Going to the boat
Nov 20, 2014 18:54:08 #
fbluhm wrote:
Great video - thanks for posting. If any of our ex-Navy pilots who come on here occasionally are watching, I 'm wondering: if a marine pilot enjoyed flying off carriers a lot, and was good at it, would it be feasible, or smart, for that matter, to change services and go into the navy?
There were a marine squadron of F-4's onboard (attached)
a couple of our cruises.. so yes ..the Marines do get to fly off of carriers..VMFA-333 I think was one of the shipboard squadrons
Nov 20, 2014 18:58:54 #
Old Salt wrote:
Thank you bcheary :thumbup:
No, thank you. :thumbup: :thumbup: :-D
Nov 20, 2014 20:52:18 #
This is a picture from a slide on board my boat ..Yea.. we always called it the "Boat" USS America in 72-73 off the coast of Nam .. yea I know .. the picture leaves a lot to be desired.. first real camera and a fast plain.. Minolta SRT 101 .. proof Marines get stationed onboard "BIG" Boats also .. notice the planes were pretty much armed !
Nov 20, 2014 21:09:19 #
I have no clue where you got your Avitar, but that is an exact replica of my uncle "Clem". He served in WWII as a Navy Seaman First Class. Still alive, kicking, drives his own car, drink his Jack Daniels and likes to think he's still a ladies man. LOL....he's 91 years young
Old Salt wrote:
There were a marine squadron of F-4's onboard (attached)
a couple of our cruises.. so yes ..the Marines do get to fly off of carriers..VMFA-333 I think was one of the shipboard squadrons
a couple of our cruises.. so yes ..the Marines do get to fly off of carriers..VMFA-333 I think was one of the shipboard squadrons
Nov 20, 2014 21:17:19 #
Old Salt wrote:
This is a picture from a slide on board my boat ..Yea.. we always called it the "Boat" USS America in 72-73 off the coast of Nam .. yea I know .. the picture leaves a lot to be desired.. first real camera and a fast plain.. Minolta SRT 101 .. proof Marines get stationed onboard "BIG" Boats also .. notice the planes were pretty much armed !
Outstanding. Thank you for sharing. Loved the messages on the bombs. :thumbup: :thumbup: :-D
Nov 20, 2014 21:54:42 #
Old Salt wrote:
This is a picture from a slide on board my boat ..Yea.. we always called it the "Boat" USS America in 72-73 off the coast of Nam .. yea I know .. the picture leaves a lot to be desired.. first real camera and a fast plain.. Minolta SRT 101 .. proof Marines get stationed onboard "BIG" Boats also .. notice the planes were pretty much armed !
While in Vietnam (67-69), I believe some of the shooters used minoltas, although I not sure of the SRTs were around then. Most of he guys had Nikons or Leicas. The Canon AE-1 came out in the early 70s.
Nov 20, 2014 21:58:32 #
bcheary wrote:
Outstanding. Thank you for sharing. Loved the messages on the bombs. :thumbup: :thumbup: :-D
Once in a while, while firing 105s, we'd write "VC - breakfast of champions" on the casings. In 1986, Crazy Shirts, located in downtown Honolulu, came out with a T-shirt with that saying on it.
Nov 20, 2014 22:05:21 #
fbluhm wrote:
Once in a while, while firing 105s, we'd write "VC - breakfast of champions" on the casings. In 1986, Crazy Shirts, located in downtown Honolulu, came out with a T-shirt with that saying on it.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :-D
Nov 20, 2014 23:01:00 #
brings back some good memories great video.I wasn't a pilot but was part of the deck crew who parked them on the flight deck.waching them land an take off was a lot of fun.had to keep your head on a swivel when working on the flight deck.Vietnam 1969 and70. saw some land that were pretty shot up don't know how they made it on deck.
Nov 20, 2014 23:03:41 #
the hiker wrote:
brings back some good memories great video.I wasn't a pilot but was part of the deck crew who parked them on the flight deck.waching them land an take off was a lot of fun.had to keep your head on a swivel when working on the flight deck.Vietnam 1969 and70. saw some land that were pretty shot up don't know how they made it on deck.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :-D Thank you for your service to our country. :-D
Nov 20, 2014 23:12:18 #
the hiker wrote:
brings back some good memories great video.I wasn't a pilot but was part of the deck crew who parked them on the flight deck.waching them land an take off was a lot of fun.had to keep your head on a swivel when working on the flight deck.Vietnam 1969 and70. saw some land that were pretty shot up don't know how they made it on deck.
Have always been told that working on a carrier - at least on the flight deck - is one of the most, if not the most, dangerous jobs in the Navy. From my experience, life for the guys on the river boats wasn't all that pleasant either.
Nov 21, 2014 00:00:48 #
knew a few guys that were on the river boats the stories they told were scarey.they always made me think about the P.T boats from world war II. Carrier life was easy compared to what they had to deal with everyday.
Nov 21, 2014 01:03:57 #
the hiker wrote:
knew a few guys that were on the river boats the stories they told were scarey.they always made me think about the P.T boats from world war II. Carrier life was easy compared to what they had to deal with everyday.
I was in the Army. We had some of those boats, too. I never served on one myself, but I probably heard some of the same stories you did. And you're right - they did remind me of WWII era PT boats. I think the boats used in Vietnam were better constructed, though.
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