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re: Military GIFS
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:54 pm to SthGADawg
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:54 pm to SthGADawg
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not a GIF...sorry...this was one of my birds...I spent a lot of time on 430
My son (he's 14) is dead set on being a Blackhawk pilot. His mother and I are trying to steer him towards a more safe job like Air Force dentist or something though.
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Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:55 pm to Tigeralum2008
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Here's hoping that man never had to buy a post-war beer in his life because I assure you he went through hell. I believe the US Pacific Submarine fleet had some of the highest rates of loss in WWII
52 still out.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:57 pm to Tigeralum2008
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Here's hoping that man never had to buy a post-war beer in his life because I assure you he went through hell.
Every now and then I'd run into a group of WWII sub guys having a reunion near the base. A bunch of old guys with sub hats drinking at the bar. You had to force them to let you buy them a beer... most of them wanted to buy us beers for "keeping the tradition alive". Those guys had some crazy arse stories.
It's awesome when someone asks you "So you've never been depth charged before have you?"
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:05 pm to Coeur du Tigre
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52 still out.
Eternal patrol. I went to Pearl Harbor for a buddy's wedding a few years back and got to visit the wall. It had all the boats and all the names of the guys that are still on them. There were even a few spots where family members had hung messages and stuff. Very somber site.
There is also a chapel on the sub base. I was told that one of the sub crews built the chapel during WWII and before they left on patrol they donated their ships bell to the church... they never made it back and the bell is still there.
It was the Argonaut:
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The ships bell from the submarin USS Argonaut (SS-166) still hangs in the steeple. Argonaut's crew donated the bell before she left on her third war patrol. She was sunk in action off Rabaul January 10, 1943. All hands were lost - their ships bell still tolls for them.
This post was edited on 1/26/16 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:07 pm to Darth_Vader
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My son (he's 14) is dead set on being a Blackhawk pilot. His mother and I are trying to steer him towards a more safe job like Air Force dentist or something though.
I was Navy...and SH60B's are almost all gone now...but Navy helicopter pilots have a pretty good life...H60's in the Navy are very much about vertical replenishment, reconnaissance, extending the ship's radar capability, counter drug ops, etc. When I was involved, some of what we did was target suspected smuggling assets in and around areas where there was a threat...they also do some search and rescue...but in a different capacity than the coast guard...it's a pretty cool gig...I was a maintainer and technician...electrical and power plants
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:14 pm to SthGADawg
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I was Navy...and SH60B's are almost all gone now...but Navy helicopter pilots have a pretty good life...H60's in the Navy are very much about vertical replenishment, reconnaissance, extending the ship's radar capability, counter drug ops, etc. When I was involved, some of what we did was target suspected smuggling assets in and around areas where there was a threat...they also do some search and rescue...but in a different capacity than the coast guard...it's a pretty cool gig...I was a maintainer and technician...electrical and power plants
That sounds cool. And of course I'd be proud as hell of my son for becoming a helicopter pilot, no matter which branch... even the Navy
. Still, for the sake of my wife's nerves and my nerves, I'd sleep a lot sounder at night knowing he was in the rear with the gear at a nice, safe, cushy, well paying job that does not require him to take a 10,000 lb piece of aluminum and beat the air into submission at almost 20,000 feet.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:17 pm to Darth_Vader
My Dad was the first Marine graduate of their helicopter flight school in Florida. He tells stories about plucking downed pilots out of North Korea during the Korean War.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:18 pm to TheGasMan
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I was a dirty nuke though
same, well actually a clean nuke... surface
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:20 pm to Darth_Vader
well its heavier and doesn't fly that high...but I get your point...but I would be more worried if he was a Marine pilot...not trying to be offensive or out of line but those guys seem to have a lot of "training" missions go bad...I don't remember the last time the Navy put an H60 in the drink...just saying....tell him to do good in school...
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:24 pm to SthGADawg
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well its heavier and doesn't fly that high...but I get your point...but I would be more worried if he was a Marine pilot...not trying to be offensive or out of line but those guys seem to have a lot of "training" missions go bad...I don't remember the last time the Navy put an H60 in the drink...just saying.
I've not really thought about it until now but it does seem that I hear more about Marine chopper accidents than anything else.
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tell him to do good in school...
That's our focus right now, which with a 14 yr old boy can be taxing to say the least. Still, he's got aspirations of college football and then being a Blackhawk pilot. Anytime he mentions either I just remind him that unless he's got the grades, neither will be an option when he graduates. That does seem to motivate him.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:27 pm to Theboot32
Sub nukes>>Coners>>>>>>Surface nukes>>>>>>>>>>>>>Airdales
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:29 pm to Darth_Vader
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he's got aspirations of college football and then being a Blackhawk pilot
West Point... BEAUTIFUL campus. He can play CFB and get his arse kicked for 4 years by Navy. then he can go fly the choppa's...
My 16yo is considering the cybersecurity ratings offered by Navy and AF but I think he will more than likely go to college.
It'd be cool if he does become our family's 4th generation in a row to serve but I am certainly not gonna push it.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:33 pm to Tigeralum2008
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West Point... BEAUTIFUL campus. He can play CFB and get his arse kicked for 4 years by Navy. then he can go fly the choppa's...
My 16yo is considering the cybersecurity ratings offered by Navy and AF but I think he will more than likely go to college.
It'd be cool if he does become our family's 4th generation in a row to serve but I am certainly not gonna push it.
I'm with you on the West Point thing. We'd still prefer he goes into something like Dentistry though.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:34 pm to Darth_Vader
Where is this from? Found it LINK What is the ETA until one of those assholes that downvotes every post in military threads gets here?
This post was edited on 1/26/16 at 1:51 pm
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:36 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:43 pm to Crawdaddy
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Posted on 1/27/16 at 9:42 am to Navajo61490
Posted on 1/27/16 at 9:59 am to Darth_Vader
I have a 14 year old as well...great baseball player...catching varsity this upcoming season as a freshman...his grades make me insane...I am constantly in his arse about it...I want him to go play baseball at the Citadel...then maybe do the military if he doesn't get drafted..
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