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This was a great series. I have enjoyed seeing the Navy in action. Man, if I could just be 19 again...I would join again...and it would be the Navy. Why did I do time in the Air Force. ONLY because the Chief recruiter was a jerk. (such folly of youth)
It was a great show. I do miss the Navy and working with those young sailors. They did a really good job of telling it the way it is. My nephew right now if flying f-18s off the Nimitz.
Plug the grass is always greener. I wish I went into the Air Force as they live the cushy life.
It was a great show. I do miss the Navy and working with those young sailors. They did a really good job of telling it the way it is. My nephew right now if flying f-18s off the Nimitz.
Plug the grass is always greener. I wish I went into the Air Force as they live the cushy life.
My brother was in the Air Force (Force Air, as he called it). It was like having a regular 9 to 5 job. Even in Viet Nam he had a nice setup.
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My brother was in the Air Force (Force Air, as he called it). It was like having a regular 9 to 5 job. Even in Viet Nam he had a nice setup.
I would not trade my days in the AF (71-75) for anything. (please don't get me wrong) For the most part it was like being one step above the boy scouts. After all, at the time most AF enlistees were non-combatants. We supported the flying mission. ( a lot like the Navy guys on Carrier)
I was below gunner in the food chain as I was a sub-Marine-r.
My father served on a sub in WWII. He was a motor machinist mate. He fought in the Pacific. He had good memories of his shore time in Perth, and the Nimitz also had shore leave there. Let's say that he had hard feelings toward anything Japanese.
I thought the series was good, but a little long.
By the way Jan, you said you didn't like retirement, but somewhere you mentioned you got tired of looking at a shipmate's tattoo'd ankle for months at a time. I think long sea service would be a cure for insomnia. Dealing with 19 year olds as a chaplain couldn't have been easy.
Last night I saw the final episode of Battlefield 360 on the History channel. This series was about the carrier Enterprise in WWII. I didn't know that the battle of Okinawa was a larger operation than D-Day. The Enterprise first used night take offs and landings in the war, and it was a turning point against a fanatical enemy.
My dad served on a few flat tops (FDR, Coral Sea, etc...) back when the NAVY switched from prop to jet aircraft.
Todays US NAVY has a new challenge . . . the Chinese NAVY . . .
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My father served on a sub in WWII. He was a motor machinist mate. He fought in the Pacific. He had good memories of his shore time in Perth, and the Nimitz also had shore leave there. Let's say that he had hard feelings toward anything Japanese.
I thought the series was good, but a little long.
By the way Jan, you said you didn't like retirement, but somewhere you mentioned you got tired of looking at a shipmate's tattoo'd ankle for months at a time. I think long sea service would be a cure for insomnia. Dealing with 19 year olds as a chaplain couldn't have been easy.
Last night I saw the final episode of Battlefield 360 on the History channel. This series was about the carrier Enterprise in WWII. I didn't know that the battle of Okinawa was a larger operation than D-Day. The Enterprise first used night take offs and landings in the war, and it was a turning point against a fanatical enemy.
God bless your dad for serving on the boats working on the rock crushers. I spent a year on diesel boats and they were awful. I have great appreciation for those who fought a war on those things. Fighting the cold war on nucs was not easy either but the conditions were a lot better.
My dad fought in many of the western pacific battles as a carrier pilot flying Helcats. I wish I had more details but he never talked much about the war. My mother told us he lost a lot of friends in his squadron who never returned to the carrier. I am sure he would be proud to know both of his grandson's are carrier pilots.
After almost 37 years in uniform it is hard to take it off. I guess I should take a job as a VA hospital chaplain as I still love our vets and the sacrifices they make.
I spent two years on Okinawa and they were always finding unexploded ordinance. It was a terrible battle for both the Americans and Japanese. I look forward to the day when men will learn war no more.
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