jimbossa

Thank you for taking time on Memorial day to do this AMA. Were you interested in photography before the reconnaissance assignment? What souvenirs did you take home?

With more ships of this size being built and only ever increasing cargo shipping, do you think the Suez and Panama canals will be widened to accommodate the extra width?

Have you seen the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

This is completely off topic. If the world entered into a war on the scale of WWI and WWII, do you think it would still be effective to employ the convoy tactics of prior wars or what strategies would merchant navies have to adopt?

I thought merchant navies belonged to their respective nations and are effectively servicemen. How are there multiple nationalities on board?

What exactly are you guys tasked to do in the Somali waters?

Thanks for the response. Good to hear your insight regardless of how up to date it is. I tend to agree with you regarding the F-35; a great but poorly executed concept.

Do you think drone warfare is/has created an atmosphere similar to the dreadnought race of the early 20th century?

I agree that the US carriers are hampered by foreign state backed airlines but others like Asiana, Korean Air, Singaporean, ANA, Cathay Pacific seem to thrive without it. Are there any reasons that account for it?

Do you feel US civil infrastructure needs to be updated/modernized or is it fine as is?