(U.S.) Navy ship accidentally fires (machine gun) on Polish port

[RamboLiberal]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) -- A crew member aboard a U.S. Navy ship accidentally fired a machine gun into the Polish port city of Gdynia on Wednesday while cleaning the weapon, Navy officials said Friday.

Three rounds were fired from an M240 machine gun into the town but no injuries or damage were reported, officials said.

The gun, aboard the USS Ramage, a Navy destroyer, is used to defend the ship in close combat.

Navy officials said a crew member was cleaning the weapon when it accidentally discharged.

The incident happened as the ship was in port after retuning from an international exercise in the Baltic Sea. It was preparing to leave later that day, the Navy said.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/30/poland.us.navy.shoot/index.html

[charlie and algernon]

1. one hell of an "oops, wrong button"

:rofl:

glad no one was hurt

[KansDem]

2. "I didn't know it was loaded!"

Wait for it...

[derby378]

3. "What's this button do?"

:hide:

[FightingIrish]

4. There is likely one casualty

The CO's career.

[charlie and algernon]

5. i doubt it

the crew member will get reprimanded, but that (hopefully) should be it.

[FightingIrish]

16. In the navy I served in, this kind of incident was a no no.

When a command gets this kind of press, the shit does flow uphill

[Endangered Specie]

37. Highly unlikely, shit always flows down hill in the military

[denbot]

39. The CO is responsible for everything that happens during his command.

It is likely he will be passed over on the next promotion. Who ever did not follow proper procedure during the maintenance of the weapon is going to Captains Mast (article 15), and possibly that person's immediate supervisor.

Shit generally rolls down hill, but any type of major incident, especially one that could have lead to an international incident, will affect the career of the skipper.

[hack89]

41. Not in the Navy

the Navy does not waste any time relieving officers of their commands for issues like this.

[Renew Deal]

6. Glad it was just a machine gun

:nuke:

[sasquatch]

10. That's an amazing picture

[charlie and algernon]

13. oh wow, you can see the shell

great shot!

[Arctic Dave]

26. That is actually the projectile. The shell gets puked out the front after it fires.

:) Just being anal, I know.

[Arctic Dave]

18. Five inch guns and VLS. Spent a lot of time loking down on those.

[Robb]

7. I hear they're telling American jokes over there now. nt

[RKP5637]

14. LOL

:rofl:

[liberation]

27. Rimshot!

Well played... well played... LOL

[No Elephants]

40. You beat me to it. I was going to post "I wonder if Polish people tell American jokes."

[kenny blankenship]

8. Did it look like this?

[slackmaster]

11. More like this

I test-fired one. It was a hoot.

[AtheistCrusader]

17. I wonder how much they paid for the dryer hose that directs the spent brass overboard.

[Pavulon]

23. It is black, therefore tactical. HSLD

gear. The m1526 system manufactured from titanium and kevlar (kidding), yeah way to much.

[Renew Deal]

31. Actually more like this

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f3SZ5Tu916o/Sd9OG9lGu5I/AAAAAAAAM0c/eO0NXF7ZiUQ/s400/bikini+girl+with+ak.jpg

[provis99]

15. yep. We know what happened last time a Polish port was fired on by a navy ship.

Maybe the US is invading Poland?

[FiveGoodMen]

9. So, in the Navy when you clean a weapon, you don't point it away from people?

:wtf:

[Grey]

12. Cleaning a loaded weapon? nt

[Arctic Dave]

19. Wow, things have really changed.

All weapons systems would have been secure long before entering port when I was in.

[Pavulon]

22. If i am correct..

that is a light machine gun. It may have been used for some type of security in port. Maybe for small craft piloted by meatpuppets on the hunt for 72 virgins.

[Arctic Dave]

25. It is but when we were in port guard duty was with a shotgun and a .45

Shit, now that I think about it, thats all we used when we where in the gulf ports. We also had the usual 50cals, 60s, 20mm and 40mm grenade launchers but those were locked before we entered port. I guess it only takes one destroyer to spring a leak and it all goes to hell.

[No Elephants]

43. I wish I loved the smell of bs in the morning.

[katkat]

24. that's what happens

when you start enlisting high school dropouts with criminal records.

[Xithras]

44. That changed when the Cole was hit.

Light deck guns are now kept loaded and manned at all times when in a foreign port. Approach one and you'll get a spray of bullets across the water in front of you, followed by kill shots when you get within 20 yards if you aren't changing course.

Yeah, they really don't screw around with it anymore. Nearly losing a ship in a friendly port to a bunch of amateurs in a fishing boat does tend to change policies a bit.

[XemaSab]

20. "What about Poland?"

:P

[SDuderstadt]

21. Please keep this away from the 9/11 Forum before...

the CT's there start yammering about a "false flag" op.

[Octafish]

35. Hilarious! Like Operation NORTHWOODS...

Still, it's something some jerks would like to do in the name of national security, of course.

U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba

Book: U.S. Military Drafted Plans to Terrorize U.S. Cities to Provoke War With Cuba

By David Ruppe
N E W Y O R K, May 1, 2001
ABC

In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba.

Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the possible assassination of Cuban émigrés, sinking boats of Cuban refugees on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities.

The plans were developed as ways to trick the American public and the international community into supporting a war to oust Cuba's then new leader, communist Fidel Castro.

America's top military brass even contemplated causing U.S. military casualties, writing: "We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba," and, "casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national indignation."

Details of the plans are described in Body of Secrets (Doubleday), a new book by investigative reporter James Bamford about the history of America's largest spy agency, the National Security Agency. However, the plans were not connected to the agency, he notes.

CONTINUED...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92662

"The scary thing is none of this stuff comes out until 40 years after," says Bamford.

They probably thought no one would've heard of false flags by then in the DUngeon or GD or LBN...

[SDuderstadt]

36. Dude....no one is saying there aren't false flag operations....

the problem with you is you think everything is a false flag operation, You also never stop to take stock of all the things you guys have claimed were false flag operations and got totally wrong.

[OswegoAtheist]

28. Simple explanation: there was a small note attached

and someone misinterpreted "Polish Weapon".

Oswego "Krakow! Krakow! Krakow!" Atheist

[sakabatou]

29. "Did I do that?"

[bluedigger]

30. Thanks for the Kielbasa!

[Tim01]

32. They keep their deck machine guns loaded? nt

[Lionel Mandrake]

33. I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGJMtnRMpjM

[Vidar]

34. This is why Barney had to keep the bullet in his pocket.

[proteus_lives]

38. Someone's going to be swabbing the deck for about a year.

[Politicub]

42. Guess they didn't forget Poland n/t