Gulf War, 25th Anniversary

[Malo83]

http://www.stripes.com/news/special-reports/the-gulf-war-25-year-anniversary
Was there with VAW-116, CVW2 aboard the USS Ranger CV61, 'Top Gun of the Pacific"

 

[wink]

http://www.stripes.com/news/special-reports/the-gulf-war-25-year-anniversary
Was there with VAW-116, CVW2 aboard the USS Ranger CV61, 'Top Gun of the Pacific"

Thanks for being there. Closest I came was a CRAF deployment with the airline and a warning order to mob to my fleet augment squadron. Neither happened. Appreciate your service.

 

[Alto53]

Was there with an H-53E VOD Det (HC-1, Det 2) operating out of Bahrain and Fujairah. Mostly taking care of the freighters and gators (back when the Navy was almost 600 ships), giving the big decks a wide berth when able. Did make drops on both BBs which was impressive and amusing, landed on the first one and trying to decipher the code for the next drop the Boss simply told us "about 20 miles NE and looks just like us, minus 123.4 off this freq!" Different time and circumstances, seems amazing it's already been 25 yrs.

 

[Homer J]

Spent a lot of time steaming around the Red Sea on the Saratoga.

 

[mad dog]

Spent a lot of time steaming around the Red Sea on the Saratoga.

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Tetris!!!

 

[hlg6016]

There is a Staff NCO in internetland having an aneurysm over those white socks.

 

[Homer J]

Tetris!!!

I was the Tetris Master. We also had Leisure Suit Larry.

 

[hlg6016]

I got out in June of '90 and was up to my eyeballs in dirty diapers and formula, It's all good though she has her degree and is working 2 jobs..

 

[picklesuit]

I was 10 and watching my dad do 12 hour night shifts at the Pentagon during the buildup was painful. Also watched my stepdad have a really bad VN flashback/dream following the CNN coverage of the AA defense of Baghdad...

Interesting times.

Oh, and I developed my intense hatred for Lee Greenwood too...

 

[jmcquate]

Brand new Strike Eagles and F-18D's.............old Weasel Rhinos, F-111s, Sparkvarks (seeing phantom MiGs), and Buccaneers buddy-lasing targets. Iowa class 16" guns reigning terror (and Iraqis surrendering to a targeting drone). And above all, the Marine Corps fucking up Schwarzkopf's timeframe by taking Kuwait City too quickly.

 

[brownshoe]

We also had Leisure Suit Larry.

I was way out of the Navy at this time (I'm old) but I did love playing all of the Sierra games (and I wasn't even on a boat tryin' to kill time).

 

[exNavyOffRec]

Spent a lot of time steaming around the Red Sea on the Saratoga.

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Is that a SNAP computer?

 

[Homer J]

Is that a SNAP computer?

Which one? The one I'm playing Tetris on is a Zenith 286. The other is a Honeywell work station of some kind that we used for tracking maintenance. I'm not familiar with the term, SNAP. I believe the system we used was NRMMS.