darrylcn
Member
I was lucky enough to spend some time aboard USS Wasp a week or so ago (along with a few thousand other folks) and while aboard for the tour a couple things struck me as odd that lead to some thoughts. First, I was surprised at how open the ship is inside, it makes sense because of the nature of its mission, but wow.
The actual questions concern an MH-60S crewman that was aboard:
One, is it common for USN a/c to be on Navy ships that are basically Marine aviation ships? I had assumed when I heard Wasp was visiting that there'd be Harriers, V-22s, etc. Sadly it was just the two MH-60s and an engine/glass/instrument/door-less Phrog that is progressively being destroyed for rescue training aboard.
Two, he had an embroidered nametag, "Rainbow Brite"
D). Was that just a 'here comes the public, let's be goofballs' thing? He also said something to the effect of "We do SEAL inserts, VERTREP, etc, everything except hunt subs because that's boring and nobody wants to do that anyway", which made me think a few folks on here might differ with that opinion.. Not wanting to be "airshow guy", I didn't say anything to that comment though..
Thanks for any help.
The actual questions concern an MH-60S crewman that was aboard:
One, is it common for USN a/c to be on Navy ships that are basically Marine aviation ships? I had assumed when I heard Wasp was visiting that there'd be Harriers, V-22s, etc. Sadly it was just the two MH-60s and an engine/glass/instrument/door-less Phrog that is progressively being destroyed for rescue training aboard.
Two, he had an embroidered nametag, "Rainbow Brite"

Thanks for any help.