https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/shopping-bar-hopping-uss-abraham-051708747.html
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BBC NEWS
US sailors go shopping before hitting the bars in Thailand after 250-day voyage
Jonathan Head - South East Asia correspondent
Wed, September 2, 2026 at 11:43 PM PDT 4 min read
Far from hitting the bars and fleshpots of the Thai beach resort of Pattaya, in their first hours onshore most of the nearly 5,000 sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln seemed determined to go shopping.
At the Hard Rock Hotel – one of two beachside hotels where they were able to stay off the ship – they hung around clutching their recent purchases. But perhaps, after a record 250 days confined inside a grey steel warship, the normality of a trip to the mall might have been just what they needed.
With their military haircuts, moustaches and navy t-shirts, they stood out against the usual Pattaya crowd in its flip-flops and beachwear.
Night, though, is where this resort city comes into its own and puts on a riotous spectacle of neon, noise and naughty bars.
Local businesses have been hoping to benefit from the sailors' nine months of unspent salary while at sea - but Pattaya's sex industry has been declared off-limits to the sailors, who have been reminded that prostitution is technically illegal in Thailand.
Conflict in the Middle East, where the USS Abraham Lincoln was last operating, has impacted business in Pattaya, with many of the tourists the city depends on choosing to stay at home.
But on Wednesday night, the city's most famous promenade, Walking Street, was very much open to the sailors, with a huge, illuminated sign at its entrance welcoming the crew of the US carrier.
By midnight some of the younger sailors there were so inebriated they had to prop each other up. Others edged nervously into the red-lit caverns of the go-go bars, with their gyrating and barely-clothed pole dancers.
Conversation over the pounding music was challenging. One older crew member told us they really needed the break.
"The news says we've been at sea for nine months. To be honest I've lost track of time", he said.
"It got boring. It's never big enough on board. It's big but it still feels like a boat, especially when you're sharing it with thousands of people." How long would it take them to get home to California? "Too long" he said.
Shakeira Fairfax, the mother of 25-year-old crew member Jada Fairfax, told Reuters there had been moments over the past few months when "morale was low".
She described the period after hostilities broke out in the Middle East as an "uncertain" and "scary" time.
"I just can't wait to see her smile. I can't wait to hear 'mum', I know that's the first thing she's gonna say," Fairfax added.
The crew have been well-drilled not to talk about conditions on board the USS Abraham Lincoln during its long combat deployment in the operation against Iran, which have been the subject of criticism back in the US.
Some sailors were wary of making any conversation at all. Others referred journalists' questions to their media teams. Visible everywhere in Pattaya were the men wearing t-shirts emblazoned with the letters SLG, or Shore Liaison Group.
It is their job to maintain discipline on land, to watch out for the crew members, some of whom are very young and inexperienced, and to co-ordinate with the local authorities during port calls.
US Naval Attache Kristopher Robinson did not answer questions from the BBC about activities that soldiers were banned from doing while in Pattaya, saying that "we're trying to give the sailors as much opportunity for rest as they can".
US personnel, he added, would "conduct themselves in accordance with US law, US naval regulations, and the laws of Thailand".
The U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sails toward Laem Chabang Port before docking for a rest stop following a long deployment in the Middle East.
The decision by the USS Abraham Lincoln to stop in Pattaya makes a lot of sense. Port calls by the US Navy in Thailand, a long-standing treaty ally, are routine with well-established protocols.
It is also on the ship's route from the Gulf to California, giving the crew a chance to let off steam, and enjoy a break from the demands of life on board a warship.
If their stop in Thailand does the trick, any frustration they may feel over their unexpectedly long and tough mission may have dissipated by the time they get home.
by me, Kerry Burgess, 09/03/2026 02:32 AM
USS Robert Smalls.
Why is the mainstream-media not asking Hairspray-fog Pete Hegseth to clarify just what he means by "woke garbage"
Because I think every person out there would agree that is what he's referring to.
What a disgrace to the USA is that guy Pete. A perfect fit for that crybaby Donald J. Trump.
They know everyone knows they have always been weak, little guys. They gotta blame someone for it.
https://news.usni.org/2026/08/28/usni-news-western-pacific-pulse-aug-28-2026
USNI News Western Pacific Pulse: Aug. 28, 2026
U.S. Naval Institute Staff
August 28, 2026 2:18 PM
Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) entered the north end of the Malacca Strait on Friday, according to automatic identification system data. The AIS data also showed cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG-62) from the George Washington Carrier Strike Group accompanying the carrier.
From 6/3/1988 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2), with my personal participation and commendation my official enlisted US Navy documents includes: Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal 88Feb13 88Jun03, CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex (expert technician for all maintenance and operations, down to printed-circuit-board component level diagnosis and repair, UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance), USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, Operation Earnest Will, Middle East Force, including Operation Praying Mantis ) To 9/6/2026 ( Sunday ) is 13974 days
13974 = 6987 + 6987
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 12/19/1984 ( as Kerry Wayne Burgess the undesignated paygrade E-3 seafarer US Navy I reported for permanent duty aboard USS Taylor FFG-50, US Navy, departing 02/11/1986 (for US Navy FC/A curriculum of training) as FC3 Kerry Wayne Burgess, US Navy ) is 6987 days
From 12/25/1991 ( an aviator in non-aviator related duties boots on the ground as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) To 9/6/2026 ( ) is 12674 days
12674 = 6337 + 6337
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/10/1983 ( ) is 6337 days
https://www.military.com/uss-abraham-lincoln-arrives-thailand-after-286-days-sea
USS Abraham Lincoln Arrives in Thailand After 286 Days at Sea
Published Sep 2, 2026, 9:48 AM EDT
Porames Ngampiches, the mayor of Pattaya, said on Tuesday that the USS Abraham Lincoln was slated to dock just after midnight on Wednesday, local time.
Forty buses were being prepared to transport the sailors to Pattaya and back, and the carrier will depart again on Sunday to return to the U.S.
by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 9:30 PM October 18, 2024
The channel 4 KOMO tv news studio is across the street from the Space Needle in downtown Seattle
On May 9, 2006, as I watched the tv from a few miles away, the weather guy gesturing to a video image on the sidewalk below where he was standing and there was a guy standing there on the sidewalk with a canvas on an easel and he seemed to be painting a picture of the Space Needle across the street from him
The next morning, May 10, 2006, I awoke in that grungy homeless shelter on the waterfront in downtown Seattle and I knew with absolute certainty everything I remember about my past was wrong.
by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess: 10/30/2006 6:29 PM
I have been writing that I was shot down over Libya or Chad on February 14, 1986 and taken captive as a Prisoner Of War
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-united-states-oceans-policy
From 6/3/1988 ( see above ) To 9/7/2026 ( Monday ) is 13975 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/6/2004 ( as Kerry Burgess my first day as full-time employee of Microsoft Corporation in Seattle until 02/06/2004, employed as technical accounts manager in Microsoft Premier Support for Enterprise and then Microsoft Premier Support for Developers - title: Applications Development Consultant ) is 13975 days
To 6/29/1984 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, my official US Navy enlisted records includes: Part III - Record of Clearance ) From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) is 6814 days
13628 = 6814 + 6814
From 1/27/1987 ( as Kerry Burgess my official US Navy documents includes: "Date Enrolled" Terrier Mk152 Guided Missiles Fire Control Computers Complex, Naval Guided Missiles School, Dam Neck, Virginia - leading to permanent assignment until 1990 to CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex (expert technician for all maintenance and operations, down to printed-circuit-board component level diagnosis and repair, UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance), USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2) ) To 5/20/2024 ( ) is 13628 days
From 6/29/1984 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, my official US Navy enlisted records includes: Part III - Record of Clearance ) To 5/20/2024 ( ) is 14570 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 9/23/2005 ( premiere USA TV series episodes "Battlestar Galactica"::"Pegasus" and "Stargate: Atlantis"::"Aurora" ) is 14570 days
From 6/27/1994 ( the US NASA Stargazer Pegasus rocket failure ) To 5/20/2024 ( ) is 10920 days
10920 = 5460 + 5460
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 10/14/1980 ( Jimmy Carter, 39th president of USA federal government 1977-1981: Privacy Protection Act of 1980 ; Statement on Signing S. 1790 Into Law ) is 5460 days
From 2/6/2004 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, my final day as full-time employee of Microsoft Corporation in Seattle beginning 12/07/1998 ) To 5/20/2024 ( ) is 7409 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/14/1986 ( premiere USA film "The Delta Force" ) is 7409 days
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-sets-trial-date-next-134245429.html
Judge sets a trial date for next May in Trump's classified documents case in Florida
Fri, July 21, 2023 at 6:42 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has scheduled a trial date for next May for former President Donald Trump in a case charging him with illegally retaining hundreds of classified documents.
The May 20, 2024, trial date, set Friday by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon
From 10/24/1929 ( Black Thursday - the Wall Street Crash of 1929 - from Wikipedia ) To 10/17/1986 ( premiere US film "The Color of Money" ) is 20812 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 10/26/2022 ( ) is 20812 days
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1585341984679469056
X Twitter
Elon Musk @elonmusk
Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!
11:45 AM October 26, 2022
Stargate SG-1
"Prisoners"
TV-series season 2 episode 3, 07/10/1998
(from internet transcript)
WARREN
I found him lurking near our base camp, sir. You need to hear this.
O'NEILL
General, this is the... former blind man I was telling you about.
from my private journal, as me, Kerry Burgess, typed after being released from the USA Veterans Affairs psychiatric hospital enduring many months sitting in a grungy two-computer room in a homeless shelter on the waterfront in downtown Seattle:
by me, Kerry Burgess, excerpt from my private journals: From: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:41 AM
To: Kerry Burgess
I always find it reassuring when people secretly tell me in my privacy that no one is listening to my privacy. That is very reassuring. I am going to cetainly enjoy my next private urination because I can urinate in private. Ah, the American dream, to urinate in the privacy of one's own bathroom.
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 02:27 AM Pacific-timezone USA Thursday 09/03/2026
