[VOA]

ping... even if it's not from The Big Stick, maybe some of the folks involved might
be friends of your son-in-law...
(just based on my civilian guess that it's a relatively small fraternity of these pilots...)

[doug from upland]

Thanks for the heads up. On his first tour of duty, a cable snapped while Josh was on deck. A fellow sailor not too far away was killed and nearly decapitated. The flight deck can be a dangerous place.