1966 carrier ops

[Diggun]

I urge you to watch the link below. 1966 carrier documentary on HMS Eagle. I found it very affecting. 

 

 

 

Also, the SIZE OF THE OFFICERS MESS on that thing is, frankly, mental. 

Edited January 15, 2019 by Diggun

[Hoss]

A little different from the US Navy.........  no one brought us Tea to the berthing compartment...................  The officers mess is called the Wardroom on US ships.  I usually slept right below the Port Bow cat on O2/69/0Q.  Cracked me up hearing them say the Time Oh, seven double oh seven............  if you said oh for zero you did a shit load of push ups in boot camp.  Oh meant Oh......... zero meant zero.............  we didn't use I (eye) or O in anything, so they are never confused with 1 or 0............  I got to go on the HMS Action while we were in Mombasa Kenya ate lunch while doing beach guard....our ship was anchored off shore (USS Constellation CV-64)......  about four or five months later the Action was destroyed in the Falklands.... wondered what happened to some of the guys I met.

 

Hoss

Edited January 16, 2019 by 325th_Hoss

[DD_Arthur]

Do you mean HMS Ardent, Hoss?

[JG7_X-Man]

On 1/15/2019 at 7:45 PM, 325th_Hoss said:

A little different from the US Navy.........  no one brought us Tea to the berthing compartment...................  The officers mess is called the Wardroom on US ships.  I usually slept right below the Port Bow cat on O2/69/0Q.  Cracked me up hearing them say the Time Oh, seven double oh seven............  if you said oh for zero you did a shit load of push ups in boot camp.  Oh meant Oh......... zero meant zero.............  we didn't use I (eye) or O in anything, so they are never confused with 1 or 0............  I got to go on the HMS Action while we were in Mombasa Kenya ate lunch while doing beach guard....our ship was anchored off shore (USS Constellation CV-64)......  about four or five months later the Action was destroyed in the Falklands.... wondered what happened to some of the guys I met.

 

Hoss

 

Thank you for your service! The only ship I was ever on was the USS San Bernardino (LST-1189) for a short hope b/w Subic Bay and Okinawa (with a 4 day stop in Hong Kong) OMG! flat bottoms are the worst!

[Hoss]

I did three cruises on the Connie, two on the Enterprise (CVN-65) and two on the Lincoln (CVN-72).  Can't believe I will be retired 22 years end of April.............  Sometimes I miss it...... sometimes..... especially when COMNAVWIFEPAC is giving me grief..........  I had a Gator Navy Cmdr sit on my Surface Board, he called us Airdales wingnuts...... LOL

 

Cheers

Hoss

[JG7_X-Man]

On 3/18/2019 at 6:45 PM, 325th_Hoss said:

".... especially when COMNAVWIFEPAC is giving me grief......"

 

Hahaha I hear ya dude! But they do keep us squared away!

Edited March 20, 2019 by JG7_X-Man