Hey, you better show some gratitude. Those CSes worked hard to undercook those beans and burn that rice so that you could have a box lunch. ?Don't forget the amazing lunches too: baked beans and rice on a paper plate with no utensils...
Hey, you better show some gratitude. Those CSes worked hard to undercook those beans and burn that rice so that you could have a box lunch. ?Don't forget the amazing lunches too: baked beans and rice on a paper plate with no utensils...
I have fond memories of box "lunches" from CG's that contained steak and lobster. Still warm. Often with cartons of cold chocolate milk and a baked potato - sometimes no utensils. Melee!Hey, you better show some gratitude. Those CSes worked hard to undercook those beans and burn that rice so that you could have a box lunch. ?
One time I was doing DLQ’s on a Saturday night on an LSD. During refueling they brought us ice cream unprompted. Best night of deck bounces I ever had.I have fond memories of box "lunches" from CG's that contained steak and lobster. Still warm. Often with cartons of cold chocolate milk and a baked potato - sometimes no utensils. Melee!
I have fond memories of box "lunches" from CG's that contained steak and lobster. Still warm. Often with cartons of cold chocolate milk and a baked potato - sometimes no utensils. Melee!
Unprompted good food? You both forgot to finish the story, “and then the admiral got on the 1MC, and we didn’t make it home for Christmas that year…”One time I was doing DLQ’s on a Saturday night on an LSD. During refueling they brought us ice cream unprompted. Best night of deck bounces I ever had.
Hey, you better show some gratitude. Those CSes worked hard to undercook those beans and burn that rice so that you could have a box lunch. ?
I have fond memories of box "lunches" from CG's that contained steak and lobster. Still warm. Often with cartons of cold chocolate milk and a baked potato - sometimes no utensils. Melee!
One time I was doing DLQ’s on a Saturday night on an LSD. During refueling they brought us ice cream unprompted. Best night of deck bounces I ever had.
Don't forget the amazing lunches too: baked beans and rice on a paper plate with no utensils...
Todd ??????????There were still a couple of Knox frigates and Adams destroyers in the middle 80s. Slightly off topic, but this discussion reminded me of a story...
Flying the "old" SH-60B, we got a mission to transfer a sailor with a red cross issue off an Adams class destroyer. Flying from the right seat, I setup with a 45 pointing to the left. First, we lowered the hoist for his seabag. Then the horse collar to pick him up. AW1 Sitler was giving the standard calls in the back.
"Taking up slack."
"Pax is off the deck"
Then loud, contagious laughter. Sitler was a jokester and story teller, so there' no telling what was going on.
Me: What's going on?
AW1 while laughing his ass off barely able to speak: Mr Lyman! Look in the mirror! Look in the mirror!!!!
While maintaining a hover, I glanced in the mirror as the sailor neared the cabin door. I saw a pudgy sailor in a horse collar with his pants hanging around his ankles and a pair of tighty whities blowing in the rotor wash. With Sitler in the back laughing his ass off while trying to pull the sailor in, I did everything I could to maintain a hover. I was afraid I was going to blow snot out my nose or lose visibility through my tears of laughter. Sitler's laugh was so contagious I was just seconds away from transferring the controls to my HAC.
When AW1 Sitler did safety training, we knew we were going hear great stories. I ran into his son years later (20?) when I was in the guard.
So yes, there were ships we could not land on. One of my first FLEETEXs was with the USS Iowa.
yesTodd ??????????
Great American . . .