Reality TV: pirate edition
Ever wish you could watch a reality TV show about something as cool as, say, catching pirates? Wish granted. Spike TV is set to join the U.S. Navy on the high seas in coming months, with two camera crew tagging along to the U.S. fleet on its patrol of the 1.1 million square miles of ...
Ever wish you could watch a reality TV show about something as cool as, say, catching pirates?
Wish granted. Spike TV is set to join the U.S. Navy on the high seas in coming months, with two camera crew tagging along to the U.S. fleet on its patrol of the 1.1 million square miles of pirate-infested ocean. Expect footage for the show by September.
What does the Navy get out of the deal -- aside from prime time exposure? Recruiting, of course!
Ever wish you could watch a reality TV show about something as cool as, say, catching pirates?
Wish granted. Spike TV is set to join the U.S. Navy on the high seas in coming months, with two camera crew tagging along to the U.S. fleet on its patrol of the 1.1 million square miles of pirate-infested ocean. Expect footage for the show by September.
What does the Navy get out of the deal — aside from prime time exposure? Recruiting, of course!
If chasing pirates doesn’t get you to enlist, I’m not sure what would.
Jon Rasmussen/U.S. Navy via Getty Images
Elizabeth Dickinson is International Crisis Group’s senior analyst for Colombia.
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