Yeah, weak sauce like going from diesel-wood fire fighting training to propane. The propane trainers are just fine, but I'll never forget walking into a raging diesel-wood trianer for the first time!
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Yeah, weak sauce like going from diesel-wood fire fighting training to propane. The propane trainers are just fine, but I'll never forget walking into a raging diesel-wood trianer for the first time!
091210-N-9999X-001 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 10, 2009) The guided-missile frigate USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG 29) takes on fuel and cargo from the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189). Stephen W. Groves is home ported at Mayport, Fla. and is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
091204-N-8848T-790 NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Dec. 4, 2009) Chief Boatswain's Mate Donald Walker explains a fire fighting station in the 210-foot-long Arleigh Burke-class destroyer simulator USS Trayer (BST 21) at Recruit Training Command (RTC). Walker escorted Royal Australian Navy officers and United States Navy officers from Washington, D. C., through the ship as part of a visit to RTC and Training Support Center (TSC). (U.S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom/Released)
091204-N-8848T-799 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Dec. 4, 2009) Chief Boatswain's Mate Donald Walker shows a bomb damaged berthing compartment on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer simulator, USS Trayer (BST 21), to Royal Australian Navy officers and U.S. Navy officers from Washington. Trayer is at Recruit Training Command (RTC) where the officers toured RTC and Training Support Center (TSC). (U.S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom/Released)
091203-N-7014G-045 CARIBBEAN SEA (Dec. 3, 2009) The firefighting assessment team aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD1) move through a smoke filled room looking for hot spots during a general quarters drill. Wasp is deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphibious with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Southern Partnership Station is part of the Partnership of the Americas maritime strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amie Gonzales/Released)
On a somewhat related note, I was intimately involved in the transition of my DDG's navigation system from paper charts to electronic charts. The VMS (Voyage Management System, which is the software that utilizes the digital charts) was pretty buggy at first. It was subject to the most random bugs imaginable, such as when the GPS satellites were "upgraded" and caused our system to freeze up nearly every time the number 32 appeared (such as in the clock). It also played a role in our ship magically teleporting over a thousand miles, exactly where we were running a scenario (and no, this time it was not operator error). I imagine that it is much more stable and useful now, but the transition was certainly an interesting one (from a technician's standpoint).
Ships still keep paper charts, right?
Yes.
091210-N-9999X-001 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 10, 2009) The guided-missile frigate USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG 29) takes on fuel and cargo from the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189). Stephen W. Groves is home ported at Mayport, Fla. and is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
UNREP under a rainbow...have the JOs do the Village People dance for the breakaway, and that is officially the gayest "command sanctioned" thing I have seen happen underway.
Seen or were you one of the participants? Note: that is the elusive Double Rainbow...whatever that means.
That's two pots of gold if you can find the end of the rainbows.
Nope I was actually being "gainfully employed" at the time so I only saw it from the bridgewing and again on ship's TV after the IC's loaded up the video for the whole crew to enjoy.
The video may be worth a Youtube upload down the road...it's pretty heinous.
That's two pots of gold if you can find the end of the rainbows.
"I'm gonna get a backhoe and uproot that tree. I want the gold. Give me the gold."
That's what I wore when I went through in 1999. And yes, the water was cold. Maybe the Navy now endorses it as an official command sponsored PT event, hence the PT attire.
Few messages get sent without the Captain or XO seeing it first. If neither of those two see it, then some unsuspecting DH would see it. Hard to believe Radio would send that without seeing the sign off. CHENG probably signed off on it. What does he know about a 5"/54....he's an engineer.