Venezuela Regime designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization

US Targets 3rd Oil Tanker Near Venezuela

The U.S. Coast Guard is actively pursuing a third oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, according to a U.S. official.

“The United States Coast Guard is in active pursuit of a sanctioned dark fleet vessel that is part of Venezuela’s illegal sanctions evasion. It is flying a false flag and under a judicial seizure order,” the official told the Washington Examiner on Sunday evening.

The pursuit began less than 24 hours after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the seizure of a second oil tanker in the Caribbean following its first seizure of a tanker it said was carrying illicit oil near Venezuelan waters on Dec. 10.

The Dec. 10 seizure captured illicit oil from a tanker named Skipper, Saturday’s seizure targeted a tanker named Centuries, and Sunday’s pursuit is targeting Bella 1.

Recently, President Donald Trump declared a blockade on all ships carrying sanctioned oil in and out of Venezuela.

“The illegitimate Maduro Regime is using Oil from these stolen Oil Fields to finance themselves, Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping. For the theft of our Assets, and many other reasons, including Terrorism, Drug Smuggling, and Human Trafficking, the Venezuelan Regime has been designated a FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

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USNS Harvey Milk to be renamed

Democrats Took the Bait: Theory Suggests Hegseth Trapped Dems with Harvey Milk Move

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently renamed a Navy ship that had honored gay activist and pederast Harvey Milk.

But rather than merely renaming the ship, Hegseth executed the move in such a way that the reputation of its former namesake would be tarnished forever, and rightly so.

The ship currently known as the USNS Harvey Milk was christened under now-former President Barack Obama in 2016.

Milk, an officer in the Navy, received a “less than honorable” discharge in 1955 before becoming an LGBT activist and winning election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977.

Milk was also known for grooming and raping 16-year-old Jack Galen McKinley when Milk himself was a grown man.

“But by using this ship re-name as bait, they got Dems to make praising Harvey Milk a part of their national platform.” Poor Adam Shiff having heart palpatations.

A new name for the Harvey Milk was not given but, according to the memo, Hegseth and Phelan are planning to announce the new name aboard the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned Navy ship. Liberals are having a fit.

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Iran is literally getting away with murder thanks to Joe

Sen. Dan Sullivan to Newsmax: Stop Appeasing Iran

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, is disturbed about reports of an Iranian plot to assassinate former President Donald Trump, showing the problem with the Biden administration's appeasement of Iran.

"The Iranians supply and train and arm the Houthis," Sullivan told Newsmax's "The Record With Greta Van Susteren."

"The Houthis have been shooting missiles at all kinds of maritime, vessels and vessels, including the U.S. Navy. The Iranians had a spy ship next to our navy in the Red Sea, giving the Houthis targeting information on our ships.

Why have we not sunk those spy ships? Why are those Iranian spy ships not at the bottom of the sea?"

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Strategic Global Chess Move: Naval Manuevers Off The Coast of Cuba

US Navy Dispatches Destroyers To Monitor Russian Naval Flotilla Near Florida

"Tensions rise as the US Navy tracks Russian military vessels near American waters.

Daily Mail reported that the US deployed three destroyers and a submarine reconnaissance aircraft to monitor a Russian nuclear submarine and warship equipped with hypersonic weapons near American shores.

In a tense show of naval power, Russian warships equipped with advanced military technology passed just 25 miles from the South Florida coast, prompting the US Navy to initiate a tracking and surveillance mission.

The operation includes several key assets: the destroyers USS Truxtun, USS Donald Cook, and USS Delbert D. Black, alongside a submarine reconnaissance aircraft.

Their mission is to closely monitor the Russian flotilla led by Admiral Gorshkov, a frigate known for carrying Zircon hypersonic missiles."

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Russian Warships in Cuba

Russian Warships Head to Cuba

Three Russian Navy ships and a nuclear-powered submarine passed 90 miles off Florida's Atlantic coast on Tuesday on the way to Cuba for a military exercise, according to analysts.

U.S. officials say they didn't see the arrival as threatening,(who the hell are they kidding?) but the U.S. Navy is “shadowing” the Russian flotilla as it begins military exercises today.

The Russian flotilla, equipped with Zircon hypersonic missiles, was monitored by a NATO ‘Poseidon’ anti-submarine aircraft from Norway to Cuba.

U.S. officials say the exercise is a response to increased NATO commitments to Ukraine and comes as tensions rise between the U.S. and Russia. [flyoverflorida]

11 Military ships trapped in Baltimore Harbor

S.S. Denebola and S.S. Antares

4 Key Military Transport Ships Trapped In Port Of Baltimore

11 ships are trapped behind the Key Bridge, including 4 considered key to national defense. There are 11 cargo ships trapped in the Port of Baltimore behind the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge – including four that are supposed to be able to set sail at a moment's notice to support the overseas deployment of U.S. military forces.

The four ships, the SS Antares, SS Denebola, Gary I. Gordon and Cape Washington, are part of the U.S. Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force, a fleet established in 1976 to quickly supply American troops around the world.

Two of them – the Antares and the Denebola – are among the world's fastest – capable of sailing from the East Coast to Europe in six days.

The Army Corps of Engineers hopes to open a limited-access channel for some vessels by the end of this month and to restore normal capacity to Baltimore's port by May 31.

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The Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer

the most lethal ship in the U.S. fleet, and likely the most deadly ship in the world.

These deadly battle machines can protect a carrier strike group from almost any imaginable threat.

China, don't think about anything stupid from your strategic advantage in Cuba!

Russian Spy Ship off Hawaii

Russian Spy Craft Spotted In Water

Last week, the US Coast Guard said it was monitoring a Russian ship that has, in recent weeks, been sailing in international waters near the Hawaiian Islands possibly to gather intelligence.

In its press release, the Coast Guard said it was coordinating with the Pentagon to track the Russian vessel and provide updates on its movements and related activity to the 14th District.



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Michael Reagan speaks out on the ships heading to North Korea

On the obese, murderous, insane scumbag--

Michael Reagan:

"The United States has added two aircraft carriers to the growing number of ships headed to the Korean Peninsula, The Daily Mail reports.

South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency first reported that the USS Ronald Reagan, currently in Yokosuka, Japan, and the USS Nimitz, now under assessment in Oregon, will leave for the Sea of Japan next week. China and Russia have reportedly launched “spy vessels” to follow the ships, according to The Yomiuri Shimbun in The Japan News, citing unnamed sources in the Japanese government.

The U.S. group will conduct joint exercises with Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force following reports of missile tests in North Korea following the 105th anniversary of the birth of the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung.

The Independent reported last week that China sent 150,000 troops to the North Korean border following a phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Trump addressed the tensions between the U.S. and North Korea while on Fox News Tuesday.

“I don’t want to telegraph what I’m doing or what I’m thinking … we’ll see what happens,” he said. “I hope things work out well. I hope there’s going to be peace. But you know, they’ve been talking with this gentleman for a long time … everybody’s been outplayed. They’ve all been outplayed by this gentleman and we’ll see what happens.”

Trump sending Armada

President Donald Trump remained secretive about his plans to handle North Korea but admitted he was sending military forces its way.

“We are sending an armada. Very powerful,” Trump said during an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo. “We have submarines. Very powerful. Far more powerful than the aircraft carrier. That, I can tell you.”
Trump said he would not tell the media how he was planning to respond to the ongoing bellicose rhetoric coming from North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
“You never know, do you? You never know,” he said, stating that he would not be like former President Barack Obama, who would announce his attack plans in the Middle East in advance.
Bartiromo asked Trump if he believed Kim Jong-un was mentally fit to serve as the leader of North Korea.

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The Big Snub - Obama

As the Obama administration this week named another warship after a politician, a new report is circulating in Congress that shows that nearly 200 Navy and Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients have never been awarded such an honor, contrary to naval guidelines and tradition.

Read about it... and Obama's big snub. The ship is being named after a man who never even served in the military.

Casino ship files bankruptcy

The Island Breeze Casino ship has filed for Chapter 11 protection.  The biggest creditor:  The Port of Palm Beach for $609,445. The Port is working with them as they re-organize and it is the intention of the Island Breeze to resume sailing.

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RIP as scrap metal

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USS Forrestal, famous ship of the Vietnam War now at the Navy's inactive ship facility in Philadelphia, was eventually decommissioned in 1993 and was just sold for one cent. If we were to build the ship today, it would cost nearly $2 billion. Instead of dismantling it and putting people back to work creating jobs right there in Philadelphia and making money off the scrap, the government gave it to a private Texas company to do the exact same thing.

It must be a government thing. Can't afford it, get rid of it or lease it out for one cent/dollar a year.

Unemployed in Philadelphia