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dipsydoodle

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40. There is an unwritten rule / law of the sea

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 11:10 AM

Jan 2012

whereby mariners go to the aid of other mariners in distress - that goes back hundreds of years. That's a definite which distinguishes sailors from all others.

See response here from a USN Vet :

As a USN Vet, I have absolutely no problem with what our guys are doing in these cases. There is an unwritten code of the sea that has been in place for centuries, when a fellow ship or mariner is in distess, you do what you can to help, geopolitical concerns do not enter into a rescue attempt. These actions make me even more proud that I served with the finest sailors on the planet.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/u-navy-conducts-third-rescue-distressed-iranian-mariners-171344042.html

Its got sfa to do with our Navy - applies to merchant vessels too.

Now you go find the equivalent for land troops.

You're having a laugh quoting Haiti.

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