I guess, being awesome is a full time job.
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That's flipping gay. We should get vertrep back! :p
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I guess, being awesome is a full time job.
VERTREP will always be there... probably not dedicated VERTREP, but more like "today instead of SAR you're going to be doing VERTREP."
Exactly. As long as there's a helo with a cargo hook, someone will want you to VERTREP something.
I think the swagger comes from the fact that you can walk into any bar and eye any chick, then glance unsympathetically at her douchebag hippie boyfriend, because as she glances back with a glint in your eye and you see his rage building... you know that she knows that you are always gonna be better and cooler than her douchebag boyfriend... because he's a hippie and you're a Naval Aviator. Navy pilot swagger... dun dun dun!!
Ok, I'm done now.
Plus, it helps if you smell like this, just to make sure people get the hint:
Maybe the PRs could use that instead of spraying febreeze on nasty old flight gear to cover up the smell of sweaty ass.
091025-N-0173G-319 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 25, 2009) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Island Nights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 flies near the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during a vertical replenishment with the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). HSC-25 is deployed aboard the Military Sealift Command dry cargo ship USNS Alan B. Shepard (T-AKE 3). George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is underway supporting security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman William P. Gatlin/Released)
091023-N-7478G-363 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 23, 2009) Sailors take cover after attaching netting to an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter during a vertical replenishment. Blue Ridge is the flagship for Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cynthia Griggs/Released)
Am I mistaken, or does that say HSL-51 on the side? And am I not mistaken, but wouldn't that make the caption dead-wrong?
Nope. Try a little Googlefu next time. Sometimes, the MC folks in the PAO shack don't get everything right, but this time they did. The Paint Scheme should have tipped you that this helo was special even though it was doing VERTREP.
071114-N-2638R-002 MT. FUJI, Japan (Nov. 14, 2007) Blackbeard 1, an SH-60F helicopter from the "Warlords" of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light (HSL) 51 Det. 11, flies in front of Mt. Fuji. HSL-51, permanently forward-deployed to Atsugi, Japan, provides combat-ready armed anti-surface and anti-submarine helicopter detachments to ships deploying in the Korea, western Pacific and Persian Gulf regions, as well as executive transport for Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Bryan Reckard (RELEASED)
You'll be out in the Pacific soon enough and perhaps get to see Blackbeard One up close and personal. Note three stars on fuselage.
070822-N-0483B-002 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 22, 2007) - An SH-60F Seahawk departs amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) during flight operations in the Pacific. Blue Ridge is underway in support of Exercise Ulchi Focus Lens 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kari R. Bergman (RELEASED)
Just like all helos are special.
Just like all helo pilots are special.
Some, more than others...
Just like all helos are special.
Just like all helo pilots are special.
Some, more than others...
My mom always told me I was special.....she even let me ride the cool short bus to school.