MooPig 'Stuff No One Wants to Hear About' Department :: "Fukushima UPDATE"

Now Hear This, Now Hear This, Sweepers Man your Brooms
mashed articles by Pat Darnell  |  Dec 29, 2013  |  Bryan TX

[Picture LINK] "Clean Sweep Down Fore and AFT" ... Crew members scrub contaminated snow off the deck of USS Ronald Reagan in March 2011 during a humanitarian mission off tsunami-stricken Japan. Photo: Getty Images

" ... The fallout of those four days spent off the Fukushima coast has been tragic to many of the 5,000 sailors who were there.

At least 70 have been stricken with some form of radiation sickness, and of those, “at least half . . . are suffering from some form of cancer,” their lawyer, Paul Garner, told The Post Saturday.

“We’re seeing leukemia, testicular cancer and unremitting gynecological bleeding requiring transfusions and other intervention,” said Garner, who is representing 51 crew members suing the Tokyo Electric Power Co., which operates the Fukushima Daiichi energy plant. ... " (Laura Italiano and Kerry Murtha. December 22, 2013. LINK)

CONCLUSION
MooPig Litigation Department doesn't think the Japanese Earthquake-Tsunami-Nuclear Disaster problem will be solved by law suits. But it is a start.

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http://nypost.com/2013/12/22/70-navy-sailors-left-sickened-by-radiation-after-japan-rescue/

MooPig's Fact-Checker Department :: "For the publication of No Easy Day"

Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Oct 21, 2012  |  Bryan TX

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Navy SEAL Author Rejects the Pentagon's Legal Threat - Politics - The Atlantic Wire:

EXCERPT  |   ""Mr. Owen sought legal advice about his responsibilities before agreeing to publish his book and scrupulously reviewed the work to ensure that it did not disclose any material that would breach his agreements or put his former comrades at risk," wrote Robert D. Luskin, an attorney at D.C. lobbying behemoth Patton Boggs. "Mr. Owen is proud of his service and respectful of his obligations. But he has earned the right to tell his story."" (JOHN HUDSON. AUG 31, 2012. HERE)

'via Blog this'

In a printing shop is the Bindery Department. The pages have been typeset, stripped to film, and plated in the Plate Room. The Press Room prints the pages on large paper. In the Bindery the pages are cut to size and collated into lifts. The lifts of pages then go through several steps of gluing, sewing, and binding. Then the cover is pressed on the "book," in the Bindery.

The point is that during any of these stages the book can be read. Especially from the very start when it is typeset and put on film, can it be read several times by the laymen workers, journeymen, and print bosses, even the janitor reads it.

It mystifies MooPig when it reads a story that implies lawyers issuing a cease or desist publishing a book to anyone ... what exactly is the point? The deed is already done, it's ancient history, it's moot, you jackals.

EXCERPT from the Article | " ...According to the letter, the nondisclosure agreement signed by Bissonnette when he was a SEAL only applied to "specially identified Special Access Programs" and not missions such as the May 1, 2011 raid.

That's an argument that may come as a surprise to some legal experts, who considered the Pentagon's case against Bissonnette a "slam dunk" given his failure to submit his book for pre-publication review. ... "

Pre-publication review -- are they daft? Most authors today are self-published. One can easily write a 365 page book on the Internet, and upload it all over the world. What in God's green earth is a pre-publication review?

It is an HONOR system ... but all persons define HONOR differently, and that is why this sucks.

EXCERPT | " ...Last night, [Aug 28, 2012] the public got its first taste of the book's contents as the Associated Press and The Huffington Post obtained pre-release copies of it. (JOHN HUDSON. AUG 29, 2012. HERE)... "

When a buck is to be made, well, it seems that brings out the money grubbers. And the more they try to BAN this book by Bissonette, the greater it will profit the author out here in the markets. Yes, negative press is just as good, if not better than, approved press releases. The story is as old as the Torah.

I can just see Carl Marx submitting his little book for a pre-publication review.

But MooPig Fact-Checker Department holds this conjecture as the real reason the administration would try to hide this book from the public:

EXCERPT | " ...Bissonnette [aka Mark Owen] is also critical of President Obama in his story, saying that no one on the team was a fan of the president and that they believed he and other leaders would inflate their own roles in the story. Even before the raid began, the SEALs joked about how they would help Obama get re-elected and also speculated about who would play them in the Hollywood movie. Despite their personal feelings about Obama, however, the SEALs did agree that he made the right call, saying "Although we applauded the decision-making in this case, there was no doubt in anybody’s mind that he would take all the political credit for this too.”(DASHIELL BENNETT. AUG 29, 2012. HERE)... "

NEXT WEEK  ::  What is Bootlegging...?

______________________Reference
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/08/navy-seal-author-rejects-pentagons-legal-threat/56433/
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/08/lawyers-former-seal-author-almost-certainly-facing-legal-trouble/56349/
Origin:  1625–35, Americanism ; boot + leg; secondary senses arose from practice of hiding a liquor bottle in the leg of one's boot
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/no-easy-day-bin-laden-raid-book_n_1837947.html
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/08/seal-book-says-bin-laden-was-unarmed-killed-outside-his-bedroom/56311/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/23/author-bin-laden-raid-insider-account-idd-could-face-legal-trouble/
http://www.heavy.com/news/2012/08/no-easy-day-shocking-details-top-10-facts-you-need-to-know/

CV Locations

Have you Ever Wondered Where U.S. Aircraft Carriers Are?
Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Mar 11, 2012 | Bryan TX

CV Locations:

'via Blog this'

Aircraft Carrier Locations
Ship	Air Wing	Locations and Remarks	Last Update
CVN-65 Enterprise	CVW-1 ( AB )	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log 11Jan2012, departed Norfolk to Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX) and Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 11Jan-29Jan2012, COMPTUEX in the WestLant 30Jan-01Feb2012, Mayport 02Feb-09Feb2012, JTFEX "Bold Alligator 2012" in the WestLant 10Feb2012, returned to Norfolk --------[ Schedule to the decommission ]---------- FY2013, decommission	Feb.15, 2012
CVN-68 Nimitz	CVW-11 ( NH )	Home Port : Everett, WA. Back log 16Dec2010, entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton for Dry-Docked Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) 29Sep2011, moved to Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton's Pier Delta 06Mar2012, departed Bremerton -------[ Schedule ]----------------------------- Jan2012, Nimitz will replace Abraham Lincoln in Everett upon completion of a DPIA at Bremerton -------[ Schedule to the decommission ]----------- FY2024, decommission, will be replaced by 3rd ship in the CVN-78 class	Mar.7, 2012
CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower	CVW-7 ( AG )	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log 05Oct2011, departed Norfolk 05Oct-06Oct2011, WestLant 07Oct-11Oct2011, Norfolk Navy Week 2011 12Oct2011, departed Norfolk 12Oct-21Oct2011, Tailored Ship's Training Availability and Final Evaluation Period (TSTA/FEP) in the WestLant 22Oct2011, returned to Norfolk	Oct.26, 2011
CVN-70 Carl Vinson	CVW-17 ( AA )	Home Port : San Diego, CA. Back log 30Nov2010, departed San Diego for a scheduled deployment to the WestPac and CENTCOM AOR 30Nov-13Dec2011, Pac 14Dec2011, arrived in the 7th Fleet Area of Operations 14Dec-26Dec2011, WestPac 27Dec-29Dec2011, Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong 30Dec2011, departed Victoria Harbor 30Dec2011-04Jan2012, WestPac 05Jan-08Jan2012, Indian Ocean 09Jan2012, arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) 09Jan-13Jan2012, Arabian Sea 14Jan2012, began conducting air missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) 14Jan-13Feb2012, North Arabian Sea 14Feb-15Feb2012, Gulf of Oman 16Feb2012, Strait of Hormuz 17Feb-20Feb2012, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 21Feb-06Mar2012, Persian Gulf	Mar.7, 2012
CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt	Not assigned	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log 26Aug2009, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded a $2.4 billion contract to Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding - Newport News for the Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) 29Aug2009, entered Newport News Shipbuilding for a RCOH 21May2011, left dry dock and transitted the James River as relocates from dry dock 11 to a pier 2 at Newport News Shipbuilding for the second half of RCOH -------[ RCOH Schedule ]------------------------- December 2012, RCOH is scheduled to be completed	May 25, 2011
CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln	CVW-2 ( NE )	Home Port : Everett, WA. Back log 07Dec2011, departed Everett for around-the-world cruise, that will take to new homeport in Norfolk, and is relocating to conduct a scheduled four-year RCOH at Newport News Shipbuilding 07Dec-09Dec2011, EastPac 10Dec2011, San Diego 11Dec-22Dec2011, Pac 23Dec2011, arrived in the 7th Fleet Area of Operations 23Dec2011-02Jan2012, WestPac 03Jan-05Jan2012, South China Sea 06Jan-09Jan2012, Leam Chebang, Thailand 10Jan-12Jan2012, South China Sea 13Jan-14Jan2012, Andaman Sea 16Jan-18Jan2012, Indian Ocean 19Jan2012, arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Operations 19Jan-21Jan2012, Arabian Sea 22Jan2012, sailed through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf 22Jan-31Jan2012, Persian Gulf 01Feb-04Feb2012, Bahrain 05Feb-13Feb2012, Persian Gulf 14Feb2012, Strait of Hormuz 15Feb2012, Gulf of Oman 16Feb2012, launched first combat sorties in support of Operation Enduring Freedom 16Feb-06Mar2012, North Arabian Sea -------[ RCOH Schedule ]------------------------- FY2013, scheduled to begin RCOH	Mar.7, 2012
CVN-73 George Washington	CVW-5 ( NF )	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log (Jul1992-Aug2008) Home Port : Yokosuka, Japan Back log (Aug2008-Present) 19Sep2011, departed Yokosuka 19Sep-22Sep2011, in the local waters off Japan, WestPac 23Sep-29Sep2011, East China Sea 29Sep-02Oct2011, Busan, Korea 03Oct-12Oct2011, WestPac, South China Sea 13Oct-14Oct2011, Changi Naval Base, Singapore 15Oct-20Oct2011, Gulf of Thailand 21Oct-24Oct2011, South China Sea 25Oc-26Oct2011, in the local waters off Okinawa, Japan, WestPac 27Oc-04Nov2011, participated in ANNUAL Exercise 2011 in the local waters off Okinawa, Japan, WestPac 05Nov-08Nov2011, South China Sea 09Nov-13Nov2011, Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong 14Nov-21Nov2011, WestPac 22Nov2011, returned to Yokosuka	Nov.23, 2011
CVN-74 John C. Stennis	CVW-9 ( NG )	Home Port : Bremerton, WA. Back log 25Jul2011, departed Bremerton to the western Pacific Ocean and the Arabian Gulf for a scheduled seven-month deployment 25Jul-27Jul2011, EastPac 28Jul2011, San Diego 29Jul-08Aug2011, Pac 09Aug2011, participated in undersea warfare exercise (USWEX) off the coast of Hawaii 10Aug-15Aug2011, Pac 16Aug2011 arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility 16Aug-27Aug2011, WestPac 28Aug2011, cancelled scheduled port visit to Manila Bay, Philippines, due to bad weather conditions brought by Typhoon Mina 28Aug-03Sep2011, South China Sea 04Sep-07Sep2011, Port Kelang, Malaysia 08Sep2011, South China Sea 09Sep2011, passed through the Strait of Malacca 10Sep-13Sep2011, Indian Ocean 14Sep-19Sep2011, North Arabian Sea 20Sep2011, Strait of Hormuz 20Sep-29Sep2011, North Arabian Sea 21Sep-24Sept2011, Khalifa Bin Salman Port, Kingdom of Bahrain 25Sep-08Oct2011, North Arabian Sea 09Oct2011, CVW-9 launched first combat sorties in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan 09Oct-11Nov2011, North Arabian Sea 12Nov2011, John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) steam alongside one another in the Strait of Hormuz 13Nov-17Dec2011, Arabian Gulf 18Dec2011, CVW-9 launched the Navy's final air sortie over Iraq, effectively ending naval support for Operation New Dawn 19Dec-30Dec2011, Arabian Gulf 31Dec2011-18Jan2012, Arabian Sea 19Jan2012, entered the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Operations 19Jan-23Jan2012, Indian Ocean 24Jan-25Jan2012, Strait of Malacca 26Jan-29Jan2012, Changi Naval Base, Singapore 30Jan2012, passing exercise (PASSEX) in the Singapore Strait 31Jan-02Feb2012, South China Sea 03Feb-13Feb2012, WestPac 14Feb-16Feb2012, Pac 17Feb-19Feb2012, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii 20Feb-26Feb2012, Pac 27Feb2012, San Diego 28Feb-01Mar2012, EastPac 02Mar2012, returned to Bremerton	Mar.7, 2012
CVN-75 Harry S. Truman	CVW-3 ( AC )	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log 25Mar2011, entered to Norfolk Naval Shipyard for Docked Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) 03Feb2012, moved from dry dock 8 to Pier 6 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth -------[ Schedule ]------------------------- summer of 2012, expected to return to the fleet	Feb.15, 2012
CVN-76 Ronald Reagan	Not assigned	Home Port : San Diego, CA. Back log 06Jan2012, departed San Diego en route to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for scheduled Dock-Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) 06Jan-09Jan2012, EastPac 10Jan2012, sailed into Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for DPIA DPIA will cost $218 million and take one year to complete Ronald Reagan will be homeported in Bremerton	Jan.18, 2012
CVN-77 George H.W. Bush	CVW-8 ( AJ )	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log 24Jan2012, departed Norfolk 24Jan-01Feb2012, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications in the WestLant 02Feb-05Feb2012, Mayport 06Feb-14Feb2012, Training Command Squadron Carrier Qualifications in the WestLant 15Feb2012, returned to Norfolk	Feb.22, 2012
Aircraft Carrier Locations (Constructed and Proposed)
CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford	----	Actual construction is to begin in 3 January 2007 at Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Newport News shipyard. 16Jun2006, An amendment added to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2007 proposes that CVN-78, the first ship in the CVN-78 class, be named for the 38th president "Gerald Ford" 05Sep2006, The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and the Program Executive Officer (PEO) held a signature and awards ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard to commemorate the certification of the ship specifications 16Jan2007, held the official naming ceremony of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the first aircraft carrier in the Ford class of carriers 10Sep2008, The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding a $5.1 billion contract to begin construction 14Nov2009, the keel laying and authentication ceremony -------[ Schedule ]------------------------- FY2015, scheduled to enter the U.S. Naval Fleet	Nov.18, 2009
CVN-79 John F. Kennedy	----	15Jan2009, Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard received a $374 million cost type contract award for construction preparation of the CVN-79 25Feb2011, "First Cut of Steel" ceremony at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Newport News -------[ Schedule ]------------------------- FY2012, the full scale construction contract is expected to begin FY2018, planned to join the fleet	Jun.1, 2011
CVN-80 (no name yet) (3rd ship in the CVN-78 class)	----	replace CVN-68 Nimitz in FY2024	Nov.7, 2001
Aircraft Carrier Locations (Retired)
CV-63 Kitty Hawk	----	Back log 12May2009, decommissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton	May 20, 2009
CV-64 Constellation	----	Back log 07Aug2003, decommissioned late Sep. 2003, mothballed in Bremerton	Sep.17, 2003
CV-67 John F. Kennedy	----	Back log 23Mar2007, decommissioned at Naval Station Mayport 30Sep2007, formally decommissioned at Naval Station Norfolk 22Mar2008, towed into the Port of Philadelphia at the Navy Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility	Mar.26, 2008

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FWD::FWD Email Department

This should be front-page news...
Retrieved from Email by Pat Darnell


Navy Petty Officer Mike Monsoor PO2 \ EOD2, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Mike Monsoor, a Navy EOD Technician, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for covering a live grenade in Iraq, giving his life to save his fellow Seals.

Though Mike was not a Navy SEAL, he was EOD.. he bargained his own life to save nearby Navy SEALS. It is heroic what he did, in the most ardent virtue of selflessness.

During Mike Monsoor's funeral in San Diego, as his coffin was being moved from the hearse to the grave site at Ft.. Rosecrans National Cemetery, SEAL's were lined up on both sides of the pallbearers route

As Mike Monsoor's coffin passed, each SEAL, having removed his gold Trident from his uniform, slapped it down embedding the Trident in the wooden coffin.

The slaps were audible from across the cemetery; by the time the coffin arrived grave side, it looked as though it had a gold inlay from all the Tridents pinned to it.

A fitting send-off for a fellow warrior hero, though it is a stiff price to pay.

This should be front-page news instead of the drivel we see every day. Since the media won't make this news, I choose to make it news by forwarding it.

I am very proud of our military. If you are proud too, please pass this on. If not then rest assured that these fine men and women of our military continue to serve and protect.

Walk Soft: Carry a large Sniper Rifle

'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' won't be shown on many PBS channels starting Monday Fans are upset, but the show's declining ratings and stations' desire for new programming win out

By Steve Schmadeke |Chicago Tribune reporter September 1, 2008

Seven years have passed since new episodes of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" were taped and five since the show's iconic, sweater-clad host died.

But news that, starting Monday, "Mister Rogers" will disappear from the schedules of many PBS stations—including WTTW-Ch. 11 in Chicago, as well as stations in Los Angeles and apparently New York—has legions of parents and other fans lamenting what they see as a timeless show's end.

[Mister Rogers Gone]

Dear Guide:

I've been listening to the radio today, and a couple of speakers made mention of the 'fact' that Mr. Rogers was a Marine sharpshooter; some even said he's supposed to have had something like 150 'kills' in the Vietnam War. I don't think that can be true, because I think he was on TV during the war -- in any case, he would have likely been too old to serve in Vietnam.

I was wondering if you'd heard the story, whether it -- or any part of it -- was true.

Dear Reader:

Unless all the biographical information that exists about him is wrong, Fred McFeely Rogers never served in the military in any capacity, let alone as a Marine sniper (or Navy Seal, as another version of this apocryphal story claims). Some cynical folks may be loathe to believe that the gentle, soft-spoken host of "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" was exactly what he seemed, but he was.

Was Mr. Rogers a Marine Sniper / Navy Seal?
From the Mailbag By David Emery, About.com

Rumors to the contrary have circulated since the early 1990s. It's unknown where, precisely, these stories originated, but around 1994 Fred Rogers' alleged military exploits became a hot topic on the Internet, and grew hotter as the decade wore on. Here are some examples:

1994:

A note on Mr. Rogers. He would be a tough competitor. He has 42 confirmed sniper kills (in Korea?).

1998:

So this fellow at work (retired Army vet) says that Mr. Rogers of childrens' TV fame served three tours of duty in 'Nam as a sniper and has been credited with kills in excess of 1500 meters.

1999:

Interesting side note about Fred Rogers. He was the number three Marine sniper in the Vietnam war. And one of the reasons he always wears long sleeve clothing is because his arms are covered in tattoos.

Predictably, Rogers' death in February 2003 sparked a resurgence of the old rumors, but with a fresh twist: now he was supposedly an ex-Navy Seal, instead of an ex-Marine sniper. This variant circulated far and wide after someone attached it to a newer email hoax that made similar claims about Bob "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan. The relevant portion of that text, again dated 1993, went as follows:

On another note, there was this wimpy little man (who just passed away) on PBS, gentle and quiet. Mr. Rogers is another of those you would least suspect of being anything but what he now portrays to our youth. But Mr. Rogers was a U.S. Navy Seal, combat-proven in Vietnam with over twenty-five confirmed kills to his name. He wore a long-sleeve sweater to cover the many tattoos on his forearm and biceps. A master in small arms and hand-to-hand combat, able to disarm or kill in a heartbeat. He hid that away and won our hearts with his quiet wit and charm.

Fred Rogers won our hearts, true enough; but the rest of the story, as told in this message, is hogwash. After graduating from Rollins College in Florida with a degree in music in 1951, he immediately embarked on a broadcasting career -- a career that continued uninterrupted for nearly 50 years, even while he studied for a Bachelor of Divinity degree, eventually becoming an ordained minister in 1962. Far from hiding a secret past as a trained killer, Fred Rogers was a truly gentle soul who devoted his entire adult life to educating and bettering the lives of children, and as such he deserves to be remembered. Last updated: 03//12/08 [SOURCE]

HogWash? We'll be the judge of that. I dunno' Mr Emery. Are you a clandestine member of the OSS, too?

Sources and Further Reading

Fred Rogers BioMr. Rogers Dies at 74 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

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