Thus doing a public service.
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The USS Missouri was an Iowa-class Battleship.Mikey wrote:Wow, it's like having my posts come in stereo!![]()
However, I did fail to include one key example which Rochey didn't forget: The Japanese surrendered to MacArthur aboard the USS Missouri, a (North Carolina-class, I believe, but Seafort could correct me) BATTLESHIP! I don't call it a battleship because of any value judgement - I call it that because that's how the ship class was officially described, and because that's what it was. Can anyone legitimately state that the "Mighty Mo" was NOT a warship because a diplomatic function was held aboard her?
For the Nth time. They are a military. I've lost count of the amount of times we've gone over this.2) We can't get some people to realize that Starfleet isn't a military.
Starfleet would fall under the title of 'armed forces', ergo they are a military.Dictionary.com wrote:noun
7. the military,
a. the military establishment of a nation; the armed forces.
b. military personnel, esp. commissioned officers, taken collectively: the bar, the press, and the military.