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December 03, 2006
USS Makin Island and the City of San Francisco
Politicians of the City and County of San Francisco have been bashing the US Navy, and any organization that even appears to be friendly to the US military for years.
Now, SecNav has decided that enough is enough - read it all HERE.
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Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter vetoed plans to commission the Makin Island, the Navy's newest and most powerful warship, in San Francisco in 2008 because of a perception that the city is anti-military. - - - - - - - - - - One of the factors that turned the Pentagon against San Francisco, he [Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. J. Michael Myatt] said, was widely quoted anti-military remarks made by various city politicians. Some of the remarks got considerable attention, especially ones made by Gerardo Sandoval, a member of the Board of Supervisors, who was quoted on national television as saying national defense should be left to "the cops and the Coast Guard.'' |
Some of those "widely quoted" remarks can be found:
Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Police Officer
Now, isn't it amazing that the Secretary of the Navy doesn't want to formally commission the USS Makin Island in San Francisco?
History Note: On 16 through 18 August 1942, 220 Marine Raiders commanded by Lt. Col. Evans Carlson assaulted the Japanese outpost at the Makin Island atoll. Landing from the US Submarines USS Nautilus and USS Argonaut, the Marines fought for two days, completely defeating the Japanese forces, before being re-embarked on the submarines and returning to Pearl Harbor.
Posted by ward at December 3, 2006 12:41 PM