"On a Mission to Defend Freedom" - USS John Warner is Commissioned

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Lol!

@Peter C

I wonder if jiffy pop is served in subs

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Lol!

@Peter C

I wonder if jiffy pop is served in subs

They do serve popcorn on submarines...but Jiffy Pop has too much smoke. They just put some dried kernals near the reactor and nuke it.

 

[flamer84]

I don't want to live in a World where someone makes it a better place to live

I guess we think differently for this is exactly the world i want to live in.

 

[nForce]

I guess we think differently for this is exactly the world i want to live in.

I think we are talking in totally different context. I'm saying I'm perfectly capable of living a happy, peaceful and content life and I don't want someone else's version of freedom shoved down my throat.

 

[gambit]

I think we are talking in totally different context. I'm saying I'm perfectly capable of living a happy, peaceful and content life and I don't want someone else's version of freedom shoved down my throat.

Then pray really hard that your dictatorship -- if you happened to live under one -- stays inside your borders.

 

[Archie]

I remember reading a quote " Democracy is coming - to the closest oil well near you" under a photograph of Uncle SAM

 

[nForce]

Then pray really hard that your dictatorship -- if you happened to live under one -- stays inside your borders.

US is a nice country. It has the best locational advantage in my opinion. One ocean on one side, another on the other side. The country to the south provides with cheap labour (well drugs too) and the country to the north doesn't have the habit of poking their nose in others' business. Huge landmass in the middle, with lots of natural resources.

With that kind of geography, you are quite well protected and one will have to be really pissed off with you to go all the way to cross your borders to hurt you. That does not happen every other day. So, if you mind your business and don't interfere, things will be fine. What happens between any other countries is not really your concern.

 

[21 Dec 2012]

What happens between any other countries is not really your concern.

The same could be said for you, yes?

 

[nForce]

The same could be said for you, yes?

Ofcourse.

 

[21 Dec 2012]

Ofcourse.

Good then. What happens between the US and other states is none of your concern.

 

[Echo_419]

NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- The Virginia-class attack submarine USS John Warner (SSN 785) was commissioned during a ceremony attended by more than 2,500 in its future homeport of Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 1, 2015.

Proudly displaying its motto "On a Mission to Defend Freedom," the ship is the 12th Virginia-class attack submarine to join the Navy's operating fleet.

The ship's namesake is John Warner, a five-term U.S. Senator from Virginia who also served as 61st Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974. His wife Jeanne is the ship's sponsor.

Warner is also the only Secretary of the Navy who served as both an enlisted man and an officer, in both the Navy and the Marine Corps. As a Sailor during World War II he served as an electronics technician third-class petty officer, and in the Korean War he was a captain with the Marine Corps 1st Marine Air Wing serving as a Ground Communications Officer.

"Let them know of your presence and your determination to defend freedom," said Warner, as he addressed the audience and the ship's crew. "Defend the sea lanes of the world which are the very arteries of international commerce. Manned by our submarines, our surface ships, and naval aircraft, we are carefully working to keep those sea lanes open - not just for us but for all."

The keynote speaker for the commissioning ceremony was Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations.

"This boat is the latest incarnation of American sea power, and is a strategic asset for this country," said Greenert. "This affords us what we refer to as global access, and it is fundamental to any mission that you ask your military to do. Frankly, we are challenged in space, we are challenged in cyber, we are challenged in the air and we are challenged on the surface. We are not currently challenged in the undersea. We own the undersea domain. We must keep that situation as we go into the future."

John Warner is the second of eight Block III Virginia-class submarines to be built. The Block III submarines are built with new Virginia Payload Tubes designed to lower costs and increase missile-firing payload possibilities. The first 10 Block I and Block II Virginia-class submarines have 12 individual 21-inch diameter vertical launch tubes able to fire Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMS). The Block III submarines are built with two-larger 87-inch diameter tubes able to house six TLAMS each.

"You are at a formative stage as a crew," said Vice Adm. Michael Connor, Commander, Submarine Forces. "If you approach your important duties with the same commitment as your namesake there is no doubt that the USS John Warner will enjoy a lifetime of future accomplishments that parallels the future trajectory of Petty Officer Third Class John Warner."

And when Cmdr. Daniel B. Caldwell, commanding officer, asked Mrs. Warner to bring the ship to life, USS John Warner joined the Navy's submarine force.

As the most modern and sophisticated attack submarine in the world, the submarine can operate in both littoral and deep ocean environments and presents combatant commanders with a broad and unique range of operational capabilities. John Warner is a flexible, multi-mission platform designed to carry out the seven core competencies of the submarine force: anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; delivery of special operations forces; strike warfare; irregular warfare; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and mine warfare.

The submarine is 377 feet long, has a 34-foot beam, and will be able to dive to depths greater than 800 feet and operate at speeds in excess of 25 knots submerged. It will operate for 33 years without ever refueling.

"The commissioning of the USS John Warner marks the beginning of what is expected to be 40 years of distinguished service for this great submarine - a fitting tribute to a man who served his nation for so long as a Sailor, a Marine, a United States Senator and, as one of my most esteemed predecessors as Secretary of the Navy," said Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. "This ceremony is not only a celebration of a man who dedicated so much of his life to his country and to the Department of the Navy, but also a reminder of the partnership our Navy shares with the shipbuilding industry in Senator Warner's home state of Virginia and the continued success of the Virginia-class attack submarine program."

Construction on John Warner began April 29, 2009; the submarine's keel was authenticated during a ceremony on March 16, 2013; and the submarine was christened during a ceremony Sept. 6, 2014.


"On a Mission to Defend Freedom" - USS John Warner is Commissioned

What a beauty

 

[nForce]

Good then. What happens between the US and other states is none of your concern.

Probably we are not sending our military to invade other countries for oil. But that does not stop us from saying what is right. So, keep your advice to yourself.

 

[21 Dec 2012]

So, keep your advice to yourself.

I would have to say the same thing to you and self-righteous advice.

 

[gambit]

US is a nice country. It has the best locational advantage in my opinion. One ocean on one side, another on the other side. The country to the south provides with cheap labour (well drugs too) and the country to the north doesn't have the habit of poking their nose in others' business. Huge landmass in the middle, with lots of natural resources.

With that kind of geography, you are quite well protected and one will have to be really pissed off with you to go all the way to cross your borders to hurt you. That does not happen every other day. So, if you mind your business and don't interfere, things will be fine. What happens between any other countries is not really your concern.

If any of those 'other countries' are our allies or friends, what happens becomes our concern.

 

[Ranjitha]

Freedom needs defended all over the world.