That's flipping gay. We should get vertrep back! :p

[Pags]

Oh, I meant for the pilots.

Because it's a crap load of fun to fly. It's all stick and rudder (or TR pedals as the case may be), it involves a lot of CRM between the front and the back and if you have a good crew you can really see the whole process come together. You also really get to use a helo as a helo and not a slow airplane that flies low and takes off vertically.

You should note that you haven't heard anyone extolling the virtues of night vertrep.

 

[squorch2]

What Pags said. It's a lot of fun to fly.

Don't confuse VERTREP with externals, either - say, taking 70 loads of crap 2-6 miles to the beach. That's not much fun either.

 

[HeyJoe]

100303-N-7058E-748 CARIBBEAN SEA (March 3, 2010) A MH-60S Sea Hawk from the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) conducts a vertical replenishment with the U.S. Coast Guard medium endurance cutter USCGC Campbell (WMEC 909). Freedom is conducting counter-illicit trafficking operations and theater security cooperation in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100303-N-7058E-408 CARIBBEAN SEA (March 3, 2010) Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Richard Goodley signals a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter to approach the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) during a vertical replenishment with the U.S. Coast Guard medium endurance cutter USCGC Campbell (WMEC 909). Freedom is conducting counter-illicit trafficking operations and theater security cooperation in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early/Released)

 

[SynixMan]

^^ I wouldn't be surprised if that's the most publicized deployment short of Haiti.

 

[HeyJoe]

100225-N-3038W-269 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 25, 2010) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Wild Cards of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 prepares to lift cargo from the flight deck of the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10) during a replenishment at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr./Released)

 

[60flyer]

100225-N-3038W-269 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 25, 2010) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Wild Cards of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 prepares to lift cargo from the flight deck of the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10) during a replenishment at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr./Released)

How jealous I am.......

 

[HeyJoe]

100311-N-4275C-420 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 11, 2010) An SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter from the Red Lions of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 15, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), picks up supplies on the ship's flight deck during an underway replenishment. Carl Vinson is off the coast of Argentina supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joel Carlson/Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

100318-N-6006S-607 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 18, 2010) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) receive supplies from the Military Sealift Command fast combat ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) during a replenishment at sea. Carl Vinson is underway in the Pacific Ocean supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Aaron Shelley/Released)

100318-N-6006S-452 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 18, 2010) A Sailor assigned to the Military Sealift Command fast combat ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) braces himself after attaching a pole pendant to an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway in the Pacific Ocean supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Aaron Shelley/Released)

 

[RotorHead04]

100303-N-7058E-748 CARIBBEAN SEA (March 3, 2010) A MH-60S Sea Hawk from the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) conducts a vertical replenishment with the U.S. Coast Guard medium endurance cutter USCGC Campbell (WMEC 909). Freedom is conducting counter-illicit trafficking operations and theater security cooperation in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early/Released)

A good story that goes with both of these Freedom VERTREP pictures ... that's cocaine on the pallets. Not only do you get to have fun getting the drug bust, but then you get to VERTREP the evidence afterward!

 

[Jim123]

A good story that goes with both of these Freedom VERTREP pictures ... that's cocaine on the pallets. Not only do you get to have fun getting the drug bust, but then you get to VERTREP the evidence afterward!

Does the Coast Guard usually blare a song on the 1MC at the end of each VERTREP evolution? (Navy ships do.) There's an old Clapton song...

 

[RotorHead04]

Does the Coast Guard usually blare a song on the 1MC at the end of each VERTREP evolution? (Navy ships do.) There's an old Clapton song...

They were surprisingly uncomfortable with VERTREP ... not like the CVN "you're coming in too hot and stop doing 180s" but more like "what the hell is going on ... why can't we just do small boat transfer." At one point during a pick (in the hover over the hook up man) the HCO started freaking out over tower freq about how close the tailwheel was to the flight deck.

I'm in a hover over a rolling flight deck ... really?

 

[HeyJoe]

100513-N-6720T-025 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 13, 2010) Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class James Henderson, left, assists Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Philip Pavlovich as he takes a photograph of two Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) attaching a cargo net to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Military Sealift Command fleet dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7) during an munitions onload. George Washington is underway in the western Pacific Ocean for sea trials following a selective restricted availability. The ship is forward deployed at Fleet Activities, Yokosuka. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas/Released)

100513-N-6720T-014 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 13, 2010) Two MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC-25) assigned to the Military Sealift Command fleet dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7) transport ordnance to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington is underway in the western Pacific Ocean for sea trials following a selective restricted availability. The ship is forward deployed at Fleet Activities, Yokosuka. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100509-N-1082Z-022 U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (May 9, 2010) An SA-330J Puma helicopter assigned to the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5) carries cargo to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) during a vertical replenishment. Ashland is part of the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky/Released)

 

[Beans]

Sorry, but that Puma is waaaay uglier than the 60, no matter what the flavor.