How has the use of force to rescue Captain Phillips changed what shippers and insurers are doing?
I think we should do that, if that is an inhibiting factor out there.
In other words, pirates attacked less than one-half of 1 percent.
I've never seen such a mess in my life. You have the U.N., African Union, AU, and the EU.
But now it becomes a capacity problem. Particularly, we now find out we're going to be reducing our number of ships to 300, and I think perh...
we, the United States of America, should just have a zero tolerance policy for this type of behavior.
I think one of the first things that should be done is to visit these ports and have the private sector that is using these ports make sure ...
There were many key decisions made during the operation, from decisions by the President to the decisions of the outstanding Sailors aboard ...
The United States has not intervened in the conduct of hostage negotiations involving ships of foreign registry.
But to me it appears that just by having that policy would have a deterring effect on the incidents that are out there.
With the problems in Africa that are demanding attention from African countries, such as Darfur, the problems that exist in the eastern Cong...
I find it really interesting, particularly as Senator Webb was talking about North and South Korea and what's it going to take to bring peop...
Yes the rules of engagement provided were sufficient (and proved successful) for this mission.
I know that one of the problems is to set up something where you know what you can do with these guys.
Negotiations are in progress and due to crew safety owners are unable to disclose further.
The Commanding Officer was pivotal in the rescue of Captain Phillips.
How would we gain consent of the Somalia Government to take action ashore?
the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama was a flawless special operations mission.
