So, you Navy guys know what the big flat boats are for right?
I’m just wondering;
Old Trooper sent the link from UK’s Daily Mail. The video was supposedly taken on the deck of the USS George Washington. It could be fake for all I know, but these are the same Navy guys who famously complained that they couldn’t drink their ice cold Cokes on the flight decks during Desert Storm because of FOD.
Category: Military issues
I’ve seen this from several sources and believe it’s legit.
Maybe THAT sort of sailor is why a carrier is among the most dangerous work places?
Real, every service has its morons.
One of my favorites…
On somewhat different topic. Starts at :30 seconds.
When they still had Marine Detachments on Carriers and Cruisers I did a tour in a MarDet on a Carrier (USS Ranger) and saw a lot of flight deck brain farts.
So, you Navy guys know what the big flat boats are for right?
Uh, targets.
Lex posted this a while back, with commentary from the bird-farm community.
doo de do de doo,
“hey Joe you hear something?”
“nah, probably the wind.”
#4 Spork you know you actually had to cut your engine and stall out the last 10-20 feet back then. Now a days you actually gun the throttle as soon as you land, until you feel the wire catch. Belive it or not, that method is a LOT safer (even if there are 2 fewer wires)
Full disclosure: the GW was my home for 4 years. Looks like a loss of situational awareness on behalf of those 2, but the deck was fouled so they wouldn’t have been expecting anything incoming.
Squidthoughts # 9: Brings back memories for me as well. Yankee Station, and points north. Plane guard and RESCAP.
Picked up one pilot following a dead cat launch. Searched, unsuccessfully, for a guy who got blown off the flight deck.
Tincan sailor here, BTW, I’ve never been closer to a carrier than an UNREP here and there. Airdales are a silly bunch at best.
Let’s just say those guys didn’t need to see the corpsman for laxatives.
#10: Airdales are a silly bunch at best.
Truer words never spoken, shipmate. 😉
Cool that you were a tincan sailor. The GW has had a bit of bad juju. Couple of crashed jets, a lost pilot, a couple serious fires, and the luck (good or bad you decide) of being the closest carrier to NYC on 9/11. Ahh, the memories….good old ‘Dub.
Uh, targets
Concur. PACEX, 1989. USS Buffalo, Don Miller was the CO. Got so close to the Nimitz he was reading names off the Tomcats as they were landing. Then backed out and launched a full spread (simulated of course) against her.
Only two types of ships Sparky. LOL
You got that right, Ray!
For you ground pounders, the two types of ships are:
– submarines
– targets
That concludes your GMT for today.
In ’99, I caused a wave-off on the ‘Dub. Nothing quite this stupid, though it was pretty damn close. Me and a couple of other guys from RE div. went up to see some flight ops on our first underway with aircrew. However, the only way we knew how to get topside was through a hatch near a squadron ready room that we used as a classroom during the recent dry dock period. So we just strolled right on out to the catwalk in front of the LSO station (port side, aft), eating Cheez-its from the box. We did that, of course, right when a hornet was trying to land. After getting buzzed by a hornet, we were chased all the way back to the pit by an angry white shirt chief.