The Old Navy (thread split)

[Godspeed]

Deception Pass is gorgeous, my favorite place in WA easily. Seeing an A-6 under that bridge would have been one hell of a sight.

That is weird man; hearing you guys talk about the bridge. Thats home sweet home. My uncle and I used to throw the biggest **** off of it we could find back when I was a kid. Now you guys are talking about flying under it at 500 knots? Impressive. I definitely have to tack that sh*t on to my to do list.

 

[Brett327]

Impressive. I definitely have to tack that sh*t on to my to do list.

That's going to be a challenge as a SUPO

Brett

 

[skidkid]

I have this friend who flew under the Golden Gate this one time but he'll never tell, or share the pictures on the net. I know I know the Coasties do it all the time but it is still cool

 

[SteveG75]

I have this friend who flew under the Golden Gate this one time but he'll never tell, or share the pictures on the net. I know I know the Coasties do it all the time but it is still cool

That is no big deal. Everytime we pulled the carrier into Alameda (my first two cruises), the helos flew under the Golden Gate all the time.

I love the story about the A-6 that lost the top 8" of the tail to a logging cable in the PI. Uncharted cables, gotta love 'em.

 

[Godspeed]

That's going to be a challenge as a SUPO

Brett

HARDE F***in HAR. The quality of sh*t I get from you guys is unparalleled, hence why I keep coming back. I very well might end up being a suppo, and a good one at that, but I intend on taking every opportunity possible to lat, or redesignate.... Working on a redes package right now actually. Worse case scenario, I will fly under it in a 172. Either way, it is possible

 

[ChuckMK23]

Talking about the "good old days" - before the "zero defect mentality" of todays officer performance standards...

Is the concept of getting put "in hack" still around on the boat? It used to be all young nuggets did something stupid enough to deserve admonishment - but your CO would never actually document your screw ups - instead handing out a little discrete administrative punishment that never made it to your records. Every JO worth his salt found himself "in hack" on a cruise at least once...

We flew a flight of 2 '46's under the George Washington Bridge once - during Fleet Week - My roommate was the HAC - and PAC - and indeed found himself in hack for a week for that stunt once word leaked out..

ANother example was a junior H2P taking the crypto gear out of the aircraft to the hotel in France, leaving said crypto and forgetting about it under the bed in his hotel room (he remembered in time before housekeeping could sell it to the Ruskies!).... This guy is a CDR now and squadron CO. Had that ever appeared on his "official" record he never would have had the chance at command - and the Navy would have lost a great guy and a very talented leader.

Back in the days when the Navy wasn't so by the book "corporate".

 

[A4sForever]

"OLD NAVY" ??? You don't know what "OLD NAVY" is ...

Now, THIS IS "OLD NAVY" ... and this is where this thread is going .... stay onboard if you want to discuss the "old" Navy.

P.S. --- and there won't be any such thing as an "OLD resurected THREAD", since we're talking "OLD NAVY", right ??? what a sweet '03, by the way ...

 

[Pags]

It's just a shame that so many folks are concerned about covering their own asses. It seems that back in the day, COs would cover up a minor incident for the JOs and the admirals couldn't care less as long as they never heard about it. I remember a friend telling me how when his dad was a JO in Norfolk he made a mini-bike and rode it through the Club during the USMC bday ball. All he got was a slap on the wrist. Nowadays you'd find yourself working a real job before you could even make up an excuse.

 

[Brett327]

It's just a shame that so many folks are concerned about covering their own asses. It seems that back in the day, COs would cover up a minor incident for the JOs and the admirals couldn't care less as long as they never heard about it. I remember a friend telling me how when his dad was a JO in Norfolk he made a mini-bike and rode it through the Club during the USMC bday ball. All he got was a slap on the wrist. Nowadays you'd find yourself working a real job before you could even make up an excuse.

I dunno, things at the "Balls" still get pretty frisky. Besides everybody being completely sh!tfaced, I've seen squadron COs tossed into the waterworks in their mess dress and guys walking around with their junk hanging out, and the ubiquitous roll throwing (degenerates into all out food fight) at the Prowler Ball.

Good times,

Brett

 

[PropStop]

A4's, that rifle he's holding, springfield of 1903? Looks just like the WWI battle rifle (springfield of 1903, made by remmington in 1917) my grandfather left me...

Yeah, not so much on the covering stupid BS now adays.

We tried an "official" JO take an O-4's parking spot friday...it didn't go over so well....

 

[Pags]

I dunno, things at the "Balls" still get pretty frisky. Besides everybody being completely sh!tfaced, I've seen squadron COs tossed into the waterworks in their mess dress and guys walking around with their junk hanging out, and the ubiquitous roll throwing (degenerates into all out food fight) at the Prowler Ball.

Good times,

Brett

I don't think this guy was involved in the USMC ball. He was just some USN JO with some spare time and a mini bike (and i'm guessing some hooch).

I remember our Dining In getting a tad out of hand at times. I don't think that waitress was happy when she got hit in the head with a roll.

 

[bunk22]

I dunno, things at the "Balls" still get pretty frisky. Besides everybody being completely sh!tfaced, I've seen squadron COs tossed into the waterworks in their mess dress and guys walking around with their junk hanging out, and the ubiquitous roll throwing (degenerates into all out food fight) at the Prowler Ball.

Good times,

Brett

Definitely still some crazy types willing to let it all hang out. I've seen a fellow E-2 pilot nude up next to the lens during FCLP's (that was ****ing funny), the sack hanging out during the drinking binge at the local restaurant, wives and girlfriends nuding up and making out at the admin, crazy party's, strippers, hookers, etc. It's just much less acceptable now days, especially with the zero tolerance and zero defects like somebody already mentioned above.

 

[A4sForever]

A4's, that rifle he's holding, springfield of 1903? Looks just like the WWI battle rifle (springfield of 1903, made by remmington in 1917) my grandfather left me.......

Yes, that's a Springfield in the picture, and a really nice appearing one, too. Sand Pebbles spared nothing in the art or prop departments. It has the original style fingergrip stock, possibly a single-bolt stock (early-- kind of hard to tell in the picture) with high handguard. It even has the correct configuration with the 1917 pattern leather sling and front-sight hood (cover). I guess -- it could also be a Rock Island '03 -- but it's probably a Springfield. Remington made '03's, but only just before WW2 for the Brits when they were in dire need of shoulder arms after the BEF had left their SMLEs on the beaches of Dunkirk.

EDIT: better pix

U.S. SPRINGFIELD MODEL M1903 RIFLE, Cal. 30-06


Remington (along with Eddystone and Winchester) made the M1917 -- a different rifle than the Springfield. The 1917 was actually a U.S. version of the British Enfield .303 caliber P14 rifle. It was the rifle used by Sgt York when he did the deed, banged a bunch of Boche, and won the MOH. The 1917 wasn't used by the Navy too much -- the Navy liked Springfields, shotguns, 1911's, BAR's, and, of course the Thompson SMG for their boarding parties and shipboard armories.

US Rifle M1917, Cal. 30-06 (a.k.a. Enfield 1917)

 

[VetteMuscle427]

The 1917 was actually a U.S. version of the British Enfield .303 caliber P14 rifle. It was the rifle used by Sgt York when he did the deed, banged a bunch of Boche, and won the MOH. The 1917 wasn't used by the Navy too much -- the Navy liked Springfields, shotguns, 1911's, BAR's, and, of course the Thompson SMG for their boarding parties and shipboard armories.

Do my eyes decieve me?!?!?! A4s is wrong?!?!?! Sgt. York used a 1903 when he won the MOH. His unit was equipped with the 1917, but he traded his for a 1903, he didn't like the peep sight on the 1917.

Look in the March 2005 edition of American Rifleman for a nice article on Sgt. York.

 

[Mayday]

Sorry to threadjack, but this auto google ad just popped up above this thread, and it pissed me off.

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WTF is this?? Gay Singles in the Navy supposedly soliciting online?

I know they exist, but it better be @ssholes dressed up in sailor costumes, not homo's breaking the don't-ask-don't-tell.

I suppose that's something else in the Old Navy you didn't have to deal with, A-4's.