USO Canteen FReeper Style Salutes Norfolk Naval Base .... November 6,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I've got JUST the song for you in my mind, but I'm having trouble finding it...

[tomkow6]

...now get in the tub.

OK. Then what?

[tomkow6]

A telephone man joined the Army. As part of his basic training, he went
out on the rifle range. He fired 99 shots at the target, and missed the
target with every shot. His Drill Instructor tried to find out why.

"What’s the matter with you?" asked the DI. "Why can’t you hit the
target? What were you in civilian life?" "I was a telephone man,"
replied the new recruit, "and I don’t know why I can’t hit the target.
Let me see..."

The telephone man checked his rifle, checked his rifle again, and
checked his rifle a third time. He then put his finger in front of the
muzzle, pulled the trigger, and blew the end of his finger off.

"Well," the phone man said, writhing in pain, "the bullets are leaving
here fine. The trouble must be on the other end."

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

...now get in the tub.

OK. Then what?

82 posted on 11/06/2002 11:04 AM PST by tomkow6

Been that long, huh? Wow.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Check it out girls! We have a destroyer for transportation today. Duchess, make sure your Captain's uniform is pressed and ready. Radu and Jen, break out the Dramamine. Bunny, you can bounce all you want. LaDiva, snacks are in order and crumbs are ok. Bentfeather, plenty of room for any entertainment. This is Tonkin's (GMG3) ship! Today is Coast Guard Friday night, but maybe Tonk can give us a guided tour and learn us how to fire the big guns. This should be fun.

.....

Displacement: 2,616 tons (3,460 tons full load)

Length: 390 feet 6 inches

Beam: 40 feet 10 inches

Draught: 14 feet 4 inches (mean)

Machinery: 4- Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 2-shaft G.E.C. geared turbines

Performance: 60,000 shp for 36.8 knots

Bunkerage: 740 tons

Range: 4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots

Torpedoes: Ten 21 inch in two mounts

Guns: Six 5 inch DP; Twelve 40 mm; Eleven 20 mm

[Kathy in Alaska]

Huge hooray! Yes, Sir! Now, let's get back to conservatism. Thanks for the flyover of protection today in the shuttle, Aeronaut!

[Kathy in Alaska]

ROTFLMAO! Excellent Mr_Magoo, thanks. I'm off to email the office.

[Soaring Feather]

Hi Duchess, I have to bundle up it's very nasty, windy and cold here today.

I'm sad, I don't have a uniform to wear this evening. An evening gown is going to look stupid on this ship. BTW, I love big yatchs such as this!!

You know, I left my red gown in Canada yesterday. Coteblanche thinks it's not warm enough for me to wear in Canada, she is probably correct. It's called the Great White North for a reason. LOL

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Mash the Majority Leader.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I am READY, Kathy!! (You forgot to salute me. LOL)

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Hmmmm...well, I can't do a uniform (those are custom made you know, and well, I'm an officer, after all! LOL) - but if you're into shopping for a new civvy outfit, I think I can talk Jinxie into giving up the plastic. (Cote is right...brrrrrrrr!!)

[SAMWolf]

Good find Cote. Now let's see if they do anythnig with their control.

Senate Minority Leader, Daschle

I like the sound of that!

[SAMWolf]

B-52 Stratofortress! Bump



"Linebacker In The Buff"

B-52D 55-0094 surging east from Thailand to its target in Hanoi, to deliver a payload which helped end that difficult war. When the North Vietnamese were delaying the peace talks in 1972, President Nixon ordered the bombing of North Vietnam to start again, and, this time they were going to use B-52s. The code name for that operation was Linebacker. The "Buff" in the title? B-52 crews in S.E. Asia called the plane BUF, standing for Big Ugly ......



"Fill Up for the Cadillac"

A B-52H prepares for a mid air re-fueling.



"High Road to Hanoi"

B-52s on a "Linebacker II" raid over Hanoi, 1972.



"B-52s: They Keep On Ticking"

An early big-tailed B-52B side by side with a more contemporary B-52G which saw service during Operation Desert Storm.



"The Lone Star Lady"

Led by The Lone Star Lady, B-52 Stratofortresses based at Anderson AFB on the island of Guam, head for Hanoi, North Vietnam, during the Strategic Air Command's Operation Linebacker II during the Winter of 1972.

[SAMWolf]

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Connie Holen, a KC-10 Extender pilot from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, speaks to several of the Girl Scouts in Troop 004 at an overseas location about flying refueling missions over some of the world's wartorn countries. Her information helped the 16 girls in the troop earn their Global Awareness badges. U.S. Air Force Photo by Capt. Jim Fuchs

[Kathy in Alaska]

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

That's better! LOL

Captain Duchess

[tomkow6]