Only Washington could go to Japan
The USS Kitty Hawk is one of the last conventional aircraft carriers in the fleet, and after 10 years stationed in Japan, she’s coming home. Japan, of course, is not too thrilled at the prospect of nuclear anything after their rather negative experiences in that regard:
So what’s a US Navy to do? We can’t send the Nimitz (architect of our pacific strategy), Enterprise (most famous ship of the Pacific theatre) or the Eisenhower (duh), so we’re sending the USS George Washington. A fine honor for the people of Japan, but it is a nuclear vessel. So the Navy has produced a 200 page Manga to help ease the transition!
Having done a fair amount of this type of work for the military ourselves, we’re pretty interested in this project. Unfortunately, none of us can read Japanese. But hey, maybe Rick can pick us up a copy when he’s in Tokyo for the Short Shorts Festival.
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