Captain James A Kirk, Commander of the USS USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000)

Americas Navy ^ | 6/13/2013 | Americas Navy

[Dallas59]

Captain Kirk is a native of Bethesda, Maryland and raised in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He was commissioned at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1990 and has served in a variety of afloat and ashore billets as a Surface Warfare Officer. He has served afloat on destroyers, cruisers, frigates and staffs including USS Fife (DD 991), USS The Sullivans (DDG 68), USS Hue City (CG 66), USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), and as a Gas Turbine Inspector on the staff of Commander, Pacific Fleet. His most recent sea duty includes command of USS De Wert (FFG 45) and Operations Officer for Carrier Strike Group Seven, Ronald Reagan Strike Group. Ashore, Captain Kirk has served as Executive Assistant to the Navy’s Chief of Legislative Affairs and as an Action Officer on the Joint Staff. He has attended both the U.S. Naval War College and U. S. Army War College graduating with Masters Degrees in National Security Studies. He is currently serving as the Executive Assistant to the Director of Surface Warfare and is the prospective commanding officer of USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000).

[AlmaKing]

No one ever passes that test.

[FredZarguna]

just think, in the mirror universe there’s an evil Capt. Kirk.

And then there's this guy:

[Cvengr]

Naval gunfire is known for it’s flat trajectory.

[Bob]

At high enough angles of elevation, a 5-inch gun can be fired as it were a mortar. The fire control computers can handle reverse-slope fire. (Worst case, the chief can crank in some ACTH.)

[Bob]

Sorry -

ACTH = Arbitrary Correction To Hit

Also known as a ‘fudge factor’.

[class8601_nuke]

SecNav said that CVN-80 will be Enterprise (the 9th), but as someone pointed out, you gotta be a brown shoe to command a carrier. I miss my boat (Enterprise the 8th)

[X Fretensis]

The unit of measurement for an ACTH is the RCH.

[Bob]

Yes, it’s got to be red for the greatest accuracy.

[catfish1957]

Bet he prefers this name to Michael Bolton.

[FourtySeven]

What’s a brown shoe?

[PapaBear3625]

He was commissioned at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1990

He was commissioned in 1990, which means he was probably born around 1968, while the original Star Trek was running (it ran 1966-69). I'm going to guess that the father thought it would be cute for his son to grow up as "James Kirk".

[Flick Lives]

“Ahead warp factor... er... full.”

[Gunslingr3]

Naval gunfire is known for it’s flat trajectory.

Do you think that is how the 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun reaches 20+ miles, on a flat trajectory?

Besides, as explained the gun on the Zumwalt isn't conventional: link

[USNBandit]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

[USNBandit]

It’s a term that used to refer to Naval Aviators because they wore brown shoes. Like everything else in the Navy, in recent years they have allowed brown shoes for anybody. A “shoe” or “shoe warrior” is a slightly derogatory term for a surface officer. Bubblehead is the corresponding term for submariners.

[FourtySeven]

Thanks!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Missiles. I don’t know what the 5” set is doing, though.

Firing at a target that is off screen right?

[class8601_nuke]

someone in the naval aviation community (at least that was what they used to be called)

[SandRat]

Will William Shatner (the original Captain James T. Kirk be in attendance?)