SJS, So two carriers or one? I can’t say, don’t know, and even if I did can’t talk about it. That being said, the media and some of their retired talking heads are playing up something out of nothing. We traded off with our relief and am now out in the IO cruising around Gonzo…
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SJS, I am sure that most of have heard of the new offensive where the Iraqi Army is trying to replace the various anti-government militias in cities such as Baghdad and Basra. So that has lead to us being extended here on our current line period. They have extended us twice because of the need…
USS Russell (DDG 59) underway for deployment. So what’s different about it? XO’s blogging ’bout it – you can follow via "The Destroyermen" link in the column to the right under "Navy Blogsphere" You also know him as the Yankee Sailor… bon chance y’all – it looks like it will be a most interesting deployment…
SJS, From our ship’s newspaper though the folks back home might get a laugh out of this: Sailors Rescue a Nocturnal Creature MC3 Damian Martinez When the words foreign object debris (FOD) come to mind the last thing someone thinks about is an owl. On the morning of March 17 on board USS Harry S….
(ed. Online Damage Control school/library here. – SJS) SJS, So it has been a couple of days since we pulled back out of our home away from home. I know, I know, I was just there; but the powers to be decided to vary our sked up so we showed back up. Spent the time…
Today’s postcard from Southern is a look at another side of life at sea and one that’s not always pleasant – the enforcement of good order and discipline. The further up the leadership chain one finds onself, the greater the expectations are for standards of conduct and professionalism – and the greater the penalties for…
Twenty-four/seven. No phrase better describes life aboard a deployed carrier than 24/7. No matter the time of day, somewhere on the floating, restless city something is going on. Come April, PBS will air what looks to be an excellent 10-hr series of life aboard the Nimitz, filmed during the entirety of her last deployment. We…
Southern drops another note from the sandbox this way – more time in Abu Dubai and, well, let’s just let him tell the story: Well it has now been about four days since we pulled out yet again from Dubai. This time unlike last time we were allowed into town. I have included some shots…
The Background: On 8 February 1965, a change to Bureau of Personnel Instruction 1210.4C authorized a new designator and name, Naval Flight Officer (NFO). The new designator was appropriate for “an unrestricted line officer, a member of the aeronautical organization . . .who may fill any billet not requiring actual control knowledge of an aircraft.”…
