Veterans...Get the hell in here now!
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FirstCavApache64
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I can hear the whop, whop ,whop sound in that picture so clearly lol
BarnBuster
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BarnBuster
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"To date, the Battle of Savo Island is deemed the worst defeat in a single fleet action suffered by the U.S. Navy, save Pearl Harbor. The battle, according to Nautilus, “prompted the U.S. Navy to re-evaluate its tactics, leading to improvements in radar use, training, and night combat readiness.” The loss was so staggering that the watery gates to Guadalcanal gained its infamous nickname of “Ironbottom Sound” for the ships left to rust on the seafloor for all of time."
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Earlier post on: "Battle of Guadalcanal and Ironbottom Sound" here:
https://rollitup.org/t/veterans-get-the-hell-in-here-now.868187/page-140#post-16466557
Explore the depths of Ironbottom Sound with Bob Ballard’s team, live
Audiences will be able to embark on a real-time exploration of the waters surrounding Guadalcanal and the naval battles that changed the course of history.
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Explore the ocean with us! We seek out new discoveries while conducting scientific exploration of the seafloor and stream live to the world aboard Exploration Vessel Nautilus.
Earlier post on: "Battle of Guadalcanal and Ironbottom Sound" here:
https://rollitup.org/t/veterans-get-the-hell-in-here-now.868187/page-140#post-16466557
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hostagecs
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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.
That hurt!
BarnBuster
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Dave Davenport base photographer and unofficial C-130 and Pope historian from the 70's -2000's published over 500 C-130 cartoons. Couldn't find a book or hardly any of the cartoons online.
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C-130s, the amazing HERK!
A C-130A roman nose. Training aide at Sheppard AFB, 1975: DC-130, U-Tapao 1971 DC-130s at Littlerock AFB waiting to be turned into trash haulers. HC-130, Korat, 1974:
raratt
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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.
If you can walk away from it, it's not a crash - it's a "landing".
hostagecs
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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
It could always be worse.
hostagecs
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i mean it could, i could have got leukemia from burn pits, oh wait
Sir Napsalot
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We 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
in drydock
hostagecs
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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
Sir Napsalot
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Was the army better than the navy?
hostagecs
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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 imo
Sir Napsalot
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I actually liked being at sea. That's what I was there for
I spent 14 years on afloat units. Got in some stellar fishing!
