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  1. … endless supply of traditional Navy chow: pineapple upside-down beans and spam soup.
    … provides free G4 and wi-fi to nearby Somali gunboats and enemy submarines.
    … no lifeboats (what could go wrong?)

  2. From the article in reference to rail guns; “The Navy sees them as replacing or supplementing old-school guns.” Is this author aware of how provocative it is to use the words ‘school’ and ‘guns’ in the same sentence? Am I the only one who heard that dog-whistle?

  3. The most exciting feature of the Navy’s new high-tech destroyer…

    …if you get a hole in it, it will sink like all the old low-tech ships

    …you’ll be able to get 3 weeks of real food instead of the standard 2 weeks while on deployment.

    …it runs on green technology. The wind turbines and solar panels have not been installed yet.

  4. …The Zumwalt was originally supposed to be christened in October, but the ceremony was rescheduled because of the federal government shutdown. Even now the ceremony was a BYOB affair and the daughters were forced to buy the Champagne.

  5. …radical hull design will mean billions saved on razor blades for sailors.

    …can be christened with a loaf of bread or some cheese if the cook is making sammiches that day.

    …finally, a way to make submariners more confused when returning from shore leave.

    …poop deck now has a bidet.

  6. ….wellllll it USED to be the crew gameroom where they had a bucket load of bigscreens hooked up to brand new XBox consoles until a bunch of drunk PO’s wandered onto the bridge by mistake and took out Diego Garcia.

  7. …most likely Destroyer since Kiss’ Detroit Rock City to instill fear and loathing in Muslim leadership.

    …will not have to yield right of way at railway crossings until Obama gets that high speed system finished.

    …will be the last Navy ship named for a Muppet until the launch of Miss Piggy II.

  8. …camouflage paint makes it look like an Iranian aircraft carrier so sonar picks up laughter from enemy subs.

    …bottom 9/10s is made of ice and stays out of sight underwater!!!

    …propellers turn both ways so it can be loaned to the Australian navy.

    …socks issued three at a time.

    …Scientist! found way to convert fresh water to sea water so it never runs out of floating.

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