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@ Tom, Thanks for posting, not your average "shore leave" us landslubbers imagine folks in the navy having, for sure..

Got a question for the Captain if he'll take it, and if you'd pass it on.

USN just decommisioned a nuclear aircraft carrier last year, and I wondered what he thought of turning that into a hospital ship, on permanent station (given the many refugee and humanitarian crisis globally?

Would it be do-able, and desirable?

It may be too old to fight, but not too old for a peaceful mission I think, and shouldn't become scrap if it's still seaworthy and can be refitted for humanitarian application.

Thanks,

EJ]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/pacific_partnership/ Sat Jul 04, 2009