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Related: About this forumNavy Vet REVEALS TRUTH of Trump Hormuz DISASTER - Meidas Touch
Ken Harbaugh sits down with Navy veteran and congressional candidate Rebecca Bennett to assess the unresolved endgame of America's war with Iran who controls the Strait of Hormuz, and whether Trump has any chance of closing a deal on a war he never should have started. - 05/28/2026.
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Navy Vet REVEALS TRUTH of Trump Hormuz DISASTER - Meidas Touch (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
9 hrs ago
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as a former sailor who spent his entire enlistment on a carrier (4.5 years) I will say that more will come of this
Shellback Squid
8 hrs ago
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Danger Ranger was a sister ship, I was on the USS Constellation, Connie
Shellback Squid
8 hrs ago
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Shellback Squid
(10,172 posts)1. as a former sailor who spent his entire enlistment on a carrier (4.5 years) I will say that more will come of this
I spent over 100 days of deployment and that was rough, almost a year is unimaginable
Rhiannon12866
(259,315 posts)2. Thanks so much for weighing in!
My Dad was also in the Navy. He served as radio operator on the U.S.S. Ranger.
Shellback Squid
(10,172 posts)4. Danger Ranger was a sister ship, I was on the USS Constellation, Connie
Rhiannon12866
(259,315 posts)6. Awww, I'm sure that my Dad knew it as well.
Serving on an aircraft carrier, he always had lots of stories, including the time he lashed himself in the bridge during a bad storm. And I was going through my mother's album the other day and found several black and white photos that my Dad must have taken on the Ranger.
pfitz59
(12,983 posts)3. I flew helicopters
and transited Hormuz many times. Very busy waterway. Omani and Iranian patrol boats were thick. Lots of sea snakes.
Shellback Squid
(10,172 posts)5. what ship?