[anniegetyourgun]

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.

[martin_fierro]

"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?

[logic101.net]

Iraq; just do it so our boys can come home for a while!

MARK A SITY
http://www.logic101.net/

[martin_fierro]

BLESS YOU, BOYS (and girls)!

	Green shirts hook the planes to catapults, handle arresting (stopping) wire, and perform aircraft maintenance.	White shirts handle safety-related jobs, including final inspections of aircraft before they take off.
Blue shirts chain planes into position, put chocks under the wheels so the planes don't roll around, drive tractors that pull the airplanes, and operate elevators to get the planes on the flight deck.

[TSgt]

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!

[Taxman]

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!

[VOA]

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.

[VOA]

"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!