1 posted on
03/10/2003 4:06:56 AM PST by
kattracks
To: kattracks
I have toured this incredible ship....she's a beauty to behold. I do, however, hope this group can aid in making short work of Saddam and get home soon.
To: kattracks
"Yellow is basically anybody who takes direct control of an aeroplane," he said. What, is this Reuters author from the 1920s? English is a second language?
3 posted on
03/10/2003 5:04:15 AM PST by
martin_fierro
(SOUTH American Idol)
To: kattracks
To: kattracks
5 posted on
03/10/2003 5:19:10 AM PST by
martin_fierro
(SOUTH American Idol)
To: kattracks
In 00' I had the honor of visiting the USS John C. Stennis while it was in the Persian Gulf. This Air Force guy has a whole new respect for how hard our Navy counterparts work.
Hang in their boys and girls!
6 posted on
03/10/2003 5:36:09 AM PST by
TSgt
(“If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.” - General George S. Patton)
To: kattracks
Good find, good post.
I would urge any FReeper who has the chance to visit one of our Navy's finest to do so. If you can hornswoggle an invitation to go to sea on the Family Day Cruise that all carriers sponsor, by all means, do so! It is an experience you will never forget.
If you are really hooked, join the Navy League. Navy Leaguers are routinely invited to visit and take short cruises in Navy ships.
Having said all that, this proud retired old "Tailhooker" can think of no place he would rather be (if he were just a few years younger!) than in the air over Iraq, strapped to a fully armed F&A 18, helping to put an end to Saddam's international reign of terror!
GO NAVY!
8 posted on
03/10/2003 6:47:33 AM PST by
Taxman
To: kattracks; doug from upland
The hottest fashion item aboard the Abraham Lincoln is a T-shirt with a U-turn sign and
the catch-phrase "Get over it", urging the carrier's 5,500 sailors to bury the
disappointment they felt when their homebound journey was interrupted with an order
to return to the Gulf as part of U.S. pressure on Iraq.
Somewhere in heaven, WWII cartoonist Bill Mauldin is smiling at these
"Willie and Joe" messages...at sea for a change.
9 posted on
03/10/2003 8:16:25 AM PST by
VOA
To: kattracks
"When I get out of my suit I'm drenched in sweat from head to toe," said Nathan Sotello,
19, from Midland, Texas.
Summers in Midland, Texas...good preparation for these working conditions!
12 posted on
03/10/2003 12:22:45 PM PST by
VOA
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