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I KNEW somebody had to ask this qwexion. I've beem wondering when somebody would raise the issue. I heard tell that the "libs" are all in a tizzy because some Dems showed up on Fox. What a bunch of nonsense.

That would or could never happen in the conservative "world" just because of conservative principles. EVERYBODY on this board KNOWS that I'm a jackass. Anywasys, just WHAT is your point

I've watched the first three 2-hr episodes when instead I should've been studying for my "quals".

I've found a new respect, lets polish the patina off the copper or silver, and lets let it shine!

Quite frankly I believe the show was done with respect to the service that service members provided. I believe that the progrmm offered sufficient difference of opionion given the flux that our political system is in. The program attempted to establish the "righteousness" of U.S. military action and was inconclusive. One thing certain is that command authority had't allowed Navy bombs to be dropped. That wss an issue of major contention presented. I'm not certain about the details and it IS PBS so I don't konw enough to make an educated stupid concerning that.

The repeated shots of the "boat" by the air-camera whree nice. That especially so when the sea began to heave. Whoever put this thing together knew EXACTLY what they were doing.

I KNOW for a fact that I'd puke. I'm astonished at the modern warship larder.

As far as being initiated into the "Court of King Neptune", I'm ambivialnt concerning the regulations imposeed upon the ceremonies. I have a certificate of something of that nature from when I was a "baby"/toddler (I have no recollection of that event); it was back in the mid 1960's though.

Frankly, I thought the program so far to be awesome (considering it to be a PBS production).

I especially enjoyed how the program editors juxtapostioned contrasting viewpoints against each other. The bottem line is that these individuals are kicking ass. The portraylal of sense of comaraderie is exquisite. What the program showed is what I remember.

[You in the Air Force?] (sic?) You'd have to marry another man.
Its not possible; you know your parents." I've been slack jawed watching the program so far. I have to see the program tonight to see if its all been a waste of time; they're home now.

Two episodes that I truly enjoyed was the "Captains Mast" and the CO getting briefed on rescue operations.

It comes back to it again and again: wiley ol' grizled vetrans.

I was stunned to see the Capt. Mast from both sides; firstly because I initiated Capt. Mast during "inter-collegiate" tech-school.

What the program drove home to me wss a presentation on a "microcosm" scale, "we" are all dependent upon each other. That is true from top to bottem, bottem to top and vice versa.

That aircraft carrier IS the United States of America; sometimes the CO is going to have to get off the boat and deal with the natives.

The question remains if the "CO" is that of the U.S.A. (or the "boat") and is it explicit or conveniant.

One thing certain is that command authority had't allowed Navy bombs to be dropped.

I think this really soured a lot of people's attitudes on the Nimitz at that time about what we were doing in Iraq. I can see why - they felt like they had trained hard for the big game, were suited up and on the sidelines, and then that happens.

Frankly, I thought the program so far to be awesome (considering it to be a PBS production).

Mel Gibson's company produced it. It may have been funded by PBS, but Mel Gibson's company was the one doing production/editing (well the DoD had their say in what could be shown after filming was done, as did the individuals).

People bitch about these kids (and they forget what it's like being 18 - for some of us, myself included, that was over 40 years ago), but the fact is, if they weren't doing their jobs, we've have billions of dollars worth of F-18s sitting on the bottom of the ocean.