Naval Craft Sightings

[Bomr]

Army Officer

I actually served from '91 to '99 and spent more time in the desert than anywhere else. I graduated West Point, 1991.
I know a few former Navy officers who couldn't sail a sunfish, so I agree with your comments on the necessity of this skill in the modern Navy. However, the Navy guy jumping in to tow his own 36' sounds more like something I would expect from a Marine .

The statistic about the Army having more boats than the Navy is true, but I would bet it you measured it in tonnage, the Navy would win.

 

[gareth harris]

Each Nimitz class is about 70000 tons, more than the combined army fleet perhaps?

The swim-the-boat incident was back in 99, so we overlaped for a few years.
There were two marines on my slip, but they did not make any good stories that I can remember. Except for one of them going fishing off Baja for a few days, and having a freezer full of tuna for my regular Sunday evening barbeques for the next six months. The poor man was in charge of handling noise complaints at Miramar at the time - he said whenever he heard a flight of 53s start up, he would count to three, and the phone would ring.

My time with 5th group was all in a desert, but I can't talk about it here of course. If you had stayed in, you would have been very busy.

Gareth
Freyja E35 #241 1972

 

[JMCronan]

The carriers look big till you've got to land on one!

 

[gareth harris]

When all you can see is a few lights twinkling through the enveloping black void that is the ocean at night...aye.

We almost have a chapters worth of VFW who own Ericsons, it seems.

Gareth
Freyja E35 #241 1972

 

[rbonilla]

The carriers look big till you've got to land on one!

that's for sure...or try to find one at night....