Comments on: Join the Navy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/10/join-the-navy/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Justthisguy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/10/join-the-navy/comment-page-1/#comment-420778 Justthisguy Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:15:06 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/10/join-the-navy/#comment-420778 Oh, (further) yeah, nuthin' else says "OR ELSE!" as well as the Rattlesnake Jack! Oh, (further) yeah, nuthin’ else says “OR ELSE!” as well as the Rattlesnake Jack!

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/10/join-the-navy/comment-page-1/#comment-420766 Justthisguy Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:58:26 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/10/join-the-navy/#comment-420766 P.s. Oh, and lived most of the first five years of my life in a town named after Stephen Decatur. They had one of his swords in a glass case, in the courthouse. The curator told me that Decatur even spotted that despicable othe fellow his eyeglasses in the duel, just to be fair. That duel was a nasty business, and according to Captain Beach, in a book he wrote, prejudiced Americans against Naval Officers for a long time. P.s. Oh, and lived most of the first five years of my life in a town named after Stephen Decatur. They had one of his swords in a glass case, in the courthouse. The curator told me that Decatur even spotted that despicable othe fellow his eyeglasses in the duel, just to be fair.

That duel was a nasty business, and according to Captain Beach, in a book he wrote, prejudiced Americans against Naval Officers for a long time.

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/10/join-the-navy/comment-page-1/#comment-420779 Justthisguy Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:52:46 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/10/join-the-navy/#comment-420779 HMS Leopard vs. USS Chesapeake: A very important precedent, I think. HMS Leopard vs. USS Chesapeake: A very important precedent, I think.

]]> By: Richard Cook http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/10/join-the-navy/comment-page-1/#comment-420777 Richard Cook Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:08:40 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/10/join-the-navy/#comment-420777 Ate first part of comment ...ahhhhhhh!!!! Should have been: (Getting out the Rolodex) ….Preble, Preble…..Edward…ah, here we are. Ate first part of comment …ahhhhhhh!!!! Should have been:

(Getting out the Rolodex) ….Preble, Preble…..Edward…ah, here we are.

]]> By: Richard Cook http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/10/join-the-navy/comment-page-1/#comment-420776 Richard Cook Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:07:28 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/10/join-the-navy/#comment-420776 ....Preble, Preble.....Edward...ah, here we are. ….Preble, Preble…..Edward…ah, here we are.

]]> By: Jim C http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/10/join-the-navy/comment-page-1/#comment-420783 Jim C Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:42:15 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/10/join-the-navy/#comment-420783 This maybe a stupid question, but with speed boats don't you have to worry about their momentum carrying them on into the target if we wait until 200yds or less to start shooting? If you think about a VBIED coming in at say 50mph, even if you put several rounds through the engine block and the driver the momentum will carry the VBIED on into the target. would the same hold true for speed boats? Jim C This maybe a stupid question, but with speed boats don’t you have to worry about their momentum carrying them on into the target if we wait until 200yds or less to start shooting? If you think about a VBIED coming in at say 50mph, even if you put several rounds through the engine block and the driver the momentum will carry the VBIED on into the target. would the same hold true for speed boats?

Jim C

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