3 hours ago, Srikcir said:

This fleet deployed from San Diego, California in January 2024 for service in the Western Pacific. It appears Thailand was its first break from duty. A fleet commander would be very specific to the ship captains, sailors and officers as to the decorum expected on landing in Thailand for a shore break and the consequences otherwise during the long months back to US. 

I believe it's now a UCMJ offense to pay a bar-fine.  Well, you gotta get caught first.  I find it funny considering DEI and the acceptance of 150+ genders by the Pentagon that they would seek to strip a guy (or gal or whatever) of their rank, half their pay, and confinement for bonking a bar-girl/bar-guy/bar-tranny - well, if you're enlist that is.  But that's today's Navy I guess.  I sure as hell wouldn't have enlisted like I did a whole lot of decades ago in a military environment like this.  But - different times.

55 minutes ago, retarius said:

How many people did they kill, maim or rape?

 

Much fewer it seems than UK/European/Russian tourists.

7 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Sheer BS

Many expensive .....navel battles with loss of seamen occurred

13 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Many expensive .....navel battles with loss of seamen occurred

I'm sure the negotiations were harsh .

11 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Now the clinics will be very busy for a while...

You mean, the medics on the ships !?!?

9 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Is that speech before handing out condoms or after?

If condoms were handed out, it's likely they were made in Thailand. Thailand’s export of condoms accounts for 44% of the world's market share. Thailand.prd.go.th

So what's the point of passing them put on ship?

My first time in Thailand was during a Cobra Gold exercise back in the 1900's. I think '81 or '82. Having a splendid time was encouraged back then as long as you stayed out of trouble. IIRC our briefing before being turned loose was something like this.

 

Don't do anything to add to the population

Don't do anything to subtract from the population.

Don't end up in the hospital, the newspaper, or in jail.

If you do end up in jail, establish dominance immediately.

 

 

 

8 hours ago, Srikcir said:

If condoms were handed out, it's likely they were made in Thailand. Thailand’s export of condoms accounts for 44% of the world's market share. Thailand.prd.go.th

So what's the point of passing them put on ship?

It's common practice on USA warships visiting port to hand-out condoms to sailors going ashore...

On 4/29/2024 at 3:40 AM, webfact said:

He estimated that the sailors' stay helped generate hundreds of millions of baht in revenue for Pattaya.

 

Really, @ Bt.200 million, thats Bt.33,000 for each of the 6000 sailors.

 

Big Spenders !

I'm sure a lot of Thai girls were able to make a few extra baht during the visit of this ship to Pattaya.

The ship probably stocked up on penicillin before the trip