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coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
clifton
()
Date: September 11, 2009 10:16AM
anyone in the area of the pentagon have more info on this developing story?
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
ferfux
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Date: September 11, 2009 10:21AM
Coast Guard Fires at Boat in Potomac: Report
By JIM IOVINO
Updated 10:16 AM EDT, Fri, Sep 11, 2009
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CNN is reporting that the Coast Guard has fired 10 rounds at a "suspicious vessel" in the Potomac River.
It was not immediately clear if the shots were warning shots or if they were shots directed at the boat.
A temporary restricted zone had been set up on the river due to the Pentagon 9/11 ceremony, according to CNN.
By JIM IOVINO
Updated 10:16 AM EDT, Fri, Sep 11, 2009
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CNN is reporting that the Coast Guard has fired 10 rounds at a "suspicious vessel" in the Potomac River.
It was not immediately clear if the shots were warning shots or if they were shots directed at the boat.
A temporary restricted zone had been set up on the river due to the Pentagon 9/11 ceremony, according to CNN.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
Fairfax22032
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Date: September 11, 2009 10:29AM
WaPo has a 'Breaking News' headline that the CG is conducting a training exercise.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
Warhawk
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Date: September 11, 2009 10:29AM
It's probably a Somalian pirate ship.
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That's not a ladybug, that's a cannapiller.
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That's not a ladybug, that's a cannapiller.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
ITRADE
()
Date: September 11, 2009 10:30AM
Fo shizzle!
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
ITRADE
()
Date: September 11, 2009 10:30AM
BTW, what does this have to do with Fairfax County?
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
WashingTone-Locian
()
Date: September 11, 2009 10:56AM
Fairfax22032 Wrote:
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> WaPo has a 'Breaking News' headline that the CG is
> conducting a training exercise.
If that's true, someone at the Coast Guard needs to be busted down a rank or two. Who the Hell would think doing a training exercise on the Potomac in restricted space on 9/11 was a good idea?
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http://bible.cc/1_corinthians/13-11.htm
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> WaPo has a 'Breaking News' headline that the CG is
> conducting a training exercise.
If that's true, someone at the Coast Guard needs to be busted down a rank or two. Who the Hell would think doing a training exercise on the Potomac in restricted space on 9/11 was a good idea?
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http://bible.cc/1_corinthians/13-11.htm
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
Fairfax22032
()
Date: September 11, 2009 11:07AM
WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> Fairfax22032 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > WaPo has a 'Breaking News' headline that the CG
> is
> > conducting a training exercise.
>
>
> If that's true, someone at the Coast Guard needs
> to be busted down a rank or two. Who the Hell
> would think doing a training exercise on the
> Potomac in restricted space on 9/11 was a good
> idea?
Seriously...how hard is this to figure out? Reminds me of the movie being filmed over the summer with explosions on the Potomac - just not something that you should be doing in and around DC without LOTS of planning and coordination.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/11/coast-guarg-fires-boat-potomac-river/
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> Fairfax22032 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > WaPo has a 'Breaking News' headline that the CG
> is
> > conducting a training exercise.
>
>
> If that's true, someone at the Coast Guard needs
> to be busted down a rank or two. Who the Hell
> would think doing a training exercise on the
> Potomac in restricted space on 9/11 was a good
> idea?
Seriously...how hard is this to figure out? Reminds me of the movie being filmed over the summer with explosions on the Potomac - just not something that you should be doing in and around DC without LOTS of planning and coordination.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/11/coast-guarg-fires-boat-potomac-river/
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
Johnny Walker
()
Date: September 11, 2009 11:09AM
WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> Fairfax22032 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > WaPo has a 'Breaking News' headline that the CG
> is
> > conducting a training exercise.
>
>
> If that's true, someone at the Coast Guard needs
> to be busted down a rank or two. Who the Hell
> would think doing a training exercise on the
> Potomac in restricted space on 9/11 was a good
> idea?
Same people who thought flying Air Force 1 low over Manhattan was a good idea.
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> Fairfax22032 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > WaPo has a 'Breaking News' headline that the CG
> is
> > conducting a training exercise.
>
>
> If that's true, someone at the Coast Guard needs
> to be busted down a rank or two. Who the Hell
> would think doing a training exercise on the
> Potomac in restricted space on 9/11 was a good
> idea?
Same people who thought flying Air Force 1 low over Manhattan was a good idea.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
WingNut
()
Date: September 11, 2009 11:37AM
,
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/05/2015 10:58PM by WingNut.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/05/2015 10:58PM by WingNut.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
coasty
()
Date: September 11, 2009 11:59AM
training operation noobs, no live rounds fired
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
Charlie Schmidt's "cool cat"
()
Date: September 11, 2009 12:29PM
coasty Wrote:
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> training operation noobs, no live rounds fired
why was it conducted on 9/11
without informing anybody
thats the noob move
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> training operation noobs, no live rounds fired
why was it conducted on 9/11
without informing anybody
thats the noob move
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/11/2009 12:30PM by Charlie Schmidt's "cool cat".
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
pgens
()
Date: September 11, 2009 12:41PM
Johnny Walker Wrote:
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> Same people who thought flying Air Force 1 low
> over Manhattan was a good idea.
No, that was a White House person who was later fired. Coast Guard used to be a part of DOT and is how part of DHS.
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> Same people who thought flying Air Force 1 low
> over Manhattan was a good idea.
No, that was a White House person who was later fired. Coast Guard used to be a part of DOT and is how part of DHS.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
Does'nt Matter
()
Date: September 12, 2009 01:57AM
No shots were fired. It was a trainning mission. The whole shots fired thing was cadre transmitting over the radio to simulate shots fired. So stupid to do on 9/11.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
ThePackLeader
()
Date: September 12, 2009 02:28AM
WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> Fairfax22032 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > WaPo has a 'Breaking News' headline that the CG
> is
> > conducting a training exercise.
>
>
> If that's true, someone at the Coast Guard needs
> to be busted down a rank or two. Who the Hell
> would think doing a training exercise on the
> Potomac in restricted space on 9/11 was a good
> idea?
That's the Pentagon's business, now isn't it? Sure, they could'be picked another day, but the USCG was in the area anyways due to heightened security, and so they most likely figured on testing their readiness while they had the entire group together.
The Media was irresponsible in reporting the "incident", but go figure, since when have they been responsible? Just take a look at that NYT POS who cost a Soldier his life through his arrogance. The Media hasn't done much good in the past eight years.
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> Fairfax22032 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > WaPo has a 'Breaking News' headline that the CG
> is
> > conducting a training exercise.
>
>
> If that's true, someone at the Coast Guard needs
> to be busted down a rank or two. Who the Hell
> would think doing a training exercise on the
> Potomac in restricted space on 9/11 was a good
> idea?
That's the Pentagon's business, now isn't it? Sure, they could'be picked another day, but the USCG was in the area anyways due to heightened security, and so they most likely figured on testing their readiness while they had the entire group together.
The Media was irresponsible in reporting the "incident", but go figure, since when have they been responsible? Just take a look at that NYT POS who cost a Soldier his life through his arrogance. The Media hasn't done much good in the past eight years.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
ThePackLeader
()
Date: September 12, 2009 02:29AM
Johnny Walker Wrote:
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> WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Fairfax22032 Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > WaPo has a 'Breaking News' headline that the
> CG
> > is
> > > conducting a training exercise.
> >
> >
> > If that's true, someone at the Coast Guard
> needs
> > to be busted down a rank or two. Who the Hell
> > would think doing a training exercise on the
> > Potomac in restricted space on 9/11 was a good
> > idea?
>
>
> Same people who thought flying Air Force 1 low
> over Manhattan was a good idea.
You can't even begin to compare the two. One involved a dumb photo op, the other a security maneuver. They're not even in the same category.
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> WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Fairfax22032 Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > WaPo has a 'Breaking News' headline that the
> CG
> > is
> > > conducting a training exercise.
> >
> >
> > If that's true, someone at the Coast Guard
> needs
> > to be busted down a rank or two. Who the Hell
> > would think doing a training exercise on the
> > Potomac in restricted space on 9/11 was a good
> > idea?
>
>
> Same people who thought flying Air Force 1 low
> over Manhattan was a good idea.
You can't even begin to compare the two. One involved a dumb photo op, the other a security maneuver. They're not even in the same category.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
Soul man
()
Date: September 12, 2009 04:54AM
The CG is out of control, I was fishing 'round the Potomoc oneday, and they boarded my ship and dumbed a days worth of fish and crabs. They even fired few warning shots at me, Wtf.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
they live among us
()
Date: September 12, 2009 01:46PM
Soul man Wrote:
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> The CG is out of control, I was fishing 'round the
> Potomoc oneday, and they boarded my ship and
> dumbed a days worth of fish and crabs. They even
> fired few warning shots at me, Wtf.
ashamed they didnt they didnt make you walk the plank. For sure they should not address poaching
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> The CG is out of control, I was fishing 'round the
> Potomoc oneday, and they boarded my ship and
> dumbed a days worth of fish and crabs. They even
> fired few warning shots at me, Wtf.
ashamed they didnt they didnt make you walk the plank. For sure they should not address poaching
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
ThePackLeader
()
Date: September 13, 2009 12:47AM
On an additional note, when I learned more about the story, the more convinced I became that the USCG really did nothing wrong at all.
During the exercise, one of the Coasties verbally said (literally): "Bang, Bang, Bang" 10 times, and then responded: "10 Shots have been fired".
Now first of all, let me ask: Who in the world says "Bang, Bang, Bang" when shooting a real gun? Not to mention, why would the USCG announce "Bang, Bang, Bang" when they're actually engaging a vessel? It sounds more like a children's shootout with fingers or cap guns, and for the media to somehow overlook that common sense aspect just goes on to further display their stupidity.
Second, the CNN journalist/anchor was pointing all over the live footage attempting to make-out the "Suspect Vessel", when the only vessels in sight were BRIGHT RED, with "U.S. Coast Guard" emblazoned all over their hull and super structure.
Third, if anyone even paid attention to the footage, they would've noticed that the bow guns weren't even manned!
Absolutely pathetic.
During the exercise, one of the Coasties verbally said (literally): "Bang, Bang, Bang" 10 times, and then responded: "10 Shots have been fired".
Now first of all, let me ask: Who in the world says "Bang, Bang, Bang" when shooting a real gun? Not to mention, why would the USCG announce "Bang, Bang, Bang" when they're actually engaging a vessel? It sounds more like a children's shootout with fingers or cap guns, and for the media to somehow overlook that common sense aspect just goes on to further display their stupidity.
Second, the CNN journalist/anchor was pointing all over the live footage attempting to make-out the "Suspect Vessel", when the only vessels in sight were BRIGHT RED, with "U.S. Coast Guard" emblazoned all over their hull and super structure.
Third, if anyone even paid attention to the footage, they would've noticed that the bow guns weren't even manned!
Absolutely pathetic.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
mariner
()
Date: September 13, 2009 09:28AM
The USCG is worthless nowadays. Just another fucking SWAT team waving guns at taxpayers, only they do it in boats.
USCG was once dedicated to saving lives at sea, but no more. Unless there are cameras around to record it (think Deadliest Catch), you are on your own out there. Harbor Police agencies like Maryland Marine will still help boaters but they are stretched pretty thin. The "commercial towers" are thieves that should be called only as a last resort.
Your best bet for help on the water is other boaters, so when you're out there, monitor VHF16 and render assistance if you can!
USCG was once dedicated to saving lives at sea, but no more. Unless there are cameras around to record it (think Deadliest Catch), you are on your own out there. Harbor Police agencies like Maryland Marine will still help boaters but they are stretched pretty thin. The "commercial towers" are thieves that should be called only as a last resort.
Your best bet for help on the water is other boaters, so when you're out there, monitor VHF16 and render assistance if you can!
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
pgens
()
Date: September 13, 2009 09:31AM
ThePackLeader Wrote:
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> That's the Pentagon's business, now isn't it?
> Sure, they could'be picked another day, but the
> USCG was in the area anyways due to heightened
> security
The Coast Guard is under DHS, not DOD. Unless you are suggesting the Pentagon should have scheduled the 9/11 memorial event for a date that wasn't 9/11.
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> That's the Pentagon's business, now isn't it?
> Sure, they could'be picked another day, but the
> USCG was in the area anyways due to heightened
> security
The Coast Guard is under DHS, not DOD. Unless you are suggesting the Pentagon should have scheduled the 9/11 memorial event for a date that wasn't 9/11.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
Pig Ginz
()
Date: September 13, 2009 09:40AM
pgens Wrote:
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> ThePackLeader Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> > That's the Pentagon's business, now isn't it?
> > Sure, they could'be picked another day, but the
> > USCG was in the area anyways due to heightened
> > security
>
> The Coast Guard is under DHS, not DOD. Unless you
> are suggesting the Pentagon should have scheduled
> the 9/11 memorial event for a date that wasn't
> 9/11.
Can you post a comment without being such a condescending smartass? He didn't say anything about the Coast Guard being under DOD, and he obviously meant the Coast Guard exercise could be re-scheduled, not the 9/11 memorial.
Learn how to read, and stop making yourself look like a know nothing jackass.
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> ThePackLeader Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> > That's the Pentagon's business, now isn't it?
> > Sure, they could'be picked another day, but the
> > USCG was in the area anyways due to heightened
> > security
>
> The Coast Guard is under DHS, not DOD. Unless you
> are suggesting the Pentagon should have scheduled
> the 9/11 memorial event for a date that wasn't
> 9/11.
Can you post a comment without being such a condescending smartass? He didn't say anything about the Coast Guard being under DOD, and he obviously meant the Coast Guard exercise could be re-scheduled, not the 9/11 memorial.
Learn how to read, and stop making yourself look like a know nothing jackass.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
pgens
()
Date: September 13, 2009 09:52AM
ThePackLeader, it is lame to post anonymously after being pwn3d. Just admit you are wrong instead of being a whiner.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
uhhwtf
()
Date: September 13, 2009 10:40AM
Read a little about this in a WSJ article.
Fucking assholes, in the end, they didn't really want to apologize. They were saying "Well... we clearly announced before and after on the radio that this was a training exercise." Yeah.. like everyone in the area is always tuned to the appropriate frequency to listen in. They also said that they run these exercises multiple times a week and, thus, people shouldn't freak out.
To make matters worse, the White House press secretary said "I don't want to question matters that help to protect our borders." Nice way to dodge the question and not admit someone screwed up.
This comes down to a bad call made by (probably) a lower level official. PERIOD. They knew it was September 11 and could have held off a day or ran it on Thursday.
Fucking assholes, in the end, they didn't really want to apologize. They were saying "Well... we clearly announced before and after on the radio that this was a training exercise." Yeah.. like everyone in the area is always tuned to the appropriate frequency to listen in. They also said that they run these exercises multiple times a week and, thus, people shouldn't freak out.
To make matters worse, the White House press secretary said "I don't want to question matters that help to protect our borders." Nice way to dodge the question and not admit someone screwed up.
This comes down to a bad call made by (probably) a lower level official. PERIOD. They knew it was September 11 and could have held off a day or ran it on Thursday.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
Vince(1)
()
Date: September 13, 2009 10:45AM
Well..allow me to be the first conspiracy nut..perhaps it was all very intentional. Seems to me the entire republkan party is involved in a concerted effort to delegitimize the president...perhaps this was a shot of the bow telling the president to stay on his side of the potomac or risk harm. Military exercises are often "messages"...this was a clear message.
Registered Voter...a Big talking coward..big man on FFXU...little man in life.
Registered Voter...a Big talking coward..big man on FFXU...little man in life.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
Jerry Rubin
()
Date: September 13, 2009 11:42AM
Vince(1) Wrote:
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> Well..allow me to be the first conspiracy
> nut..perhaps it was all very intentional. Seems
> to me the entire republkan party is involved in a
> concerted effort to delegitimize the
> president...perhaps this was a shot of the bow
> telling the president to stay on his side of the
> potomac or risk harm. Military exercises are
> often "messages"...this was a clear message.
I realize that you have no knowledge of military exercises or operations whatsoever, but are you trying to say that the Coast Guard is conspiring with the Republican Party to send Barck Hussein Obama a "message"? I'd say you've been drinking cheap wine all night and need to sober up.
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> Well..allow me to be the first conspiracy
> nut..perhaps it was all very intentional. Seems
> to me the entire republkan party is involved in a
> concerted effort to delegitimize the
> president...perhaps this was a shot of the bow
> telling the president to stay on his side of the
> potomac or risk harm. Military exercises are
> often "messages"...this was a clear message.
I realize that you have no knowledge of military exercises or operations whatsoever, but are you trying to say that the Coast Guard is conspiring with the Republican Party to send Barck Hussein Obama a "message"? I'd say you've been drinking cheap wine all night and need to sober up.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
ffxstoner
()
Date: September 13, 2009 11:47AM
They are using 225 hondas, supporting japs!
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
Become41
()
Date: September 13, 2009 09:02PM
It was revealed after the fact that it was just a DRILL.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
496
()
Date: September 13, 2009 09:07PM
This would have been a better headline had it read: Coast Guard Fires on Pentagon.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
nakedshoplifter
()
Date: September 14, 2009 12:33PM
I'm now convinced that Vince(1) is the most retarded dolt I've ever met without actually meeting him.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
tubby
()
Date: September 14, 2009 06:23PM
ffxstoner Wrote:
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> They are using 225 hondas, supporting japs!
That's because they don't want to row back in. The only American outbord maker left is Mercury....and they are SHIT
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> They are using 225 hondas, supporting japs!
That's because they don't want to row back in. The only American outbord maker left is Mercury....and they are SHIT
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
ffxstoner
()
Date: September 14, 2009 07:25PM
tubby Wrote:
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> ffxstoner Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > They are using 225 hondas, supporting japs!
>
>
> That's because they don't want to row back in.
> The only American outbord maker left is
> Mercury....and they are SHIT
Lol i know mercs and envinrudes are all we have which are both shit. I personally would only get a yamaha unless i found a great deal on something else.
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> ffxstoner Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > They are using 225 hondas, supporting japs!
>
>
> That's because they don't want to row back in.
> The only American outbord maker left is
> Mercury....and they are SHIT
Lol i know mercs and envinrudes are all we have which are both shit. I personally would only get a yamaha unless i found a great deal on something else.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
tubby
()
Date: September 14, 2009 07:29PM
Last I heard Johnson and Evinrude went bust and the Canadian outfit Bombardier bought the pieces....leaving Mercury as the last "murcan outboard.
The best motor out there by far is Y A M A H A!
The best motor out there by far is Y A M A H A!
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
Spacy
()
Date: September 14, 2009 10:18PM
If I understand correctly, there were no shots fired at any time.
As part of a training exercise, a Coast Guard officer transmitted
a radio message to someone else participating in the exercise.
The message was "Bang, bang. We have just fired 10 shots."
Some CNN news reporter was monitoring a radio and overheard this,
paniced, and started making phone calls to the Pentagon.
They didn't know what he was talking about, but since it was CNN
saying that shots were fired on the river, they began a response.
Eventually this included issuing a terror alert, which caused
National Reagan Airport to be shut down for a little while.
In other words: a total clusterfuck.
DHS didn't tell other agencies about the exercise, even though that's
supposedly that kind of communication is the reason that DHS was created.
And then DHS apparently wasn't able to piece together that "shots fired
on the river from a Coast Guard vessel" was a training exercise that
is run every week *by DHS* itself. I feel so much safer now, knowing
that DHS is there to coordinate information about emergencies.
What's interesting is the lack of news media picking up on such
an incredible fuck-up. Maybe they're afraid of DHS or something.
Or maybe they don't want to make "the media" look bad, since it
was a CNN reporter that instigated the entire thing.
Or maybe I've got the story confused, but that's how I understand it.
No shots were fired at any point.
It was all pretend.
Amazing!
Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/2009 10:27PM by Spacy.
As part of a training exercise, a Coast Guard officer transmitted
a radio message to someone else participating in the exercise.
The message was "Bang, bang. We have just fired 10 shots."
Some CNN news reporter was monitoring a radio and overheard this,
paniced, and started making phone calls to the Pentagon.
They didn't know what he was talking about, but since it was CNN
saying that shots were fired on the river, they began a response.
Eventually this included issuing a terror alert, which caused
National Reagan Airport to be shut down for a little while.
In other words: a total clusterfuck.
DHS didn't tell other agencies about the exercise, even though that's
supposedly that kind of communication is the reason that DHS was created.
And then DHS apparently wasn't able to piece together that "shots fired
on the river from a Coast Guard vessel" was a training exercise that
is run every week *by DHS* itself. I feel so much safer now, knowing
that DHS is there to coordinate information about emergencies.
What's interesting is the lack of news media picking up on such
an incredible fuck-up. Maybe they're afraid of DHS or something.
Or maybe they don't want to make "the media" look bad, since it
was a CNN reporter that instigated the entire thing.
Or maybe I've got the story confused, but that's how I understand it.
No shots were fired at any point.
It was all pretend.
Amazing!
Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/2009 10:27PM by Spacy.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
ThePackLeader
()
Date: September 15, 2009 03:18AM
pgens Wrote:
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> ThePackLeader Wrote:
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> -----
>
> > That's the Pentagon's business, now isn't it?
> > Sure, they could'be picked another day, but the
> > USCG was in the area anyways due to heightened
> > security
>
> The Coast Guard is under DHS, not DOD. Unless you
> are suggesting the Pentagon should have scheduled
> the 9/11 memorial event for a date that wasn't
> 9/11.
The USCG is still under DOD in certain circumstances, and since they are still a branch of the Military, DOD has authority to take control as needed.
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> ThePackLeader Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> > That's the Pentagon's business, now isn't it?
> > Sure, they could'be picked another day, but the
> > USCG was in the area anyways due to heightened
> > security
>
> The Coast Guard is under DHS, not DOD. Unless you
> are suggesting the Pentagon should have scheduled
> the 9/11 memorial event for a date that wasn't
> 9/11.
The USCG is still under DOD in certain circumstances, and since they are still a branch of the Military, DOD has authority to take control as needed.
Re: coast guard fires on boat near pentagon
Posted by:
ThePackLeader
()
Date: September 15, 2009 03:21AM
Pig Ginz Wrote:
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> pgens Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > ThePackLeader Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> >
> > > That's the Pentagon's business, now isn't it?
> > > Sure, they could'be picked another day, but
> the
> > > USCG was in the area anyways due to
> heightened
> > > security
> >
> > The Coast Guard is under DHS, not DOD. Unless
> you
> > are suggesting the Pentagon should have
> scheduled
> > the 9/11 memorial event for a date that wasn't
> > 9/11.
>
>
>
> Can you post a comment without being such a
> condescending smartass? He didn't say anything
> about the Coast Guard being under DOD, and he
> obviously meant the Coast Guard exercise could be
> re-scheduled, not the 9/11 memorial.
> Learn how to read, and stop making yourself look
> like a know nothing jackass.
The clarification is much appreciated.
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> pgens Wrote:
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> > ThePackLeader Wrote:
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> > > That's the Pentagon's business, now isn't it?
> > > Sure, they could'be picked another day, but
> the
> > > USCG was in the area anyways due to
> heightened
> > > security
> >
> > The Coast Guard is under DHS, not DOD. Unless
> you
> > are suggesting the Pentagon should have
> scheduled
> > the 9/11 memorial event for a date that wasn't
> > 9/11.
>
>
>
> Can you post a comment without being such a
> condescending smartass? He didn't say anything
> about the Coast Guard being under DOD, and he
> obviously meant the Coast Guard exercise could be
> re-scheduled, not the 9/11 memorial.
> Learn how to read, and stop making yourself look
> like a know nothing jackass.
The clarification is much appreciated.