Navy creates force devoted to fighting pirates...

I thought such a force already existed?

You know...

THE NAVY?
 
Tristam Green said:
I thought such a force already existed?

You know...

THE NAVY?
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lol I agree, and approve! however...

consider that a Navy is trained more to fight another Navy, not pirates. Until recently, pirate activities weren't frequent enough to warrant intervention. Private protective services or self protection was the primary means of fending off pirates.
 
Alyada, I completely get what you're saying... y'a ole bunch 'a swashbucklers examinin' to close hyarr...

Its a force to fight PIRATES!!! How cool is that =D
 
Chick: What's your job in the Navy?
Dude: I fight pirates.
Chick: Have sex with me.
 
Considering the US Navy has had to re-focus their concept of operations (from the open sea to ship-to-shore operations) over the past couple decades, I'll bet they were ecstatic to actually have other ships to blow up for a change.

I'd love to see us pull moves like we did with German U-boats back in the day. They used to load up "merchant" vessels with containers that had drop-down sides. Inside the containers were nothing but machine gun nests. U-boat would pull up to machine gun the ship (they didn't waste torpedoes on unarmed merchant vessels), but before they could, the sides to all the cargo containers would drop down and the U-boat would quickly find its sides shredded.

If we started drawing and quartering pirates and hanging their pieces in port towns again like the good old Brits used to do, that might cut down their recruitment too...
 
Aye, I've been wondering why nobody has tried Q-ships before in this situation. Hell, a private company could probably make their own Q-ships without too much effort. There would, of course, be the slight question of legality, considering the only logical route to take with a Q-ship is to wait for the enemy to get close and let their guard down, then blow the piss out of them with little to no warning.

Personally I doubt anybody worthwhile would shed a tear over dead pirates, but I'm sure Amnesty International would throw a hissy fit over it.
 
If IA orders start popping up to fight pirates anywhere near the PI, there wouldn't be any shortage of volunteers.
 
Actually, our first anti-pirate force was called the Marines.

The Navy isn't trained or politically allowed to board other vessels. They are warships and can only function as warships in times of war. If pirates attack US Naval vessels (which they have in the past six years - they are that stupid) they are gone. Wiped off the surface of the water permanently, but otherwise the Navy can't do much other than intimidate them and wait for coastal authorities or whatever.

The Coast Guard can board and arrest pirates. They are not warships (though in times of war they can serve as such). They are a policing unit. As far as I understood it, many Naval ships have recently (past few years) kept Coast Guard on board just for these types of occasions - which was ironic to me because this was the original purpose of having Marines.

Anyway, having an anti-pirate task force is nothing new, but it is kind of epic.

Just thought I'd throw those ideas out there. I may be out of date, but I'm pretty sure I'm spouting accurate information in general.
 
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Kirutaru said:
Actually, our first anti-pirate force was called the Marines.

The Navy isn't trained or politically allowed to board other vessels. They are warships and can only function as warships in times of war. If pirates attack US Naval vessels (which they have in the past six years - they are that stupid) they are gone. Wiped off the surface of the water permanently, but otherwise the Navy can't do much other than intimidate them and wait for coastal authorities or whatever.

The Coast Guard can board and arrest pirates. They are not warships (though in times of war they can serve as such). They are a policing unit. As far as I understood it, many Naval ships have recently (past few years) kept Coast Guard on board just for these types of occasions - which was ironic to me because this was the original purpose of having Marines.

Anyway, having an anti-pirate task force is nothing new, but it is kind of epic.

Just thought I'd throw those ideas out there. I may be out of date, but I'm pretty sure I'm spouting accurate information in general.
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The Marines have been and always will be the Navy's "Army": when something needs to be blown to bits thirty seconds ago, you call the Marines.
 
Tristam Green said:
The Marines have been and always will be the Navy's "Army": when something needs to be blown to bits thirty seconds ago, you call the Marines.
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I knew someone in the Royal Marines. Their final physical exams are stupid.

these tests are done in fighting order of 32 lb (14.5kg) of equipment.

The commando tests are taken on consecutive days; they include;

* A nine mile (14.5 km) speed march, carrying full fighting order, to be completed in 90 minutes; the pace is thus 10 minutes per mile (6 min/km or 6 mph).

* The Endurance course is a six mile (9.65 km) course across rough moorland and woodland terrain at Woodbury Common near Lympstone, which includes tunnels, pipes, wading pools, and an underwater culvert. The course ends with a four mile (6 km) run back to CTCRM. Followed by a marksmanship test, where the recruit must hit 6 out of 10 shots at a target at 200 m. To be completed in 73 minutes (71 minutes for Royal Marine officers), these times were recently increased by one minute as the route of the course was altered.

* The Tarzan Assault Course. This is an assault course combined with an aerial confidence test. It starts with a death slide and ends with a rope climb up a thirty foot vertical wall. It must be completed with full fighting order in 13 minutes, 12 minutes for officers. The Potential Officers Course also includes confidence tests from the Tarzan Assault Course, although not with equipment.

* The 30 miler. This is a 30 mile (48 km) march across upland Dartmoor, wearing fighting order, and additional safety equipment. It must be completed in eight hours for recruits and seven hours for Royal Marine officers, who must also navigate the route themselves, rather than following a DS with the rest of a syndicate and carry their own equipment.

The day after the 30 mile march, any who failed any of the tests may attempt to retake them that day.
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