Today I am officially an Electronics Warfare operator. I took my final exam today which involved a shipboard simulation operating the SLQ-32 in the Persian Gulf under hostile situations. The scenario included several US and British ships along with hostile Russian and Iraqi forces.
Anyway I got an 86% on the exam. Yay me!
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
quote:with hostile Russian and Iraqi forces.
Russians??
Do you know something we don't?
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Nice one. Provided that errant 14% didn't involve sinking any Royal Navy ships. 8)
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Of course not Lee ... Besides, when the missiles were inbound I didn't have time to ID which allied ship they were heading to. Prehaps if I could more easily and quickly indentify it as the HMS Invincible I would have just happened to forget to jam them.
And yes First of Two, my security clearance ensures I'll always know something you don't. Posted by Grokca (Member # 722) on :
Congrats on passing Hobbes, hope you never have to use it for real.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Thanks, but what would be the point of learning missile matrixes for just about every country if I did not intend to use the knowledge.
I also got my overall class average for the 14 week school, 90%. Second in my class, but since it's also broken between male and female I'm also the top rated male in my class.
I don't know if I already mentioned it, but I'm going to San Diego, California onboard the USS Fitzgerald DDG-62. It's an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (guided-missile).
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Congrats!
What class phaser banks does that ship have!?! ;o)
Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
Well done!
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
Congrats, and welsome to the land of knowing things you can't tell people....
Posted by Nimpim (Member # 205) on :
"What class phaser banks does that ship have!?!"
Well if I'm not mistaken, it should have the Phalanx Gatling gun sys, and some small cannon fore and aft. Although it's all about the missiles nowadays...*sigh*
Posted by O Captain Mike Captain (Member # 709) on :
actually theyre changing continuity of what they should have at this point in history and they have laser pistols, with phase cannon being developed
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Congratulations on passing and doing so well!
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
USS Fitzgerald DDG-62, Arleigh Burke class multirole destroyer (Flight I/II), built at Bath Iron Works, Massachusetts, commissioned 1995. Pacific Fleet. Based out of San Diego, Group DesRon23. Crew of 337. Aft aviation flight deck with one SH-60B helicopter permantly assigned.
I don't know what most of that armament stuff stands for, but it's a nice looking ship.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
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A little background info on my ship...
quote:USS FITZGERALD (DDG 62) is the twelfth ship of the Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers. It was commissioned in Newport on 14 October, 1995.
Lieutenant William "Bill" Fitzgerald, a native of Montpelier, VT, enlisted in the Navy in 1956. He was selected for officer training in 1959, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1963.
LT Fitzgerald's first ship was the USS Charles H. Roan (DD 853), which was homeported in Newport. At the end of his tour aboard the ROAN, he was selected to be a Naval Advisor to the South Vietnamese Navy, Coastal Defense Group 16. He served 70 miles southeast of Danang, on the Song Ve River near village of Pho An.
On 7 Aug 67, they were overrun by Viet Cong forces. LT Fitzgerald ordered his men to evacuate and escape in their small patrol boats. LT Fitzgerald then stayed behind to provide covering fire and coordinate artillery and air strikes. All his men survived, but LT Fitzgerald was killed. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
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Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Is it OK for us to know all this?
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
If they kill you tomorrow, the answer is no
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
The Winston S. Churchill? Oh, of course, to differentiate it from the Winston Ray Churchill, named after the much-more-famous Congressman from North Dakota. I mean, really. . .
Posted by Nimpim (Member # 205) on :
I've never seen a bulbous bow like that. That's about the coolest ship one could be assigned to nowadays in the US navy, but I guess those ships, with their strategic importance and so, has a lot of brass on them. Strict rules, lots of yelling and anal officers, I'll gather. Or is it a small command?
Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
Nice work Nimmy!!
quote: And yes First of Two, my security clearance ensures I'll always know something you don't.
He he he he he he he ha ah ah ha ha ha ha ! That will keep him up nights!
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
I don't know what most of that armament stuff stands for, but it's a nice looking ship.
I'm not a Gunner's Mate so I'm not sure either. I do know what the CIWS is though. Close-In Weapons System. Fires 20mm rounds at inbound missiles. VLS stands for Vertical Launching System I think. The DDG launches missiles vertically just behind the 5in gun.
Posted by Nimpim (Member # 205) on :
Kosh: "Nice work Nimmy!!"
Mohuh?
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
Of course, I should have recognized the Phalanx system.
I'm curious what those Bushmaster things are... Posted by EdipisReks (Member # 510) on :
25mm Bushmaster cannons, maybe?
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
I meant what would they be used for. The "low-angle" thing seems weird.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Hobbes, lets just all hope you don't have to use any of your weapons. *join hands everybody*...
"We stand day and night, by the old cooling tower; They have the plant but we have the power" ;o)
"Where's my burrito! Where's my burrito!" ;o)
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
The 25mm Bushmaster is the main weapon on the M-2/M-3 Series Fighting Vehicle, and it's low-angle aspect is proably is to shoot at thing on and in the water, small terrorist boats coming along side and the such...
Posted by Nimpim (Member # 205) on :
Yes, all american warships will receive the 2002 upgrade for their short distance arms deployment, from enemy boats to terrorist boats. Talk about purpose-built!
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
quote:Originally posted by Hobbes: And yes First of Two, my security clearance ensures I'll always know something you don't.
That would depend on how high your clearance goes.
It's likely I'll always know something you don't, either... but the proper pronunciation of a species of icthyosaur that died out 43 million years ago probably isn't all that relevant. Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
How relevant is the correct spelling of "ichthyosaur", though?
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
Isn't it comforting to know we are all unique, just like everyone else....
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
When it comes to radar parameters and missile matrixes of every countries military, then yes I will know more than you most likely. For example all about the UK's Sea Eagle missile or Russia's Shipwreck missile such as designation codes, ranges, and elints.
Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
quote:For example all about the UK's Sea Eagle missile
We just tell you what we want you to think...
Provided you don't have one of those laptops from MoD those Navy types are always losing.
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Besides, when the missiles were inbound I didn't have time to ID which allied ship they were heading to. Prehaps if I could more easily and quickly indentify it as the HMS Invincible I would have just happened to forget to jam them. ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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