^^ Same cruise. One of the A-7 squadrons, VA-25 was passed down a vehicle from one of the Oriskany squadron... an old 3/4 ton International pickup. It was a sinister black with an off-white triangle on each door. It had belonged to a mining company or something in a previous life. At that time, the cult favorite cruise movie was a little-known comedy western staring John Aston called "Evil Roy Slade." (actually a very funny movie... see it if you can...)
The truck became "Evil Roy" and a legend was born.
The legend was added to, as a group of air wing guys and the ship's Marine Company CO launched up the hill from Subic to the Cubi Club. Since Ranger was broken... and I mean really broken... that cruise, we spent most of the time at Alava Pier on the Subic side. To go back down the hill, the not-so-sober group piled into the back of the truck. On the way, the Marine Captain lost his grip and tumbled over the side, resulting in head injuries requiring a MedeVac back to the States.
About six months later, I was standing SDO at Miramar and we were hosting the Fisties (VA-25) as they were going through CQ. One of their pilots came into the ready room with a patch on his flight jacket... a triangle in the middle and the words "50 missions in Evil Roy" around the perimeter.