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

[Gatordev]

Hence my cautious question. Thanks for introducing me to google. We're friends now.

I believe there's a LAMPS PXO (or perhaps XO now) that went through the RAG with me as a second tour CAT 1. His first tour was as a H-3 VIP pilot w/ -51 (they used to have H-3s before they switched to the -60F), which meant he was attached to them, but never flew the LAMPS mission. For his second tour, he came back to the RAG as a stud and learned the Bravo and then went on to do his "first" LAMPS sea tour. Apparently he made it work, because I'm pretty sure I saw him on the last selection list.

 

[squorch2]

One of my old OICs first set foot on a boat at the outset of his OIC cruise.

I guess there's hope for us all.

 

[ChunksJR]

I guess there's hope for us all.

Remember it isn't always how good you do. Sometimes, it's how BAD the other guy does. Not that being on your DH tour with 0/0/0 sea counter is bad..

 

[HeyJoe]

091119-N-3038W-086 GULF OF OMAN (Nov. 20, 2009) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Wildcards of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 lifts supplies 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 3rd Class John Phillip Wagner Jr./ Released)

 

[Godspeed]

Your days of delivering palates of stale bread and wilted lettuce are over, sonny boy.

 

[Pags]

Your days of delivering palates of stale bread and wilted lettuce are over, sonny boy.

The lettuce is fine until the CSs put it through the lettuce wilter machine.

 

[teabag53]

There's a lettuce wilter machine??? I thought they just used the cake dryer on it.

 

[kejo]

(Quick threadjack) Good news for LAMPS pilots who pilots who think they'll never see VERTREP in their lives: they're throwing USNS ships down south supporting CD ops more regularly to allow ships longer underway times. We did a lot of VERTREP whenever we RAS-ed, which was awesome. I don't know if they plan to put HSC dets on those ships in the future, but until then giddyup.

 

[Gatordev]

(Quick threadjack) Good news for LAMPS pilots who pilots who think they'll never see VERTREP in their lives: they're throwing USNS ships down south supporting CD ops more regularly to allow ships longer underway times. We did a lot of VERTREP whenever we RAS-ed, which was awesome. I don't know if they plan to put HSC dets on those ships in the future, but until then giddyup.

Boo...Pizza hut and/or having a beer every couple of weeks is much better than your precious VERTREP.

I was actually wondering this was going to start up.

 

[HeyJoe]

091206-N-9327W-104 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 6, 2009) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Sea Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 based in Norfolk, Va., delivers ammunition from the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) to the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4). Nassau is underway with other elements of the Nassau Amphibious Readiness Group and the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) for their certification exercise before deploying in early 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chris Williamson/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

090930-N-2600H-187 INDIAN OCEAN (Sept. 30, 2009) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Knighthawks of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HSC) 23 delivers supplies to the guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102). Sampson is underway as part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group on a routine deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew A. Hepburn/Released)

 

[eddie]

Is there a particular reason that Vertrep is so attractive?

 

[Pags]

Is there a particular reason that Vertrep is so attractive?

It allows replenishment of ships at sea and if you're only doing vertrep it doesn't require the two ships to be in as close as they would be if they were CONREPing (connected replensihment) which makes for easier ship handling.

It's also A LOT faster than CONREP.

 

[eddie]

It allows replenishment of ships at sea and if you're only doing vertrep it doesn't require the two ships to be in as close as they would be if they were CONREPing (connected replensihment) which makes for easier ship handling.

It's also A LOT faster than CONREP.

Oh, I meant for the pilots.

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

You mean other than more flight time?