tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post4450371990339644926..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: It's transformational!CDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-58994052245271458942010-02-02T19:19:12.000-05:002010-02-02T19:19:12.000-05:00Byron, Goes to show how things have changed. Duri...Byron, Goes to show how things have changed. During my sea tours it was just the opposite, although the MG mounts were always in place.C-dore 14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-72847849556271284782010-02-02T15:47:33.000-05:002010-02-02T15:47:33.000-05:00Our friends in the Royal Navy refer to it as "...Our friends in the Royal Navy refer to it as "Both Sheets Aft" - I'm making the assumption that URR would refer to it by its proper nomenclature :"Unsat" ;)OnceAMarinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-39071225848917244832010-02-02T15:01:18.000-05:002010-02-02T15:01:18.000-05:00Amen Brother URR, Amen!Amen Brother URR, Amen!OnceAMarinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-24593252411666158672010-02-02T13:40:14.000-05:002010-02-02T13:40:14.000-05:00YNSN, during my JO deployment to the Vietnam gunli...YNSN, during my JO deployment to the Vietnam gunline since we weren't doing a lot of ASW and the GMGs were otherwise employed, our four .50 cals were manned and maintained by STGs.C-dore 14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-234304176890417382010-02-02T04:29:30.000-05:002010-02-02T04:29:30.000-05:00The weapons and their mounts are only brought out ...The weapons and their mounts are only brought out while in port or transiting something like the Suez. Even the tripods are bolted down to pads on the deck for removal and stowage while at sea. Over the past three years a ton of money was spent performing this shipalt to all the ships, fallout from the Cole I suspect.Byron Audlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-7563133736317347972010-02-02T02:05:53.000-05:002010-02-02T02:05:53.000-05:00Shouldn't there also be a QA/fact check at the...Shouldn't there also be a QA/fact check at the navy.mil level? Sorta like editors at the NYT?<br /><br />Oh yeah... never mind.Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-40835614410566160702010-02-02T00:56:15.000-05:002010-02-02T00:56:15.000-05:00You shoot it, you clean it.You shoot it, you clean it.xbradtcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-36724336072935487122010-02-02T00:31:06.000-05:002010-02-02T00:31:06.000-05:00FCs and GMs are all considered about the same, now...FCs and GMs are all considered about the same, now adays. I would just as often find FC2/1 in the armory at my watch turnover as I would any GM. YNSNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-16458702000528617032010-02-02T00:28:23.000-05:002010-02-02T00:28:23.000-05:00FCs on my old ship were usually the crew served we...FCs on my old ship were usually the crew served weapons insructors. We had GMs, but not enough for all the 50s we had. I even had to do my own basic maitenance on them while I was on SCAT. SCAT being one of the worst acronyms I've had to describe my duties by. However, we for at least one watch were allowed to call ourselves the Tactical Weapons Action Team... Our ATTWO for that watch was awesome. I'll let you figure out what the acronym was for that wat.YNSNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-56753058705467021152010-02-02T00:23:43.000-05:002010-02-02T00:23:43.000-05:00Anyone notice that the whole crew wears engineerin...Anyone notice that the whole crew wears engineering coveralls? YNSNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-46967574630878619612010-02-01T22:51:50.000-05:002010-02-01T22:51:50.000-05:00Lmao.Lmao.Therapist1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-50686727106621332922010-02-01T22:50:55.000-05:002010-02-01T22:50:55.000-05:00What is the point of lowering your radar cross sec...What is the point of lowering your radar cross section if you put those things on your deck? They have to light up like a Christmas tree!Therapist1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-12509010773331461932010-02-01T20:53:26.000-05:002010-02-01T20:53:26.000-05:00probably ANOTHER caption error by Navy MCS who app...probably ANOTHER caption error by Navy MCS who apparently have not editorial supervision!<br /><br />Should the LCS be up-gunned well of course! Much more than just its small armsleeseanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-53714740300304651852010-02-01T20:39:38.000-05:002010-02-01T20:39:38.000-05:00If you were stupid, and the idiot before you didn&...If you were stupid, and the idiot before you didn't clear the chamber, you could do what a young lad on Klakring walking around the bridge did to the old Spruance...Byron Audlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-943894047793029982010-02-01T20:24:21.000-05:002010-02-01T20:24:21.000-05:00You could very easily launch the barrels of the ol...You could very easily launch the barrels of the old twist in M2s. If you were stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-75250426915214697232010-02-01T20:23:25.000-05:002010-02-01T20:23:25.000-05:00Relax, they're running a Roomba. Just as soon ...Relax, they're running a Roomba. Just as soon as they get PQS'd on it. Which should be another 40 hours of training or so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-12376030089279358732010-02-01T20:19:16.000-05:002010-02-01T20:19:16.000-05:00They guns do work believe it or not.
http://www.y...They guns do work believe it or not.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFkTdvGeu-sohbabyynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-3726311755009629332010-02-01T19:53:50.000-05:002010-02-01T19:53:50.000-05:00thems was ITHACA NY model .45thems was ITHACA NY model .45MR T's Haircutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-45135949122157708812010-02-01T19:53:21.000-05:002010-02-01T19:53:21.000-05:00I have the same exact gun. It is my carry.. .45 o...I have the same exact gun. It is my carry.. .45 oh yea baby!MR T's Haircutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-62794294951570264282010-02-01T19:32:10.000-05:002010-02-01T19:32:10.000-05:00Forgot to add....
The 1911, built as it was after...Forgot to add....<br /><br />The 1911, built as it was after the expeiences during the <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=N2YEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=1911+colt+45+history+philippine+insurrection&source=bl&ots=uHF84pSxn8&sig=A5uqHGx8FFWU7rkpSuMg_ydz_AU&hl=en&ei=-nBnS4DpI4fKM_3r1ewH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBsQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=&f=false" rel="nofollow">First Islamic War Against The US</a> , and stalwart that it is, is just bit too big and heavy for what I may want.<br /><br />At any rate, back on topic.<br /><br />At least its good to see even Hybrids have respect for something that can be little improved upon.sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-12873146007215547612010-02-01T19:19:03.000-05:002010-02-01T19:19:03.000-05:00That one's so easy even I figgered it out!
I&...That one's so easy even <b><i>I</i></b> figgered it out!<br /><br />I'm just trying to wrap my head around how it fits into the whole, "elegant network" plan...sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-4085818102785249052010-02-01T19:07:01.000-05:002010-02-01T19:07:01.000-05:00Roger that, we are all in need of a depot-level re...Roger that, we are all in need of a depot-level rebuild, with a R&R of major components. <br /><br />But you are enough of a gun guy to know FC1 ain't servicing a "60mm"!UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-74316401066053865872010-02-01T19:02:30.000-05:002010-02-01T19:02:30.000-05:00<span><span>A POX ON YOU, SID!</spa...<i><span><span>A POX ON YOU, SID!</span></span></i><br /><br />I said I wasn't a real gun guy...<br /><br />I'd a been a Marine otherwise!<br /><br />But I never much liked to cr_p in the open, or peel my socks of with a knife.<br /><br />Wimpy Boomer and all that.<br /><br /> ;) <br /><br />And it was the "well maintained" part that was the problem for most of those old 45s they used to give us.<br /><br />They were all just kinda loose and saggy.<br /><br />Kinda like what I see in the morning mirror these days...sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-36038902285209217992010-02-01T18:28:08.000-05:002010-02-01T18:28:08.000-05:00<span>"<span>Felt wayyy better th...<span>"<span>Felt wayyy better than those old, sloppy Colt 1911's we used to deal with back in <a href="http://www.lbfcu.org/neptune/qdeck.jpg" rel="nofollow">The Day</a>..."</span> <br /> <br />A POX ON YOU, SID! The best handgun in the world, bar none, is a well-maintained 1911A1 in .45ACP. It will knock down anything that any of these supersexy 'polymer pollys' can hit, and is a reliable as the sunrise. </span>UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-52893827513387617002010-02-01T18:07:16.000-05:002010-02-01T18:07:16.000-05:00Snipes should never be entrusted with anything mor...Snipes should never be entrusted with anything more complicated than an end wrench, with the size in real big numbers and an instruction sheet wired to it.galensmarknoreply@blogger.com