The following website has alternative theory about Kosovo: http://www.truthinmedia.org/Kosovo/Peace/ps38.html ======= Per the Internet rumors of early June 1999 that the USS Gonzalez was hit and perhaps even sunk during the Yugoslavian War: The USS Gonzalez website has been down from May 1999 until sometime over the past week. It is now working again. The dates on the website pages are Pre- and early Yugoslovian war, circa March 1999. When I went to the website, for the first time, I recieved a defense department warning page before entering the site. The title page for the site shows a rather eery ghosted view of the ship in an unseemly and unnatural picture. The title for the page is "BEYOND THE CALL" which implies men who went beyond the call of duty. This is odd for a brand new ship that merely fires tomahawk missiles at onshore targets, as very few abnormal and 'beyond the call' duties are required. Unless the crew was exposed to harm in some way. This would be the type of Website one would put up for 'signaling' without saying what really happened. My premise is that if this ship was truly hit during the Yugoslavian War, and if there were heavy casualties, then this is further proof that a ship's crew can be silenced. We have heard over and over again from Pro-Navy pundits that if the Navy were involved in the cause of TWA 800, that one could not silence a whole ship's crew. Furthermore, if the USS Gonzalez DDG 66 were hit, it also may provide evidence that the Navy needs to overhaul and rethink their strategy for using Aegis Missile Destroyers in littoral warfare environments. They are dangerously vulnerable for a technology that was designed during the darkness of the Cold War. Further cover-up of this vulnerability for political and financial reasons may mean that our men and women who serve in harms way may be very vulnerable to attack during the next conflict. For further detailed information regarding the USS Gonzalez, do an LSoft Flight 800 search of my postings on this matter several months ago. Best Regards, Marshall Houston Dallas, Texas http://www.spear.navy.mil/ships/ddg66/ USS GONZALEZ (DDG66) "BEYOND THE CALL" USS GONZALEZ (DDG 66) Mailing Address: USS GONZALEZ (DDG 66) FPO AE 09570-1284 24-Hour Careline: 1-800-890-0548 E-MAIL Addresses: Commanding Officer: CDR Joseph W. Murphy Executive Officer: LCDR Yvette C. BrownWahler Command Master Chief: EMCM(SW) Mark D. Groomes Approved by CDR J. W. Murphy Last Updated: 02/03/99 ========== USS Gonzalez News Release Directory URL: http://www.spear.navy.mil/ships/ddg66/press_release.htm News Release Directory ------------------------------------------------------------------------ News Releases 2/17/99 A Day in the Life 1/21/99 After A Relaxing Stay In Gibraltar, Gonzalez Sailors Set Sail 1/14/99 USS GONZALEZ (DDG 66) Trans-Atlantic Crossing 1/20/99 USS GONZALEZ (DDG 66) Visits Gibraltar, United Kingdom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ USS GONZALEZ (DDG 66) URL: http://www.spear.navy.mil/ships/ddg66/ Revised: March 11, 1999. ========== The USS Gonzalez was launched on February 18, 1995 and commissioned after TWA 800 in October 1996: =============== http://www.usosouthtexas.com/gonzalez.htm The Medal of Honor Posthumously to Sgt. Alfredo Gonzalez Silver Medallion History was made during October, 1996 at Naval Station Ingleside, Texas when the United States Navy commissioned the USS Gonzalez (DDG 66), and Arleigh Burke Class, guided missile destroyer. Equipped with AEGIS weapons system and the most technologically advance weaponry, the DDG is one of the Navy's most effective ships. Launched at Bath Iron Works on 18 February 1995, USS Gonzalez is named in honor of Sergeant Alfredo Gonzalez, USMC, a native of Edinburg, TX.
