RIMPAC

January 2nd, 2009

From Mon Dec 01 22:13:02 1997
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>Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 00:16:20 -0500
>To: mahan@microwrks.com
>From: Tom Robison
>Subject: RIMPAC
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>Discovery Channel to air RIMPAC `96
> WASHINGTON (NWSA) — The United States and its Pacific Rim
>allies, Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan and South Korea conduct a
>bi-annual war game called RIMPAC.
> RIMPAC `96 is the focus of an original Discovery Channel documentary.
>Premiering on Pearl Harbor Day, “Fleet Command” tracks this 10-day
>long mock war in the Pacific. Narrated by Charles Heston, this world
>premiere airs Sunday, December 7, from 9 to 11 p.m. and 1 to 3 a.m.
>(ET/PT). It will encore on Sunday, Dec. 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. and 12 to 2
>a.m. (ET/PT).
> Fleet Command showcases the ultra-sophisticated technology that
>supports a force of more than 300 ships and 30,000 U.S. and allied Sailors,
>soldiers and pilots as they work together to resolve a hypothetical
>conflict and keep the peace worldwide by using high-tech ships, carriers
>and planes.
>
>(kinda reads like the movie synopses they used to anounce over the PA at
>the 4077th, doesn’t it?)
>
>
>Tom Robison
>Ossian, Indiana
>tcrobi@mindspring.com

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