Question of the Week - 9-11-2009

The expandable baton and OC (pepper spray) are non-lethal weapons. Even Ohio-class guided-missile submarine (SSGNs) watchstanders may at times be required to sometimes use the politically correct weapons.

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Questions of the Week:

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1) Roughly, how far is Crete from Tehran?

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2) Nominally, what kind of missiles does USS Georgia (SSGN-729), shown above, carry?

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3) Who said, "Force protection has been the preoccupation of the U.S. Navy since the 1996 Taiwan Strait confrontation"?

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4) What is Master Chief Richard R. Peters, USN (Ret.), doing these days?

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Answers Tuesday

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Submarines are always silent and strange.