tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post6014877326566036636..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: No problem getting volunteers ....CDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-83134482932366759072010-05-20T18:56:56.000-04:002010-05-20T18:56:56.000-04:00Ace Lyons...now there's a name I wanted to for...Ace Lyons...now there's a name I wanted to forget.<br /><br />The last time I was in Freemantle ('99) the CVN anchored out while the CG went pierside. Imagine that would get old pretty quickly for a homeporter.C-dore 14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-5174791925186909562010-05-20T09:17:42.000-04:002010-05-20T09:17:42.000-04:00The lassies in Dunoon didn't seem to mind for ...The lassies in Dunoon didn't seem to mind for about 30 years. There are a lot of mother in laws of retired USN sailors who live there yet.Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-82970282031989771272010-05-20T07:31:09.000-04:002010-05-20T07:31:09.000-04:00C7F has tried for years to get Naval Reactors to a...C7F has tried for years to get Naval Reactors to approve a nuclear ship visit to Freemantle. Even the Aussies have pushed for it. No joy! Clearly homeporting a CVBG couldn't happen. To bad - it is a great college town! Best liberty the young sailors every had! Maybe that is why the occassional sailor goes for a walkabout (UA) when the CVBGs visit Stirling.Subguynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-42852214463580002362010-05-19T20:20:59.000-04:002010-05-19T20:20:59.000-04:00It would bring joy to my little heart to be around...It would bring joy to my little heart to be around the Aussies. I know my little heart was going pitter pat when they were behind me in the NEX line in Guam! PHEW!Mrs LT Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-34372003984056016162010-05-19T19:31:18.000-04:002010-05-19T19:31:18.000-04:00I've been saying the same thing for years. I ...I've been saying the same thing for years. I know first hand how hard it is to get volunteers to Yoko, so Fremantle would be great. Doubt I'll see it in my time, but would love to see it for future generations of Sailors.surfnuccponoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-10638383221455840252010-05-19T17:57:01.000-04:002010-05-19T17:57:01.000-04:00I think CAG 5 would be my first choice if this wer...I think CAG 5 would be my first choice if this were the case...of course, there would probably be a knock down, drag out fight to get over there.SNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-20734133306668779872010-05-19T14:45:05.000-04:002010-05-19T14:45:05.000-04:00Those who forget their history are doom to relive ...Those who forget their history are doom to relive it. That being said I will add two word.<br /><br />Subic Bay.glofnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-53215416781035542652010-05-19T12:06:28.000-04:002010-05-19T12:06:28.000-04:00Certainly a good idea, back enough to avoid IRBMS ...Certainly a good idea, back enough to avoid IRBMS and TACAIR, forward enough to deploy into contested waters quickly.ewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-22158596878918881002010-05-19T12:02:33.000-04:002010-05-19T12:02:33.000-04:00I wonder if Aussie women would still like American...I wonder if Aussie women would still like Americans if we were there full time.... I suspect the luster would wear off around the 3rd year.... for the local anyways.<br /><br />On the other hand, it could turn into Pensacola south with Aussie moms shipping their girls from Sydney or Melbourne to Perth to meet a nice pilot boy.Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-87113791738453902102010-05-19T08:24:02.000-04:002010-05-19T08:24:02.000-04:00The Wombat knows exactly what the Wombette thinks ...The Wombat knows exactly what the Wombette thinks of seppos-that at least one had to go out of species to drag her outta Briz-Vegas ;)Combat Wombatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-84383581993866937172010-05-19T08:12:48.000-04:002010-05-19T08:12:48.000-04:00She would love me forever (she loves Aussie men) i...She would love me forever (she loves Aussie men) if I did and hate me forever if I didn't. :) It doesn't matter where she gets her appetite as long as she eats at home! ;)LT Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-78498047304578219302010-05-19T08:02:29.000-04:002010-05-19T08:02:29.000-04:00Planning on bringing your wife? :-DPlanning on bringing your wife? :-DByronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-87370047114770996742010-05-19T07:59:36.000-04:002010-05-19T07:59:36.000-04:00Now I might stay on active duty for that... kinda ...Now I might stay on active duty for that... kinda like the AVG in China?MR T's Haircutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-46101069634443999062010-05-19T07:44:34.000-04:002010-05-19T07:44:34.000-04:00I think I will have to take one for the team and m...I think I will have to take one for the team and move there. Ya know, earn that overseas ribbon. :) LT Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-79530793720208269382010-05-19T07:33:00.000-04:002010-05-19T07:33:00.000-04:00Did you say PHIBGRU? I just KNOW they need a USMC...Did you say PHIBGRU? I just KNOW they need a USMCR liaison.... UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-4551536389557012842010-05-19T07:25:51.000-04:002010-05-19T07:25:51.000-04:00"too old?" No such thing. You might no..."too old?" No such thing. You might not be able to get a sea duty billet, but I betcha there will be civilian positions in support ashore.Ken Adams, Amphib Sailornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-83809258428004762422010-05-19T07:21:18.000-04:002010-05-19T07:21:18.000-04:00Make the dream complete. Station a bird-farm and c...Make the dream complete. Station a bird-farm and cruiser at Freemantle and scatter some of the rest of the battle group. My LHA visited Freemantle and my CG visited Albany once and I would pack bags right now to be a J.O. in that town again. Albany is the farthest south you can get in Western Oz and it is where the Anzac mustered for the Gallipoli campaign. When Nasser took over Egypt he threw down the monument that had stood in Alexandria, the final jumping off point, which to me was a theatrical echo of Sauron destroying the monument of Numenor at Umbar. The Aussies rebuilt the monument on top of the cliffs over the harbor in one of the most beautiful memorial parks I have seen. The harbor is magnificent and from on top of the cliffs the Southern Ocean stretches out to Antartica. A quarter century ago the mayor cooked me dinner.<br /><br />They explained to me that Perth/Freemantle was the most isolated European city on Earth. The closest sizable city of any nationality is Singapore, 2,400 miles away. You can get some good wine in the Swan valley near Perth and the local university has a lovely campus. There are still Australians who remember that the Americans saved them from invasion when we turned back the Japanese fleet at the Coral Sea. There is an advantage to having an older population that partially balances the demographic concerns of Mark Steyn.<br /><br />Ideally we would forward deploy not only a CVBG, which we need twice as many of in a dangerous world, but also an amphibious group. The Australians may not be able to host a base of the size that would entail though. The fastest way to upgrade the Australian forces would be to give them 25 B-52 bombers instead of destroying them. with new engines and upgraded avionics those magnificent planes could serve for another 50 years as a counter to a potential Chinese thrust.LifeoftheMindnoreply@blogger.com