I can hear the whop, whop ,whop sound in that picture so clearly lol
my back says they are oh so much fun
I hitched a ride to Dutch Harbor to meet my ship in a herc, we slammed down so hard (due to vicious winds) that the antenna's to the tail were snapped off.
When we went on a KC-135 to Hickam the pilot bounced that thing about 15 feet in the air when landing and I'm surprised nothing broke. All the "passengers" let the pilot know what we thought about his skills, automatic reaction I guess. WTF was a common phrase combined with other expletives.I hitched a ride to Dutch Harbor to meet my ship in a herc, we slammed down so hard (due to vicious winds) that the antenna's to the tail were snapped off.
That hurt!
If you can walk away from it, it's not a crash - it's a "landing".When we went on a KC-135 to Hickam the pilot bounced that thing about 15 feet in the air when landing and I'm surprised nothing broke. All the "passengers" let the pilot know what we thought about his skills, automatic reaction I guess. WTF was a common phrase combined with other expletives.
thats what the pilot said who screwed up mine and another guys back when we flew into k-16, my back has never been the sameIf you can walk away from it, it's not a crash - it's a "landing".
It could always be worse.thats what the pilot said who screwed up mine and another guys back when we flew into k-16, my back has never been the same
i mean it could, i could have got leukemia from burn pits, oh waitIt could always be worse.
i did 4 years on the shitty kitty before i went into the army, dry dock set the pace for the rest of the military fuckery i would witness before i retiredWe were in drydock in Pearl Harbor for a major refit (the most expensive ever for an Adams-class destroyer) for a full year and lived in barracks on the Marine base, right next to the Marines' EM club- every Saturday night when the club closed there'd be a bunch of them out in the yard spoiling for a fight. I was never personally involved in any of the altercations as on the weekends I would typically fly to Maui (for $18 unless I had duty. My duty days in "A gang" I performed sounding and security watches and took A/C readings. The soundings were to check the level of the water in the bilges to ensure that the ship wasn't leaking and possibly sinking
in drydock
i did 4 years on the shitty kitty before i went into the army, dry dock set the pace for the rest of the military fuckery i would witness before i retired
navy had very good ports, but lots of water time, army i spent most of my time getting ready for the middle east or being there, same fuckery imoWas the army better than the navy?
I spent 14 years on afloat units. Got in some stellar fishing!I actually liked being at sea. That's what I was there for