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I can't get over how massive carriers are and how fast they can move. Awesome machines.
LMAO! Yeah they are huge. I ran into people years later who told me they were on the same ship and deployment as me and we never saw each other lol. 5600 people were on the ship!
LMAO! Yeah they are huge. I ran into people years later who told me they were on the same ship and deployment as me and we never saw each other lol. 5600 people were on the ship!
I can't imagine how huge they must be. Surely it has to be experienced to be believed/understood.
I can't imagine how huge they must be. Surely it has to be experienced to be believed/understood.
Definitely. Still parts of the ship I've never seen, and I walked all over the ship and delivered our daily schedule to our various departments and pilots. The flight deck actually felt small honestly.
LMAO! Yeah they are huge. I ran into people years later who told me they were on the same ship and deployment as me and we never saw each other lol. 5600 people were on the ship!
Bruh, I open my school yearbooks and I don't even remember half the people in my class - and it was only like 30 ppl.
Bruh, I open my school yearbooks and I don't even remember half the people in my class - and it was only like 30 ppl.
30?! Where did you go to school?
Originally Posted by 1158
Speaking of military things..
Netflix has a new show called Plane Resurrection where they follow along rebuilds of old WW1/2 war birds. Amazing stuff and I highly recommend you guys watch it.
Netflix has a new show called Plane Resurrection where they follow along rebuilds of old WW1/2 war birds. Amazing stuff and I highly recommend you guys watch it.
Did you serve este?
I was checking out that first show (with the P51), but I fell asleep. I'll have to get back on that.
No sir, did not serve. My pops is (now) a 1LT USN Ret, and that drug us around the country a fair bit. We got access to all of the ships he was deployed on as you do, but then some other gems too. DDG's, SSN's, CV-64 (actually got to be just off the flight deck during an airshow on CV-64. That was an unreal experience.)
I was checking out that first show (with the P51), but I fell asleep. I'll have to get back on that.
No sir, did not serve. My pops is (now) a 1LT USN Ret, and that drug us around the country a fair bit. We got access to all of the ships he was deployed on as you do, but then some other gems too. DDG's, SSN's, CV-64 (actually got to be just off the flight deck during an airshow on CV-64. That was an unreal experience.)
To be fair, it's a bunch of old English men. So the droning on can put you to sleep.
That's awesome! I worked with all the pilots and got to do some really cool stuff. Sitting in the crows nests while planes landed during night ops ranks high up on the list.
My dad told me several stories from bowling on the deck (and having ***** occasionally go overboard) to towing hundreds of pairs of jeans behind the boat to tell in foreign ports as stonewashed.
Coworker of mine was in the Navy and he had the helm during a man overboard drill. He managed to hit the dummy lol.
Both have also regaled me with the story of the mad crapper. Apparently its a long standing naval tradition. Messed up if you ask me.
I thought my dad was gay at one point when I found his equator crossing video. Lots of homoerotic things going on when you cross the equator for the first time.
i guess if you spend that much time on a boat then things get strange
Can confirm lol. I had the pleasure of participating in two traditions. Crossing the equator and the international date line. There was a 3rd that I was in, involved a lot of paint, but I can't recall what that one was for.
Can confirm lol. I had the pleasure of participating in two traditions. Crossing the equator and the international date line. There was a 3rd that I was in, involved a lot of paint, but I can't recall what that one was for.
Similar "fraternities" in the navy include:
The Order of the Blue Nose for maritime personnel who have crossed the Arctic Circle.
The Order of the Red Nose for maritime personnel who have crossed the Antarctic Circle.
The Imperial Order of the Golden Dragon for maritime personnel who have crossed the International Date Line.
The Sacred Order Of The Golden Dragon for maritime personnel who have crossed at the same time Lat. 00-000°, Long. 180.00°
The Order of the Ditch for maritime personnel who have passed through the Panama Canal.
The Magellan's Strait Jacket Club for all maritime personnel who transited the Straits of Magellan.
The Order of the Rock for maritime personnel who have transited the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Safari to Suez for maritime personnel who have passed through the Suez Canal.
The Golden Shellback for maritime personnel who have crossed the point where the Equator crosses the International Date Line.
The Order of the Sand Squid for maritime personnel who have been attached to army units or stationed in the Middle East.
The Emerald Shellback or Royal Diamond Shellback for maritime personnel who cross at 0 degrees off West Africa (where the Equator crosses the prime meridian)
The Realm of the Czars for maritime personnel who crossed into the Black Sea.
The Order of Magellan for maritime personnel who circumnavigated the Earth.
The Order of the Lakes for maritime personnel who have sailed on all five Great Lakes.
The Order of the Spanish Main for maritime personnel who have sailed in the Caribbean.
The Order of the Sparrow for maritime personnel who sailed on all 7 seas. (North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Antarctic Oceans)
The Order of the Ebony Shellback for maritime personnel who have crossed the Equator on Lake Victoria.
Can confirm lol. I had the pleasure of participating in two traditions. Crossing the equator and the international date line. There was a 3rd that I was in, involved a lot of paint, but I can't recall what that one was for.
i'm surprised you didn't correct my usage of 'boat' when it is a ship. the old timers always made a point of correcting me
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