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Coin Sniper |
I'm used to seeing US Warship names starting with USS such as USS Missouri, USS Enterprise, USS Ronald Reagan, USS Stark. I noted the two hospital ships are USNS such as USNS Mercy, USNS Comfort. Why the different prefix? Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | ||
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Semper Fi - 1775 |
Not Navy, but Marine Corps. The USS means it is a commissioned ship and run by Navy personnel. The USNS (US NAVAL SHIP) are not commissioned ships and are not expected to be involved in combat situations. ___________________________ All it takes...is all you got. ____________________________ For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
USNS ships are Navy owned auxiliary ships but are operated by the Military Sealift Command and are manned by civilians.
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bald1 for the Win. Military Sealift Command has Merchant Marine Officers. ____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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| Son of a son of a Sailor  |
One minor point...Most MSC ships have a military detachment for security or comms, etc. -------------------------------------------- Floridian by birth, Seminole by the grace of God | |||
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Ronin is saying he was in the men's dept of the US Navy | |||
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| always with a hat or sunscreen |
lololololololololololololololololololol Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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| california tumbles into the sea |
USNS crew eat better. Menus, stewarts that take your order - good food. The ones I rode, everyone had staterooms. | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Yup. As cadets, we all wanted to get on those hospital ships during our sea year at the Academy. All those nurses... Instead i ended up on the USNS Concord. Still had a great time though sailing around the Med. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
But his ass still rode in navy equipment Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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Yes- I was enlisted in the US Navy and Stationed on the USNS Vanguard. We had stewards, great food and 2 man staterooms. The only time I've ever seen real 1 inch thick T-Bone steaks. It wasn't all paradise, we had it rough- They wanted us to make our beds  .____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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| in the end karma always catches up |
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
Also the mentally challenged portion --> My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment (MARINE) organization.  | |||
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