US Navy fires on Polish Port

[Big Biff]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/30/poland.us.navy.shoot/index.html

Wow... how does one not notice the belt of rounds feeding into the weapon....

 

[Brett327]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/30/poland.us.navy.shoot/index.html

Wow... how does one not notice the belt of rounds feeding into the weapon....

Are you kidding? This stuff happens all the time.

Brett

 

[Steelerfan23]

,,

 

[CAMike]

Are you kidding? This stuff happens all the time.

Brett

Brett327- Correct.

This stuff happens fairly often ...but usually at sea.

1MC: "Weps" to the Captains Cabin"

WTF DH! We freed Poland in WWII!

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

Do they not teach them to clear the chamber before cleaning their weapon?

 

[Swanee]

Sounds like he rode the bolt home while in condition one.

 

[navy09]

Hmmm.... Apparently the OPREP is on the high side, should be a good read.

 

[scoolbubba]

Oops. Good thing we got that whole "dub dub two" card with the poles. Oh wait...no we don't, they got hung out to dry.

 

[Bevo16]

The Vinson lost a 50 cal machine gun on deployment. That was cool.

I know an AW who accidentally dropped an M-240 into the Pacific.

 

[scoolbubba]

Haha, How'd that ICS conversation go?

"Sir...you ain't gonna believe this, but the gun fell off"
"What the f*** do you mean it fell off?"
"it just...fell off! I swear"

 

[helolumpy]

My fav was an H-60H that took off with 4 Hellfires on the rail and the Emergency Jettison switch somehow 'just fired'. One hellfire M-299 rack and 4 missiles go 'plop' into the sea... Even better, it was the Skipper flying!!!

 

[Lawman]

My fav was an H-60H that took off with 4 Hellfires on the rail and the Emergency Jettison switch somehow 'just fired'. One hellfire M-299 rack and 4 missiles go 'plop' into the sea... Even better, it was the Skipper flying!!!

Fun Fact Learned from an LSI instructor who was there:
There was an Apache in Desert Storm that had an errant electrical discharge and when the PIC flipped the Master Batt switch to on if launched a Hellfire across the FOB. Didnt hit anything but he was blamed for it even though the weapon was safed.

 

[nittany03]

Fun Fact Learned from an LSI instructor who was there:
There was an Apache in Desert Storm that had an errant electrical discharge and when the PIC flipped the Master Batt switch to on if launched a Hellfire across the FOB. Didnt hit anything but he was blamed for it even though the weapon was safed.

Three words . . . "Stray Voltage Checks."

 

[BACONATOR]

My fav was an H-60H that took off with 4 Hellfires on the rail and the Emergency Jettison switch somehow 'just fired'. One hellfire M-299 rack and 4 missiles go 'plop' into the sea... Even better, it was the Skipper flying!!!

There goes a cool 1.2 million... didn't even get to see shit blow up! EFF!

 

[Bevo16]

My fav was an H-60H that took off with 4 Hellfires on the rail and the Emergency Jettison switch somehow 'just fired'. One hellfire M-299 rack and 4 missiles go 'plop' into the sea... Even better, it was the Skipper flying!!!

Our skipper fired a bunch of flares on the deck of an amphib. The guys who were fueling the aircraft didn't think it was all that funny.