Capt. Nora Tyson, USN, commanding officer of the USS Bataan - you GO girl!

[Stinky The Clown]

In a telephone interview right now with Ron Reagan, she's the capt of this Navy ship onstation off the coast of NO.

A woman ship captain! As a Navy vet and a smack-your-ass liberal, I am damned proud.

Aye, aye, Captain!



http://www.bataan.navy.mil/CO.htm

[Soup Bean]

1. I heard her. She made me think things will be all right.

I liked her positive attitude, and she was IN CHARGE. There was NO doubt. :)

[wellstone_democrat]

2. this AF vet is damn pleased too

Let's hope the Bataan can get some good done there. Glad someone has arrived!

[babylonsister]

3. Did you see the young man, Robert, interviewed by

David Schuster? He seemed none too pleased with his fearless leader.
And I gave Capt. Tyson a 'right on' when I heard her.

[rodeodance]

6. I did not hear him. but good for him. sounds like we need lots more.

[rodeodance]

4. she came across as very competant. But I wish there were a lot of

these ships and copters out there.

[skooooo]

5. takes a liberal to save the day..

...just like in the 30s and 40s....and 90s...etc.

[ecoflame]

7. What - what did she say to impress everyone....

....come on - spill it!

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Why she impressed me .....

First ... just cuzza her gender ... a woman as captain of a 'ship of the line'. That's a big deal to me. A woman. Captain.

Next, she just plain sounded calm and competent ..... kinda in that same way Chuck Yeager sounded (as dramatized, too, in the movie "The Right Stuff").

[theHandpuppet]

9. Question here

Bush called this ship the "Baton". I've never heard "Bataan" pronounced that way before. Is this the new Bushspeak?

BTW, for many years I worked in a shipyard that did the maintenance and repairs on the USNS Comfort and the Iwo Jima. The USNS Comfort is a hospital ship and the USS Iwo Jima an amphibious assault vessel with a complement of 'copters. Never been on the Iwo Jima but the Comfort was a well-maintained vessel and can handle many patients, including those needing surgeries.

[Stinky The Clown]

12. Its 'stoopit speak' .... he slept in history class that day ......

The word is pronounced as I suspect **you** pronounce it .... and I pronounce it .... and everyone else pronounces it ....... bah TAN'.

I mean .... idiot son *should* know how to say it ... the reference is to a 1942 WWII battle in the Phillipines .... and the death march of our guys that followed their defeat ... and he likes that sorta thing .... death marches and such.

[Vinca]

10. What good news . . . a woman!

I swear, we've let men run things w-a-y too long. Would a woman allow people to drown? I think not. (Sorry, being bitchy, a SANE person wouldn't allow people to drown.)

[DELUSIONAL]

11. Thanks -- I have been WAITING for the Navy to show up

I've been ranting about this -- and have already sent off emails to Senators and my Congressman asking where the military is.

I'm a Navy brat -- and will always be a Navy brat. I know that my father and others in the military were ALWAYS there when America was in need. I grew up knowing that the military would be there to help in Natural disasters -- and NOW when the worst natural disaster occurs -- I keep asking WHERE IS THE NAVY.

So this one a hopeful sign -- lets hope that this is the first of HUNDREDS of military responses!

The key is that these Navy ships have lots of little boats.