Naval Craft Sightings

Bomr

Member I
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 :egrin:.

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

Sustaining Member
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
 
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gareth harris

Sustaining Member
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
 
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