Submitted by Uncle Reality on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 9:43am.
...who never served one minute in the Naval Sevices are more important (in their minds) than the thousands of retired sailors and Marines in the area.
After all the buildup and hoopla, one has to wonder exactly WHAT anyone beside those puffed up megalomaniacs gets out of this. There's minimal benefit to the Navy, none to the crew, and certainly no benefit to John Q. Public who had the door slammed in his face with a hearty, "Get lost. peasant!"
That's because most of those big wheels...