Methinks first of all I'd best apologize to them who come here lookin' for stories 'bout American military usin' or gettin' ready to use weapons that don't exist in a conflict that ain't happened. 'Tain't what this is about, eh?

'Tis 'bout what they're actually doin', which methinks may not be as interestin' to them more interested in matters of conjecture and hyperbole. 'Tain't as much to get upset about or protest, but such is life!

The Navy and Marine Corps have completely revamped their operational deployments. No longer do they go on routinely scheduled deployments to far off areas waitin' for somethin' to happen. Now they deploy as necessary to areas of real or anticipated need, and do so on short notice. This new operational concept is called "The Fleet Response Plan", eh?

Rather than bore you with an explanation of how it works, let me point you to a newspaper article that does a pretty fair job of it. Check out "1,100 ready to surge into troubled waters" from the April 15th issue of The Virginian-Pilot.

Who knows, maybe y'all can find somethin' tangible in this story for Randi Rhodes to call on her followers to protest, eh?