To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
The Nimitz will arrive too late to see anything except mop-up action, but the boys at the Lincoln will deserve a trip home.
2 posted on
02/26/2003 6:36:21 PM PST by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
We need to put the ole jack-slap on Saddam real quick like.
To: Dog Gone
Sounds rather cavalier to me.
I played the carrier deployment game for over 20 years -- and in my humbly opinion, "If something can go wrong, it will." to turn the old phrase. I suspect that this one will not quite be the walk in the park that we all hope for. And, even if it goes smoothly, I remember one night in the Norwegian sea in the fall of '57 when in one launch cycle Saratoga lost three naval aviators and our Air Group in Essex lost eight...for a total of 11 deaths in 1.8 hours.
That my friend is what this is all about. And, 10 months away from home in "peacetime" IS one hellova deployment schedule -- in any man's language.
Tuff ball game DG. Treat it seriously. Respy, DKP/Coronado
19 posted on
02/26/2003 8:44:21 PM PST by
dk/coro
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