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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (555138)	3/23/2004 12:59:30 AM
From: jmhollen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

You need help, Bubba. "..ADD.." must be a real (w)itch. If you don't know how to Google search, it's no wonder that your totally dependent on "..Hairy Kerry.." and Hillary & the Grousing Gaggle to look after you...!!! Damn, that's really sad. But, I'm sure you enjoy the How to Masturbate Properly-101 sessions. John ps: Oil slick reconnaissance (i.e., monitoring the spread of oil spills caused by Iraq's environmental terrorism) became the highest priority for northern Gulf helicopters beginning 5 February. Helicopters were required to record on videotape the affected oil terminals and the extent of sea contamination. This mission was conducted to help contain the spreading oil slick, to report on the oil flow situation, and to document Iraq's use of oil as an act of environmental terrorism. Mk V Special Operations Craft Description: The Mk V is a high-performance combatant craft capable of being transported overland and on board U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy aircraft using its own transporter system. This Special Operations Craft (SOC) can conduct medium-range insertion and extraction of Special Operations Forces (SOF) and provide an organic ability to support limited coastal patrol and interdiction taskings. The Mk V SOC is 82 feet long, has a top speed in excess of 45 knots and a cruising range greater than 500 nautical miles. Armament consists of multiple crew-served small-caliber weapons with 360-degree coverage — Mk 19 40mm grenade launchers, 12.7mm heavy machine guns or M60 7.62mm medium machine guns — and hand-held Stinger surface-to-air-missiles (SAMs). Future weapon upgrades could include twin 12.7mm machine guns, a 25mm chain gun, or 7.62mm minigun. The craft has a crew of five and is capable of carrying a Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) platoon (16 personnel) with Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC). The need for this type of combatant craft was validated during Operations Desert Shield/Storm in the Persian Gulf and is further justified by potential maritime SOF employments in all unified areas of responsibility. Ten of the Mk V craft will be assigned to Special Boat Squadron One, Coronado, California, and ten to Special Boat Squadron Two, Little Creek, Virginia. They will be operated in detachments comprising two Mk Vs and support equipment. Program Status: The Mk V SOCs are being acquired under a streamlined acquisition program managed by the U.S. Special Operations Command. Two craft were delivered in August 1995, and FY 1996 was the first year of full-rate production. Twenty craft will be delivered by FY 1999. Developer/Manufacturer: Halter Marine, Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi.