USS Wayne E. Meyer rescues civilian crew
The Stars & Stripes reports that the guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer responded to a Coast Guard request for assistance from a 32-foot recreational boat which was sinking 40 miles off the California coast.
“We were in close proximity to the crew members just minutes after their boat submerged, and are proud to have quickly assisted and returned these men home without injury,” Cmdr. Alex Mamikonian, the Meyer’s executive officer, said in the statement.
The rescued mariners were evaluated by a medical team and transferred to a Coast Guard cutter. No injuries were reported.
A global force for good.
Category: Navy
As long as they’re all okay, and no dogs were imperiled, I’m good with it.
Nice to see my tax dollars doing good things.
I think the points go to the Navy, with an assist credited to the Coast Guard. Am I right?
Good job to officers and crew of the USS Wayne E. Meyer!
Beautiful pic of this ship at Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart-class_destroyer
I wonder what Obama and all of his happy camper acolytes think China, Russia, Pakistan, North Korea, or Iran, would do in matters like this?
Do they honestly believe that these bad actors would be a “global force for good?”
I suspect so, hence the Iran Deal, etc.
Good for the US Navy and the Coast Guard.
A global force for good, for certain.
Worst. Motto. Ever.
Shack.
about even with “Army of One”.
Be all that you can be.
Not sure if you are cutting on “Be all that you can be,” but that motto has gotten me through 28.5 years (and counting) of Army service.
Apparently you got an edge on life…
I remember being in the Army when they switched over to that, thinking about how the drill sergeants must be loving it. “You’re just an army of one, aren’t ya, private!”
Bravo Zulu, Sailors!
A Sailor went to see see see, to see what he could see see see, so he saw the troubled boat in the see and rendered assistance while at see. Sarah Sponda Sarah Sponda is great around a camp fire but not for this ode.
Y’know, if your boat isn’t made to resurface afterwards, it is considered very bad luck to sink it. Great job, Meyer.
In a related story, SEN Al Franken was not onboard at the time and no female enlisted personnel or officers were groped.
That is all.