Funny Naval History

[dandi]

You Sir or Madam are a nincome poop.

There is something most different between telling a lie and misremembering something from the past that you witnessed.

How, exactly, does one "misremember" being on the pier with the family members of the USS Scorpion in Charleston when the boat was home ported in Norfolk and you were in ****ing Groton?

How in blue Hell does that happen, vesta?!?

Not only were we able to watch on TV the family's waiting and get updates of the unfolding tragedy but we had newspapers and WSUB radio giving much conflicting information hour to hour.  Groton was a SUB comunity and my navy housing held hundreds of family's with husbands on the boats.

You watched no such thing, lunatic.  There was no media coverage of them waiting on the pier, there were no camera crews interviewing them on the ship where they waited out of the rain, There was nothing official until the Navy said so, vesta, and the damned media wasn't allowed near those piers for anything other than what the Navy wanted them to know.

Jesus, as an "expert" on everything Cold-war sub service, I would expect that you would know that.

It is not a frigging lie to get those two ports confused after 40 years or so

It is when you are attempting to claim some kind of credential to chew someone else's ass.
 

Now about history, are you going to tell me there were no race riots aboard ships off the Coast of Nam.??

Go on tell me there was no General in Nam that made his officers salute his pet duck or sent medic evack choppers into Saigon for Pizza.

Then Explain to me the navy ships in the 80's that had a crew of USN sailors and all Officers were Merchant Marine.    Or did I just dream doing an AB rip off and re lagging the engine room on the Kings Port.???

 

With all due respect ---Stay off the Torpedo Juice and Cherry's.

Physician, heal thyself first.

[NHSparky]

My hubby before I knew him, lived in an apt with a bunch of sailors.  He got up one morning and there was nothing in the fridge but beer.  He drank one in front of the apt open window and some dickhead walking by reported him.  He had to go to counseling.  He hated beer, just drank that because it was all there was.   

Good thing I went through the pipeline and hit the boats when I did then.

Was a nub at prototype (S5G, Idaho Falls) when I had just gotten off of mids (8PM to 8AM) and was downing my second beer, still in dungarees, Sunday morning, when a couple of Mormon missionaries show up and want to talk to me and convince me to come to church.  Yeah, you can imagine how that went over.

I won't name names, but I know guys who were supposed to be doing plant startups instead sleeping it off behind the CRDM fuse panel.  Better still, guys so hung over they did an entire reactor startup and didn't remember it afterwards.  Oh, that was a good day, lemme tell ya...

[NHSparky]

I can't find anything to support this. unless you link in the story its opinion and here say

Your Google-Fu is weak, noob...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nimitz_%28CVN-68%29

On 26 May 1981, an EA-6B Prowler crashed on the flight deck, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.[6] Forensic testing conducted found that several members of the deceased flight deck crew tested positive for marijuana. As a result of this incident, President Ronald Reagan instituted a "Zero Tolerance" drug policy across all of the armed services, which started the mandatory drug testing of all U.S. service personnel.

[NHSparky]

You Sir or Madam are a nincome poop.

There is something most different between telling a lie and misremembering something from the past that you witnessed. 

Not only were we able to watch on TV the family's waiting and get updates of the unfolding tragedy but we had newspapers and WSUB radio giving much conflicting information hour to hour.  Groton was a SUB comunity and my navy housing held hundreds of family's with husbands on the boats.

When this happend the dependants of the SSBN my hubby was on kept my phone ringing off the hook as the boat was due to leave for patroll in 48 hours from the Locks in Scottland.[ Blue Crew]

For 3 firkin months we at that time would have no idea if our boat had gone down also.

It is not a frigging lie to get those two ports confused after 40 years or so, and each time the boat was on rotation from Blue to Gold crew we and the crew still had no idea what happend, It was a few years until they found the Scorpion and made us more anxious.
 
Now about history, are you going to tell me there were no race riots aboard ships off the Coast of Nam.??

Go on tell me there was no General in Nam that made his officers salute his pet duck or sent medic evack choppers into Saigon for Pizza.

Then Explain to me the navy ships in the 80's that had a crew of USN sailors and all Officers were Merchant Marine.    Or did I just dream doing an AB rip off and re lagging the engine room on the Kings Port.???

With all due respect ---Stay off the Torpedo Juice and Cherry's.

As the resident bubblehead here, Vesta, you're so ****ing full of shit your eyes are brown.  We'll just leave it at that.

And for the record, it was five months, not "several years".  Special Projects found the boat in October 1968.

[namvet]

Your Google-Fu is weak, noob...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nimitz_%28CVN-68%29

thanks for link. and the insult

[dandi]

thanks for link. and the insult

Don't take it personal, man.  "Noob" is probably the lightest jab you've ever been served by your active duty brethren, I would suspect.

[Gina]

thanks for link. and the insult

Not an insult.  Term of endearment 

[namvet]

Noob:
know little and have no will to learn any more. They expect people to do the work for them and then expect to get praised about it, and make up a unique species of their own. maybe butt nose and I can have dinner and discuss it. 

BTY I don't use goggles because of security threats.

[TexasCop]

BTY I don't use goggles because of security threats.

[namvet]

[TexasCop]

LOL, nice.   

[dandi]

Noob:
know little and have no will to learn any more. They expect people to do the work for them and then expect to get praised about it, and make up a unique species of their own. maybe butt nose and I can have dinner and discuss it. 

Nah, "noob" as in new here.

BTY I don't use goggles because of security threats.

BTY?  Goggles because of security threats?

 

[Gina]

 

My fertility doctor has something like this in his office 

[dutch508]

Nah, "noob" as in new here.

BTY?  Goggles because of security threats?

 

How about FNG?

bitchslaps for everyone for being whiny.

[namvet]

I use the Binger and my ISP for search. my security system and secuina lite up Goggles in red.

[dandi]

 

My fertility doctor has something like this in his office 

You oughta come see me.  My tools aren't nearly as painful looking and I charge much less.

 

 

[dandi]

I use the Binger and my ISP for search. my security system and secuina lite up Goggles in red.

Still not following you....

[Gina]

You oughta come see me.  My tools aren't nearly as painful looking and I charge much less.

 

 

but if I pay for something I want it done right  

[asdf2231]

You Sir or Madam are a nincome poop.

There is something most different between telling a lie and misremembering something from the past that you witnessed. 

Not only were we able to watch on TV the family's waiting and get updates of the unfolding tragedy but we had newspapers and WSUB radio giving much conflicting information hour to hour.  Groton was a SUB comunity and my navy housing held hundreds of family's with husbands on the boats.
With all due respect ---Stay off the Torpedo Juice and Cherry's.

Let me tell you sweetheart Gena, the day the Scorpion went missing I saw hundreds of family's waiting on the docks in Charleston waiting for the boat to arrive.     The Navy knew there was a huge problem and allowed the dependents to gather waiting for their loved ones that the Navy knew most likely would never arrive.   Unbelievable the family's were put through this.

You watched no such thing, lunatic.  There was no media coverage of them waiting on the pier, there were no camera crews interviewing them on the ship where they waited out of the rain, There was nothing official until the Navy said so, vesta, and the damned media wasn't allowed near those piers for anything other than what the Navy wanted them to know.

Jesus, as an "expert" on everything Cold-war sub service, I would expect that you would know that.

Enough said.  And for the record you soused bitch, I'm the son of a career navy chief and cut my eye teeth on base housing furniture. I married an Army officer and MY kids cut their eye teeth on base housing furniture.  You are so full of shit its a wonder the cat doesnt spend all day flicking litter over you.

[namvet]

but if I pay for something I want it done right  

BTY is that Osama's heathcare doc ????

[namvet]

Still not following you....

Bing is one of many search engines

[Gina]

BTY is that Osama's heathcare doc ????

Ohhhhhhh no, my dr hates Obama.  Says he will quit soon because Obama is going to put him under with all of his crap.  I ain't letting no ****ing lib touch my lady bits.

[Thor]

I use the Binger and my ISP for search. my security system and secuina lite up Goggles in red.

Like Bing is any better..... MS is stealing Google's stuff to make Bing work. Look in the Computer Related Section. There are a myriad of search engines out there. Your security system is hyper-sensitive.....

[Thor]

Your Google-Fu is weak, noob...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nimitz_%28CVN-68%29

Those articles still don't mention the old suppressants that some of the aircrew were on. It IS a known fact, at least in the Airedale community of those times.

[vesta111]

Enough said.  And for the record you soused bitch, I'm the son of a career navy chief and cut my eye teeth on base housing furniture. I married an Army officer and MY kids cut their eye teeth on base housing furniture.  You are so full of shit its a wonder the cat doesnt spend all day flicking litter over you.

Nice so did my 4 kids ,so what,--- do you want a one on one.?

Grandfather was a navy Chief, Dad was a navy Chief and all 4 kids of mine had a Navy Chief  for a father at some times in their lives.

Base housing furniture, had it just once waiting for our own stuff to be shipped to us.

We all cut our teeth on the fact that we could not make life long friends as we moved from Port to Port.    Schools were different everywhere we went about the country.

Interesting that you married a Army Officer, were you in the military at that time?

My being raised by a Chief Knuckle Dragging Boson Diver Rigger was interesting and my kids got both sides of the story, father and grandfather Chief to Officer.

I loved my Dad not because of his rank but because of the shore time he spent with me.  Only in later years did I learn what a hard hat diver went through and admire him for his actions as such.

Now you should understand that as family we were just as proud of our men that were E3 as E6--the kids could not care if their Dad was Any rank, that was their Dad and they loved him.

You my dear seem to have a problem here, was your Dad a Chief Cook?

Get with the program here, it was the support the military men got from home that have kept them Steaming.