Then the AP had to report what it cost to run the RR everyday the ship is at sea. Why is that important? Do they have to report how much a fire truck costs every time it goes out to a fire? What is the AP trying to say? Isn't it the job of the Navy to help and prevent people as well as our country? What about when a submarine rescues filippino fisherman during a storm? Is cost a matter for discussion?
2007-12-19 03:36:26 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Sorry, don't buy the filler part. They have to count every word. Why waste those words.
2007-12-19 03:41:04 · update #1
I see people are stuck on the word upsetting without any evidence. Shameful...
I pointed out that the AP, which is known for its bias, had to tag its story with that little tidbit. To me, when I saw it on TV last night, it seemed to be hyped for a reason. Like maybe the Navy was wasting money rescueing young girls.
Before anyone does anything stupid (too late for some of you) I am a Navy veteran and my ship performed a operation like this rescueing the embassy staffs from several countries in Somalia. So I have some insight. Like it will cost the same amount of money to run a ship whether or not it is rescueing a person. So that is why that fact is totally irrelevant.
2007-12-19 03:58:58 · update #2
FYI Joe T, I don't drink or smoke. Really something for a navy vet right? No coffee either.
2007-12-19 09:26:37 · update #3
It is amusing that the Commie-AP has to throw that in... but do they mention that the Reagan was ALREADY out to sea on scheduled training exercises ?? The "law of the sea" dictates that any ship who CAN, must lend assistance to those in peril on the sea. And we Rescue Swimmers PROUDLY wear the motto "So Others May Live"...
I saw the report on CNN and was proud as punch... being a former HSL / HS crewman & rescue swimmer. I was involved in the evacuation/rescue following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, the Bangladesh typhoon of 1991, two civilan medevacs, and three downed US Naval Aircraft
I like someone's point that President Reagan was a lifeguard in his youth... a fitting tie in.
Applause to the crew of "The Black Knights" of HS-4 from NAS North Island.
2007-12-19 03:55:26 · answer #1 · answered by mariner31 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
"The Ronald Reagan, which carries up to 6,000 crew and costs about $2.5 million a day to operate while under way, arrived in San Diego on Tuesday morning, its scheduled return from the training tour. The nuclear-powered ship, commissioned in 2003, is the nation's newest Nimitz-class aircraft carrier".
What's wrong with telling people how much it costs to run a giant aircraft carrier? Why shouldn't people know this? Why don't you want people to know this? Fire Trucks go to fires thousands of times a day. This was a unique story.
AP was just filling out the story with some interesting information. Why do facts upset you so much?
Why does this story make you feel you have to defend the mission of the entire Navy?
PS The writers A/P get paid by the word.
2007-12-19 03:49:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
it is cool information though, i dont have a problem with it
even the helicopter pilot said he had never had the opportunity to actually perfom a rescue off the deck of another ship
im sure the morale of the crew is at an all time high today!!
good for them!!
btw, AP jsut had an article yesterday talking about the Reagan almost to its new home port for the first time and that it cost $2.5 million a day to operate, the number was still probably stuck in the guys head and he wanted to show off
anyways that works out to just over $400 per crewman and only $0.83 per day from you and me, sounds like a good deal to me!!!
2007-12-19 03:47:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's just filler for a boring story. You obviously don't know how modern journalists are forced to work. That story was probably banged out in 30 seconds with little or no thought about content or even fact-checking.
Or you can look at the "glass half-full" side of life. The money spent showed that the USA puts a girl's life above the costs.
But whatever, you have a mild case of paranoia.
Relax, have a beer. Merry Christmas!
2007-12-19 04:15:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The AP is obviously using the CNN playbook, oh excuse me the Clinton News Network. The Reagan crew did a great job.
2007-12-19 15:35:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is the amount of effort that drove the story. And yes, if this effort were expended at a fire scene, then it would also make the news. maybe just the local news, but the military isn't local.
I am not sure what your objection to the story is. I did not see anything about cost in the story I read.
2007-12-19 03:49:47 · answer #6 · answered by Edward S 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I believe international maritime law dictates that boats at see are obligated to provide assistance.
Regardless, the biased news media does not report that when they obviously have an ax to grind...
2007-12-19 04:02:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Anything is a matter of discussion...makes for interesting little facts...for some.
can't be anymore annoying than who Paris is doing today...
I don't care about that, but it's shoved in my face everyday.
2007-12-19 03:48:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's the liberal media's bias at work. Every good deed done by the military is diminished by some negative comment or ill placed nugget of information.
2007-12-19 03:43:04 · answer #9 · answered by only p 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
It's the AP, formerly known as TASS part deux.
2007-12-19 03:39:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋