Navy's sea sick move (Navy Ships drag race at sea)

NY Post ^ | 3/04/2010 | Andy Soltis

[Blood of Tyrants]

But Graf, the first woman ever to command a guided-missile cruiser, was separately found guilty of "cruelty and maltreatment" of her crew and conduct unbecoming an officer.

Anyone want to guess her sexual preferences?

[chemicalman]

That's not close.

Close is when you can hand the other shipmates a few beers.

[IncPen]

I don’t think they want to know what we used to do in F-4s & F-111s...

Mile high club. You don't have to brag...

[papasmurf]

Damn the regs. GUILTY!!!

[FatherFig1o155]

Ouch!

[Tamatoa]

Normal for military vessels to have a little races in the open oceans. The sailors get a kick from it.

[Blood of Tyrants]

There were other charges she was convicted of including ‘cruelty and maltreatment” of her crew’. There are enough a$$holes in the Navy, I personally met several hundred of them. The Navy is better off without her.

[Mr Rogers]

Mitt Romney in the Navy? Or is it just the hat...

[Renderofveils]

They named a destroyer McCain? Interesting.

[crghill]

Amen brother...amen

[GeronL]

Didn’t another female Navy Captain just get fired??

[FatherFig1o155]

My thought exactly.

If our forces live with caution too long, they may freeze when the poop hits the fan.

Take the girly-boy who ratted out his CO. Is this what we want in our fighting men and women?

Better to let them test some limits now so they can perform that much better when the time comes...

[GeronL]

Same lady? wow

[Thumper1960]

Well..........................we certainly wouldn’t want anyone doing anything dangerous out there, would we.

[Frantzie]

I hope the USS J.D. Hayworth sinks the SS Juan McCain.

[dalereed]

“And those are not so dangerous as landing on the carrier at night.”

Did 3 hours on the S-3 simulator at North Island a few years ago when my nephew, a commander, was stationed there.

On my first 3 attempts I wiped out on short final since all my hours were in my own plane with the throttle controls in the center console and I cross controlled between the stick and throttle.

I made the next 7.

The best part was flying the whole San Diego area including flying under the Coronado Bridge.

[WesternPacific]

Wow, and I thought Adm. Zumwalt was going to ruin the Navy!

[GatorGirl]

McCain’s father and grandfather were both Admirals.

[ruptured duck]

The ship is named after Sen McCain’s Father and Grand Father, both of whom were 4 star admirals.

[ruptured duck]

Odd they are making a big deal out of drag racing. When ever our destroyer squadron put to sea, we would always practice maneuvering as a unit. 70%-80% of the time, the final maneuver was a line abreast at top speed (aka a drag race)