No power in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince? The folks over at Foreign Policy magazine, always helpful, have this fine suggestion: Would it be possible to use the nuclear generators aboard an American aircraft carrier or submarine to provide electricity to Port-au-Prince? Cdr. Herb Carmen, Best Defense‘s pirates columnist, points out an interesting precedent — in 1929, when the city of Tacoma, Washington, couldn’t generate enough hydroelectricity because of a severe drought, the USS Lexington hooked up and powered the city for a month. Is there nothing the U.S. military cannot or should not do in a pinch? Does armed social work … Continue reading The Military to the Rescue!