Team Infidel
Forum Spin Doctor
Boston Globe
January 5, 2008 Bahrain
MANAMA - A sailor from USS Hopper went overboard during Navy operations in the Arabian Sea, the US military said yesterday. The sailor was reported missing around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, while the ship was conducting maritime security operations. Air and surface forces from the Hopper, the USS Port Royal, and the USS Ingraham began conducting a search. The sailor, whose name was not released, had not been found by last night. Lieutenant John Gay, spokesman for the Fifth Fleet, said that water temperatures in the part of the Arabian Sea where the sailor went overboard are about 79 degrees.
--AP
January 5, 2008 Bahrain
MANAMA - A sailor from USS Hopper went overboard during Navy operations in the Arabian Sea, the US military said yesterday. The sailor was reported missing around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, while the ship was conducting maritime security operations. Air and surface forces from the Hopper, the USS Port Royal, and the USS Ingraham began conducting a search. The sailor, whose name was not released, had not been found by last night. Lieutenant John Gay, spokesman for the Fifth Fleet, said that water temperatures in the part of the Arabian Sea where the sailor went overboard are about 79 degrees.
--AP