This comes as a relief to Intermarine, the owner of theship, as well as for the 15-man all-American crew who had been stuck in limbo since August 29 when Venezuelan customs officials discovered a handful of weapons on board.
"We were given targets of taking man-hours and training hours off theship, " said Rich Lockwood, director of the Advanced Naval and C4I Program for Lockheed Martin NESS - Surface Systems.
Since we're all in the same boat, we should choose a captain of our ship who is a brave good man, who knows how to steer a vessel through troubled waters, to the calm seas and the clear sides of our more perfect union.