My mother's friend's husband is the commanding officer of the Bremerton naval base, but I don't know if I've ever met the guy. Could have toured his boat, though, back when he had one. Damn me and my not getting a neat tour of a submarine!
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But this would have been a tour of whatever boat it was my mother's friend's husband was recieving command of, and would have been awesome in a different, or at least more modern way.
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That's true. I took two Tiger Cruises on a Spruance-class Destroyer, USS Fletcher DD-992, the tour didn't cover many areas of the ship needless to say.
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Congrats, Hobbes! Wish I could say that we might meet up one day, but unfortunately I've turned over to the dark side. But who knows...I may yet find a way into the Navy yet. But good luck and fair winds!
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Make whatever gay sailor reference you want, truth is I'd rather be safe on a ship in the Navy than out in front lines of combat in the Army. I didn't join the military so I could fight some war and kill people or get killed, I joined because I need a good job and am looking for something more than anything here in South Carolina.
It's crossed my mind to take college classes while in the Navy, they even get professors to come out on the ship. By the time I get out I can have a college diploma. And if I for some reason decide to stay in the Navy, with that diploma I can be an officer and become a F-14 or F-18 pilot. Flying a Tomcat seems like the ultimate thrill, something I've wanted to do since seeing Top Gun.
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There is. I believe its 25 or 27 or thereabouts. And they're retiring the Tomcat, any Tomcat pilot doesn't have much of a future as a Tomcat pilot - I doubt they're even training them anymore.
And supposedly Tomcats are bitches to fly, or at least to land. It takes one crafty motherfucking pilot to land one of those on a carrier.
And yeah, I'm over here with the big bad guys in blue that don't like to get dirty or PT a whole lot. Or really anything that involves touching 'icky' things. No matter my future, though, my allegiance will always lie with the Navy. Nobody gives a rat's ass about the Army-Air Force game.
Ever think about the Silent Service? Or the Seabees? Seabees are hardcore, they can build a particle accelerator out of bamboo and chewing gum faster than you can say, "McGuiver sucks." And they'll do it while being shot at.
But I digress, good luck, Mr. Hobbes.
::tries to think of a Horatio Hornblower joke::
::fails::
And remember, if Homer Simpson ever becomes captain of your ship, just set a course for Rigel 7.
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quote:There is. I believe its 25 or 27 or thereabouts. And they're retiring the Tomcat, any Tomcat pilot doesn't have much of a future as a Tomcat pilot - I doubt they're even training them anymore.
The F-14 is far from obsolete, it is still the main fleet defence fighter and with the retirment of the A-6 intruder F-14's have found a new life as bombers to supplement the F-18's.
F-14s are also used in the fleet recon role, in association with the E-2 Hawkeye's to provide the fleet with its own recon. The F-18 is crowding into the F-14 job description but the F-18 is no where near an all out fighter.
Hobbes : I dont know if the navy has Warrant Officers but I know a friend who is an Army Apache pilot, he went from working on them as a PFC to piloting them after getting his associates degree through the army and has already been sent to OCS after he got his BS on his way to his butter bars.
He enlisted in hopes of getting some job training and just took the army for a ride all the way to a college degree, no one ever expected to see this guy with a degree but with the oppertunities in the military it would be a shame not to follow up.
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Actually I know the F-14 is being replaced by the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet.
The Navy has Warrant Officers, W-2 through W-4. W-1 was discontinued.
I don't have all the facts yet, but with a college diploma I ought to become an ensign and take flight school in Maryland. I'm 20 now, I'd be 25 by then. I haven't decided either way though. I just thought it was an interesting idea.
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