{"id":1964152,"date":"2023-07-04T17:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T21:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-destroyer-returns-to-port-after-harrowing-run-in-with-chinese-warship-look-at-the-flag-its-flying\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T17:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T21:37:11","slug":"us-destroyer-returns-to-port-after-harrowing-run-in-with-chinese-warship-look-at-the-flag-its-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-destroyer-returns-to-port-after-harrowing-run-in-with-chinese-warship-look-at-the-flag-its-flying\/","title":{"rendered":"US destroyer returns to port after tense encounter with Chinese warship &#8211; Observe the flag it&#8217;s displaying."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-destroyer-returns-to-port-after-harrowing-run-in-with-chinese-warship-look-at-the-flag-its-flying%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1964152&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Guts and Nerve of America&#8217;s Military<\/h2>\n<p>The men and women of America\u2019s military still have the guts and the nerve to fight \u2014 even if the motives of those who are leading them are questionable.<\/p>\n<p>That was evident late last month when the destroyer the USS Chung-Hoon made its way back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gary-sinise-met-wheelchair-bound-pearl-harbor-survivor-nobody-expected-seven-words-vet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pearl Harbor<\/a> following a deployment in which it encountered an aggressive Chinese ship in the Taiwan Strait in early June.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/navy-uss-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-demonstrates-its-military-might-in-chinas-backyard\/\" title=\"U.S. Demonstrates Its Military Might in China\u2019s Backyard\">chung-hoon<\/a>-battle-flag\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>Task &#038; Purpose<\/a> reported the ship came to port with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-says-impeachment-and-25th-amendment-resolutions-will-be-brought-to-the-house-floor-starting-monday\/\" title=\"Pelosi Says Impeachment and 25th Amendment Resolutions Will Be Brought to the House Floor Starting Monday\">battle flag<\/a> flying high on June 21, signaling the ship\u2019s crew was prepared for anything after leaving hostile territory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/06\/04\/chinese-warship-us-destroyer-taiwan-strait-00100133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>, citing a statement from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, reported the destroyer was conducting a \u201croutine patrol\u201d when its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/official-narrative-chinese-surveillance-balloon-changed-time-pentagons-claim-even-questionable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese<\/a> counterpart crossed its bow at only 150 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Video released by the military showed just how unsafe the antagonistic move was:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> Video: A Chinese warship came within 150 yards of hitting American destroyer USS Chung-Hoon.<\/p>\n<p>Embarked journalists captured the moment on video &#038; witnessed the near collision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact this was announced over the radio prior to doing it clearly indicated it was intentional.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cuksOabO15\">pic.twitter.com\/cuksOabO15<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Ellis (@ianellisjones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianellisjones\/status\/1665016417412960258?\">June 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Testing the Resolve<\/h3>\n<p>China, who many fear will inevitably become the country\u2019s next battlefield foe, was testing the resolve of those aboard the Chung-Hoon.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders of that country have every reason to do so, given the state of our military\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-bidens-woke-pentagon-considers-scrapping-gender-neutral-fitness-test-disastrous-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since President Joe Biden and company came into office in January 2021, the country\u2019s armed forces have arguably become a \u201cwoke\u201d social experiment.<\/p>\n<p>Readiness does not always appear to be the mission as divisive LGBT policies, diversity initiatives and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-set-repeal-military-vaccine-mandate-caveat-will-make-blood-boil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vaccine mandates<\/a> have come to define for many people the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-if-youre-looking-for-election-rigging-look-no-further-than-media-treatment-of-hunter-biden-saga\/\" title=\"FNC's Carlson: 'If You're Looking for Election Rigging, Look No Further' Than Media Treatment of Hunter Biden Saga\">powerful force<\/a> in world history.<\/p>\n<p>There are valid concerns that the branches of our military are compromised by people with motives that are not to win the next war.<\/p>\n<p>Those are people we all know: Defense Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lloyd-austin-risking-jail-refusing-address-congress-afghanistan-surrender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lloyd Austin<\/a>, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/general-mark-milley-vowed-fight-trump-inside-2020-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Milley<\/a> and of course the military\u2019s commander-in-chief in President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-tucker-carlson-torches-bidens-woke-top-military-brass-overweight-middle-aged-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Their political shenanigans serve no purpose to what is supposed to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/critical-race-theory-has-no-place-in-military-rep-ken-buck\/\" title=\"Critical Race Theory Has No Place in Military: Rep. Ken Buck\">unified fighting force<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Arguably, those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-destroyer-returns-to-port-after-harrowing-run-in-with-chinese-warship-look-at-the-flag-its-flying\/\" title=\"US destroyer returns to port after tense encounter with Chinese warship - Observe the flag it's displaying.\">shenanigans risk dividing fighting units<\/a> into segregated groups.<\/p>\n<p>There should be no colors but red, white and blue when or if God forbid, men and women who are representing those colors come under fire.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, what could have been an international incident \u2014 if not the spark to ignite a global war \u2014 was averted after sailors aboard the Chung-Hoon left the region with no shots fired.<\/p>\n<p>But those brave people, each who signed up voluntarily to defend America\u2019s interests at home and abroad, are representative of what is still great about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/army-uses-transgender-soldier-rachel-promote-diversity-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They did not dock in Hawaii after separating into their own segregated circles on the ship\u2019s deck or in their personal quarters.<\/p>\n<p>They presumably did not hide in their racks throughout the threat of potential danger and read literature about equity and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>They proudly flew the American flag and hoisted the ship\u2019s battle flag in a show they remained unified throughout their deployment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyer returning to her home port Pearl Harbor, Hawaii following her deployment \u2013 June 21, 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/usschunghoon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#usschunghoon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VDrGjWbE3y\">pic.twitter.com\/VDrGjWbE3y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Coffman (@eric_coffman_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eric_coffman_\/status\/1671717700400463873?\">June 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Spirit of America&#8217;s Military<\/h3>\n<p>The country is blessed to have these stewards for selflessness and duty.<\/p>\n<p>But more than anything, we are blessed that divisive policies handed down from desks in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-worked-16000-hours-around-jan-6-blm-riots-washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington<\/a> did not compromise the spirit of those aboard the USS Chung-Hoon.<\/p>\n<p>America\u2019s men and women in uniform are still ready to fight and win \u2014 even if those commanding them might have their minds elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-destroyer-returns-port-harrowing-run-chinese-warship-look-flag-flying\/\">US Destroyer Returns to Port After Harrowing Run-In with Chinese Warship &#8211; Look at the Flag It&#8217;s Flying<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The brave men and women of America&#8217;s military continue to show their courage and determination, despite questionable leadership. 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