Old school aocs (1973)

[A4sForever]

... and the memories come flooding back ... Fast forward 25 years and I was talking to Mike McCabe (MiG killer in Vietnam, then a Captain and CAG-14 and later three-stars and 3rd Fleet) about it during a conversation. He said..."Yeah. That guy who was the ringer..... that was ME!" Small world sometimes.

Small world, indeed. And he was w/ Peter-the-Beautiful in VF-114 when they bagged their MiG, Summer of '72 (didn't they make that into a movie ?? ) ... I just didn't know he made it so 'big' in the NAV, however ...

 

[2sr2worry]

A few great weblinks for anyone who fondly remembers their days on the seawall doing "up and over arms!"

A LinkedIn group for AOCS alumni: http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestions=&gid=2210345&forumID=3&sik=1266185493045

A great set of threads over on Instapinch--to include some postings from LTCOL Penn (former SSSGT Penn) of Pressure Point fame: http://instapinch.com/?p=164

A Facebook group for AOCS alums started by a former Drill Instructor: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&ref=mf&gid=233040299210

 

[HercDriver]

That was a sweet video, especially the launch and recovery footage.

Quick question: Did any of you that went through Flight School/AOCS in the 70's remember this video?
The Man from Lox

 

[Pugs]

The seventies>? They were still showing it in the 80's

 

[OUSOONER]

I saw the same video and I'm an ENS.

 

[HAL Pilot]

Aocs 16-83


"Black Hole" water pooling at AC units between Batt I & Batt II. Favorite PT spot for the DIs.










O Course


O Course


Poopies lined up for chow


Biggest balls in the class


RLP ready


Boxing Smoker

 

[Catmando]

No comment necessary....

 

[CAMike]

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"Black Hole" water pooling at AC units between Batt I & Batt II. Favorite PT spot for the DIs.

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Poopies lined up for chow

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Boxing Smoker

HAL- Were you the one who wore the cover and belt! That's looks more like an AOCS suicide mission rather than biggest balls photo op. The penalty for failure would've have been too high for me to try that one. With my luck GYSGT Crenshaw would have walked in at the exact moment of the shutter click. Damn- I'm getting a little nervous just typing this. GYGST Crenshaw- You're not lurking around here ...are you?

 

[HAL Pilot]

^ Nope, wasn't me.

 

[BACONATOR]

HAL- fyi: the "black hole" between batts I and II was still used quite a bit right before OCS Left Pensacola when I was there. We called it the "rose garden" for those lovely thorns buried in the sand which buried into your body during PT.

Also, those black bags in the wall locker in the RLP picture..... were the exact same bags we used in my class for our RLP. Ahhh... Navy supply.

 

[HeloBubba]

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Now that is the Helo Dunker I remember. A giant 55-gallon drum turned on its side.

You can even see that the victims have already grabbed on to their reference points.