CtheHammer

I suspect the first video was ordered down by the US Navy because some of the filming took place in spaces that may contain materials with some sort of classification. I would not be surprised if it doesn't come back. C

no, the video has been gone for the last several days C

Hehe, could one of you fellows from that side of the ocean translate that for this poor Georgia boy? I think some of that was English, but I'm really not sure . Just kidding, great story. C

hehe, I'm in NROTC and I get questioning looks from other ROTC peeps on campus like "are you not right in the head" when they find out that I am interested in putting in a packet to go to BUD/S after commissioning. C

I've seen the Discovery Channel's series on BUD/S Class 234 and I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night, does that count? C

Today, Friday September 16, 2005, is the national POW/MIA Recognition Day. I think that among this crowd there really isn't much more that needs to be said by me. C MIDN 2/c, USNR

The F-14 is for all practical purposes history at this point in the Navy. If any unit still uses them it's probably only for a few more months. Most of the Tomcat pilots are switching to the F-18 variants. The Seahawk serves as an ASW platform, but what it is being used for a lot in sandland is transport and as an airborne scout, checking out ships and other small boats. Flying off of cariers you also have C2 COD's, which serve as transport planes to bring mail, personnel and supplies to carriers. An airwing will have a complement of E-2C Hawkeyes, and I think may still have S-3 Vikings EA-6B Prowlers. The majority of the wing is going to be Hornets though. C

That's hilarious... C

I'm just a lowly Midshipman, but I bought On Killing last year in part just to read for information, but also as a reference for an English paper I was writing . I haven't actually read all of it (more like half), but I agree that it is an interesting and easy read while still taking a close examination of all the factors involved in one man killing another. Hopefully I will be able to get through the rest of the book sometime in the not too distant future. Then it looks like On Combat is a book that I am going to need to my hefty list of books for professional development. C

Last PFT I did back in April I ran 1.5 miles in 8:50. Still shooting for the max-out at 8:15. But yeah, 6 minutes for a mile is a good pace. For longer distance something in the 7-8 minute mile pace is not bad. Whiteknight-the Marine Officer Instructor at my unit typically runs our 1.5 mile with us each semester, and he smokes every last one of us (except for the Sub LT that just left us, man that LT could run). The CO of my unit (a Navy O-6 probably in his mid 50's) also usually beats about 85-90% of the people in my unit and likes to run marathons for fun. C

Four SEALs died during the Panama operation; four more died in Grenada. Forty-nine died in Vietnam. Countless numbers have been killed in training accidents. Some have surely been killed doing things we'll never know about. But officially this would be the worst loss for the Teams in their entire short history. And it isn't even over, since as far as I know there is still one SEAL still missing out there. C

My dad went down to Florida yesterday to get my great-grandmother, and then yesterday afternoon/night my uncle brought himself and his two kids up from Mobile. We were never able to convince my granddad that he and my grandmother need to come up as well, so they are sitting down there weathering it out. And yes, he is very stubborn. C

Hartsfield is such a fun airport, eh (I'm assuming that's where you flew out of and back into)? C

I actually got the chance to hear the Commandant of the Marine Corps speak a little over a week ago, and if I remember correctly he said that the first MV-22 squadron should be operational sometime in '06. Now all the Marines need to get is the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, and the replacements for the SAW and the M-16 (not sure if the Marines are also looking to replace the M-16, but the Commandant did say they were working on a replacement for the SAW) and they can kick a** like never before. C

I think it doesn't matter who wins, they will both get record deals. C