Based on today’s tragic events, I would like to update my previous ROE discussion with the following statement:
Anyone traveling through the Arabian Sea or Gulf of Aden on a ship or private yacht should be highly prepared and ready to defend themselves using deadly force.
If a boat is close enough to yell at you, they are already too close.
Shoot first, ask for forgiveness later.
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Rob Almeida is Partner/CMO at gCaptain. He graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1999 with a B.S in Naval Architecture and spent 6.5 years on active duty as a Surface Warfare Officer. He worked for a year as a Roughneck/Rig Manager trainee on board the drillship Discoverer Americas. Rob is an accomplished sailor and competes in the US Australian Rules Football League. Rob can be reached at rob@gcaptain.com and via Google Plus
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Damn forgiveness that’s Gods business and the Arabian Gulf is no where near heaven. Send every one of them to the bottom, on sight. Give no quarter, you’ll not get any from these worms.
Damn forgiveness that’s Gods business and the Arabian Gulf is no where near heaven. Send every one of them to the bottom, on sight. Give no quarter, you’ll not get any from these worms.
What the Arabian Gulf needs is a bunch of wart hogs and apaches to do a little house cleaning.
A unarmed vessel is an Unsafe vessel anywhere today. lock and load to be safe. You can’t count on the navy ROE to save you.
Security code turns out to be worthless for seafarers at all.