At Sea - U.S. Navy mine hunter USS Raven (MHC 61) provided emergency medical assistance to an Iranian-flagged fishing dhow that requested assistance for an injured crew member.

While conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Arabian Gulf, Sept. 13, the dhow altered its course and headed toward Raven’s vicinity.

Raven crew members noticed the dhow’s crew was topside frantically trying to signal the ship. A Raven crew member reported that a fisherman was waving a T-shirt and another was cradling an unconscious man in his arms.

“To see the dhow alter its course in order to try and intercept our ship made me a little apprehensive,” said Lt. Cmdr. Todd Braynard, Raven’s commanding officer. “But once I got to the bridge and saw them waving and carrying the injured crewman up from below decks, I realized they really needed our assistance.”

Raven dispatched a boarding team that included Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Amanda Powell, the ships’ independent duty corpsman (IDC). They arrived at the dhow via Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) and were led aboard by the boarding officer, Ensign Andrew Serfass.

Although she was unsure what to expect aboard the vessel, Powell said she felt an urgency to help. “I was fairly apprehensive about boarding the Iranian vessel,” she said. “But the need to help far outweighed the apprehension I felt.”

Once aboard, Powell diagnosed the unconscious fisherman with a severe case of dehydration and reported that his kidneys were possibly to the point of failure.

The corpsman quickly administered an IV of saline. Shortly there after, the fisherman regained consciousness and eventually sat up and drank water on his own.

“Bottom line, my independent duty corpsman saved the crewman’s life,” said Braynard. “A few more hours and his kidneys would have shut down.”

While aboard, the IDC also noticed that several of the crew members were suffering from various maladies including abrasions on their arms and legs and another complained of a headache. The corpsman applied iodine to the wounds and wrapped them with bandages. She also provided aspirin to help with the headache.

“Once the crew saw that I was there to help, they were very receptive to my aid,” said Powell.

The IDC also noticed that the dhow’s other eight crew members were in various stages of dehydration. Additionally, the boarding officer reported that the dhow was critically low in potable water, and the ship’s master stated that the vessel was still several days away from port.

To assist, Raven transferred 200 gallons of potable water to the dhow’s tanks and provided 10 cases of bottled water. The crew members were very cooperative and extremely appreciative of the assistance. The dhow’s master even offered the boarding officer two large mackerel as a gift for the much-needed help.

“You never grow tired of doing this part of the job; helping people who really need it,” said Braynard. “Helping people who need it, regardless of nationality or political differences, it makes our crew feel good about the job they did today.”

Powell agrees with that sentiment. “It makes me feel very good to help someone and even possibly save their life,” she said. “This is what I’m trained for and it feels good to be able to use that training to help others.”

Raven, an Osprey-class coastal mine hunter, is forward deployed to Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain and conducts MSO as part of Commander, Task Force (CTF) 55.

MSO help set the conditions for security and stability in the maritime environment, as well as complement the counter-terrorism and security efforts of regional nations. These operations deny international terrorists use of the maritime environment as a venue for attack or to transport personnel, weapons or other material.

OK this story wasn't even on conservative FOX News. I got it through a well respected milblogger who got it direct from NAVCENT.
To my knowledge this hasn't yet been run by Any media.

FURTHER UPDATE FOR THOSE SAYING "NOT NEWSWORTHY": Under ordinary circumstances Yes I see what you are saying. Prior to Desert Storm and between Desert Storm and The 2003 invasion. yes. this is just routine, Sailors doing their jobs and all that. But with all the ANTI MILITARY and ANTI ADMINISTRATION reports going on, with all the media refering to our Marines and murderer and America as the real terrorists. and we are there as occcucpiers. etc.. it is THESE stories that are the counterpoint. the truth to their lies. yet they aren't "newsworthy"?!?! of course they arent newsworthy, how dare they actually show our men and women actually doing something GOOD instead of trying ALL of them in the court of public opinion on things like Haditha and Abu Grhaib.

Answer 1

What a great story! Thank you for sharing that - the drive by media have their own agenda - and they love to villify our troops and Commander-in-Chief. So you have to find alternative sources to the mainstream media - the internet, talk radio, Fox News, Blogs, etc.

Answer 2

A great Stars and Stripes or All Aboard story. Not really much for a big newspaper. As a former sailor, I know that we are usually only in the news when we DON'T do our jobs, for example the USS Greeneville surfacing through a Japanese flagged fishing boat. Nature of the beast, but not any proof of bias.

Answer 3

Fox news, and most of talk-radio is very conservative and always reports good news in Iraq.

You over-simplify if you think any media company is more concerned about promoting an agenda than making money. If a news gets advertisers, it makes the news.

Problem is that "good news" does not sell. There was no "good news" when Clinton was President and there is no "good news" when Bush is President.

Answer 4

Nice of that guy to help the people out on the dhow. It doesn't really smack of any bias, in my opinion, which is why some of the major news outlets didn't run it.

Answer 5

Rush is physically powerful approximately media bias. I unquestionably have considered it in my view. Your assessment on McNabb isn't precise. Rush made the remark that McNabb became the media's darling via fact he became black.

Answer 6

How often does the local news report when someone stops and helps another motorist? Yet they do report car accidents.

Is this evidence of liberal bias? Clearly not - it's just evidence of sensationalistic bias.

"If it bleeds, it leads." This isn't liberal or conservative, just poor reporting based solely on the desire to attract viewers.

Answer 7

I wouldn't say that the media is liberal....I would say they promote anything that has to do with us feeling unsafe, which keeps us off balance.

The media is not liberal or conservative. Its self-serving. When conglomerates own news outlets, they are going to guide in the direction they need you to go to keep the $$$ flowing in.

Our brave servicemen and women need to be put on a Pedestal, neither party is doing that....Conservative won't give them any body armor or objectives, Liberals won't give them any credit.

It sucks for them and I feel for them everyday.

Keep your head up folks in uniform, we all do respect you.

Answer 8

Media - either side, will tend to cover only what their agenda allows.

Liberal media will rarely (or at least bury the story) report on positive value news (IRAQ is s excellent example).

But both sides will concievably bend reporting to suit their needs.

Answer 9

Because it's a pretty trivial incident with no news value to speak of, I expect. It's nothing to so with 'liberal' 'bias'.The sailors were simply doing their jobs. Good for them!

Answer 10

Because they think people would rather hear about Brittany Spears and Suri Cruise.