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Posted: 1/22/2022 5:27:25 PM EDT
I feel safer now.
But the burning question is, did she get the command through merit, or did she get it because she has a vagina? Legendary USS Constitution gets first female commanding officer in its 224-year history The legendary USS Constitution—the oldest ship in the world still afloat and one that was in service when President George Washington was in office—received its first female commanding officer this week, marking a major development in the ship’s 224-year history. Cmdr. Billie Farrell is now captaining the warship, which was launched in 1797 after being built by the famed Hartt Shipyard in Boston. “To be the commander of her, and have ties to the heritage of our Navy and our country, is just an unbelievable experience," Farrell told CNN. "And to be the first woman to do it is also special because there are so many women serving our country right now, and so I get a chance to represent them." The Constitution famously saw battle in the War of 1812 and in the years since has been used for various training and ceremonial purposes. And before you ask, yes, she looks like a dude. |
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She probably can't do much damage to our country in that assignment.
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Congratulations to her. She has a great career history and is very educated.
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If you were relying on the commander of the USS Constitution to make you feel safer, I don't know what to tell ya.
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Would the Pentagon be cool with a dude saying “there are a lot of men serving in the armed forces, and this is my chance to represent them?”
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They must no have been doing a good job of swabbing the deck.
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Congratulations skipper!
ETA That question isn't burning for me, why is it for you? Women and blacks can get promoted to things and it isn't sinister when they do. |
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Use that juice to convince superiors to allow it to sail around every now and then. Get a tow out if need be.
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Quoted: She gets underway several times a year. Doesn't leave the harbor though. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Use that juice to convince superiors to allow it to sail around every now and then. Get a tow out if need be. She gets underway several times a year. Doesn't leave the harbor though. |
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Will she be deployed with her command? ??
Don't think so. Been there and on The Freedom Trail. I think that is cool assignment. |
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Quoted: I am under the impression that she doesn't officially sail on her own. View Quote Yep not often. She's too old and important to do that these days. "The world's oldest commissioned warship will sail under its own power for just the second time in more than a century to commemorate the battle that won it the nickname "Old Ironsides." "The ship won't move in winds less than five mph and anything over about 15 mph would put too much stress on the vessel, Neely said. But the forecast looks favorable." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uss-constitution-to-sail-under-own-power-for-second-time-in-over-a-century/ |
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View Quote Good night, they should be harpooning her for blubber. |
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Oh, please let her be a hot heterosexual. That is all ask for. Given it is tied up at the Baltimore inter-harbor she is going to need a no shit armed escort.
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Quoted: I am under the impression that she doesn't officially sail on her own. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Use that juice to convince superiors to allow it to sail around every now and then. Get a tow out if need be. She gets underway several times a year. Doesn't leave the harbor though. And I thought that she was sailed once a year, so that she weathers evenly on both sides. |
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Quoted: https://campusdata.uark.edu/resources/images/articles/2022-01-20_12-47-43-PMbillie-j-farrell.png View Quote A body shop might offer time on a frame straightener to her chiropractor. Kharn |
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Quoted: And I thought that she was sailed once a year, so that she weathers evenly on both sides. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Use that juice to convince superiors to allow it to sail around every now and then. Get a tow out if need be. She gets underway several times a year. Doesn't leave the harbor though. And I thought that she was sailed once a year, so that she weathers evenly on both sides. Turned under tow, IIRC. Not on her own "power". |
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Does the Constitution still have guns??? Just curious...
I wish her new captain well... |
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I don't care for it.
Not on some woman hating, level. Not on "She can't do what the other SF guys can do physically" level. Just historically. That's a ship from a time when women were bad luck on ships. It's a floating museum to a different time, where a woman most certainly would not be a captain. |
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Quoted: Wine, sodomy and cats. View Quote Excellent. I was aboard about 5 years ago and have the flag to prove it. CPT then was more like a bro. Cool guy. "Do you know what ship you're aboard?" "Yes sir. The USS Constitution." 'The finest ship in the American fleet! Would you like to buy a flag that was flown at the main mast of the Constitution?" "Yes sir!" Flag is in my office at work. Fun times. F that cunt. |
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ive no doubt she is a great sailor and its awesome that she wants to serve her country.
i feel like commanding an age of sail warship you need to be ready to conduct a boarding party and die in hand to hand combat, screaming "DONT GIVE UP THE SHIP", while bleeding out or at least practice boarding actions!. |
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She needs to lay off the eyeliner. Way too fucking much. Looks like someone took a very fine point sharpie to outline all around her eyes.
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View Quote Where'd she get her swab? At Paunch's? I thought as much. They're nine parts brass at Paunch's, hardly any real bullion at all. It soon shows through. |
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Quoted: Excellent. I was aboard about 5 years ago and have the flag to prove it. CPT then was more like a bro. Cool guy. "Do you know what ship you're aboard?" "Yes sir. The USS Constitution." 'The finest ship in the American fleet! Would you like to buy a flag that was flown at the main mast of the Constitution?" "Yes sir!" Flag is in my office at work. Fun times. F that cunt. View Quote Who are you calling a cunt? |
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View Quote Nice lid. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Excellent. I was aboard about 5 years ago and have the flag to prove it. CPT then was more like a bro. Cool guy. "Do you know what ship you're aboard?" "Yes sir. The USS Constitution." 'The finest ship in the American fleet! Would you like to buy a flag that was flown at the main mast of the Constitution?" "Yes sir!" Flag is in my office at work. Fun times. F that cunt. Who are you calling a cunt? I believe he’s calling the captain a cunt. I guess he’s upset he can’t even command a Jon boat. Jesus, people, it’s a mostly stationary museum ship, she’ll do fine, and I’m sure she’s earned the position. |
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