Well, missing ship's movement is considered "bad".What's worse is you wake up and you actually have.
But, being out for decades, and having it happened is not "good".
Well, missing ship's movement is considered "bad".What's worse is you wake up and you actually have.
Part II:A lot of stories about the Military are about the folks you served with. About 30 years ago I worked for an old retired MSgt/civvie who was pretty interesting to say the least.
1994-1996: Young USAF SSgt/TSgt KellyinAvon is stationed at McConnell AFB, Kansas. I was in the Equipment Management Section in Base Supply. My boss was an old civvie named Leroy Kemper. He joined the USAF right after Korea and did two tours in Vietnam.
To say the man was cheap was a bit of an understatement. He was TDY in San Antonio for a week. He stayed off-base, had a free breakfast. Ate supper at his daughter's house. Spent a total of $6 of his per diem.
We had another old retired GI/civvie who was the squadron training manager. Mr K always griefed him just because. The old training manager had a pregnant SSgt in the training office who ended up working half-days. Mr K would ask him about it, the other old guy would spin up, then Mr K would say, "Don't yell at me, I didn't get her pregnant!" That wasn't one time, that happened twice a week.
More to follow...
I'm sure the crew that cleaned up, loved you guys.Having just heard the story on radio of a flight being turned around from Atlanta to Spain for a passenger with diarrhea, it inspired me to share this story. We were heading to Iraq flying from Maine to Germany first. Over the Atlantic one soldier was looking ill. Everyone told him to go to the latrine. He said he was fine. Several seconds later he puked everywhere. Well then he also crapped. Then other soldiers started to puke and crap themselves as well. The latrine was pretty much occupied non stop so alot of guys didn't make it there to puke and what not. The flight attendant came back to see what was going on said "oh my god" and never came back. So no food or drinks lol. Pr medic was giving IVs on the flight lol. We landed in Germany. Got off the plane for refuel. I was hoping we'd get a new plane it smelled so bad. Nope back on the plane but with sawdust lol. We got a half ass quarantine in kuwait. This of us who didn't get sick still had to do the training. Lol. Worst flight ever
Lol. Sure they were so happyThey got quarantined in kuwait as well.I'm sure the crew that cleaned up, loved you guys.
If people got seasick on the sub, you cleaned it yourself.
Sick or not.
Lol. Sure they were so happyThey got quarantined in kuwait as well.
A tug, not a rescue ship and apparently no torps involved. From 1986 around Midway...Wow.
Just tried to look to see if I could see a rescue ship that had been sunk.
Didn't find it, but that could be because they are not flashy, and no one reports on them.
But, it could have just been a trawler the navy had, and used to just follow us around and then call for someone if something happened.
Which doesn't instill me with confidence.
And then, the list of rescue ships didn't take long to go through.
Because there never were many.
And most were decomm'd before I was in.
And the few that were in service were ANCIENT.
Good thing we didn't need them.
At least you weren’t the guys who during an exercise fired a live torpedo at the battleship carrying the US president. They missed but the guy who was supposed to remove the torpedo’s primer so it wouldn’t launch was sentenced to 14 years. FDR pardoned him.During a TorpEx (Torpedo excercise), we accidentally sank our rescue ship that was being used as the 'target'.
subs and tugs... a dangerous combination.A tug, not a rescue ship and apparently no torps involved. From 1986 around Midway...
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Yeah I caught that. Kinetic kill.Just to expand and clarify.
An Exercise Torp has had the explosives removed, and a weight substituted.
But a weighty object moving at over 70 can do damage.
No boom-boom, just thud-thud?Just to expand and clarify.
An Exercise Torp has had the explosives removed, and a weight substituted.
But a weighty object moving at over 70 can do damage.
Yeah I caught that. Kinetic kill.
When I was in Germany, during a night exercise an M-1 Abrams mistook Bradley fighting vehicles for hostle targets and shot an inert training rounds right thru them.
Oh look, a recent mention:
The Army’s last armor-on-armor mishap like the one at Fort Bliss was more than 30 years ago
An M1 Abrams main battle tank has reportedly fired on another tank in an accident during a tank qualification exercise at Fort Bliss on July 20.www.militarytimes.com
I also remember a Navy F-14 shot down an Air Force RF-4 during an exercise in the Med.
Those were both “operator“ errors, versus equipment failure like the torpedo. But stuff happens.