tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post5699434942345883192..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Retro WednesdayCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-1573967150713076332010-12-09T16:45:23.000-05:002010-12-09T16:45:23.000-05:00The Red Wolves have done a damn fine job and are p...The Red Wolves have done a damn fine job and are proof of concept. My concern is that gunship support for NON-NSW units like NECC may not be recognized as a need by their commanders. I have heard ComRivGruOne talk bout riverinre using UAVs, but got the distinct impression that gunships was a bridge too far?<br />And is there more funding for expanding the role to include current ops?<br />Not being an aviator I got to ask, are the current/new model Seahawks equipped to do maritime CAS?leeseanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-86457259693294860142010-12-09T12:57:30.000-05:002010-12-09T12:57:30.000-05:00I figured you were just having a senior moment, an...I figured you were just having a senior moment, and thought "Dewey" but your fingers wouldn't listen and typed "Farragut."xbradtcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-75207858161959452052010-12-09T12:35:58.000-05:002010-12-09T12:35:58.000-05:00Oops, red face.
You sir, are entirely correct. Tha...Oops, red face.<br />You sir, are entirely correct. Thank you for pointing out that unfortunate oversight. I look forward to returning the favor at the first opportunity.Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-57109916636598590172010-12-09T12:32:07.000-05:002010-12-09T12:32:07.000-05:00SH paint job. Awesome.SH paint job. Awesome.NAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-39682334513098132582010-12-09T09:24:43.000-05:002010-12-09T09:24:43.000-05:00Ha! There's even a semi-submarisable version f...Ha! There's even a semi-submarisable version for carrying and supporting those smaller boats.Spadenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-39781022659135173792010-12-09T09:22:13.000-05:002010-12-09T09:22:13.000-05:00Yeah, perfect. Take the helo varient, put a couple...Yeah, perfect. Take the helo varient, put a couple guns, maybe a SeaRAM or something on that and I bet that would be good for a lot of things. Pair it up with some smaller patrol boats.Spadenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-41766439083342530602010-12-09T08:10:09.000-05:002010-12-09T08:10:09.000-05:00I know where you are coming from in regards to hel...I know where you are coming from in regards to helping your own but I personally operated in support for SEALs in three different deployments. I gave them the same support I would give anyone else. When I flew missions in support of ground forces they were my #1 priority it didn't matter who they were. My unit recieved a NUC for it's support of Marines during Fallujah in 2004 and two of my fellow Apache pilots put it all on the line for sailors when they landed in an improvised LZ to evacuate a gravely wounded special operator in 2007...we were told if they had waited for the MEDEVAC he would have bled out.<br /><br />That story is located here... <a href="http://pao.hood.army.mil/1stcavdiv/news/2008/apr/apr2.htm" rel="nofollow">http://pao.hood.army.mil/1stcavdiv/news/2008/apr/apr2.htm</a><br /><br />Hopefully the Navy does field dedicated assests as you advocate. I welcome everyone who wants to lend a hand and help carry the load. <br /><br />While I know there are stories out there where aircraft might have left someone hanging, it certanly wasn't anyone I know in 1ACB.Dan McClintonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-60152501813389214372010-12-09T05:40:21.000-05:002010-12-09T05:40:21.000-05:00LOL, Star Wars Death Star quote was real military ...LOL, Star Wars Death Star quote was real military one...<br />Well, I might add one fave of mine:<br />"We want <span>the</span> <span>big</span> ones! <span>Get</span> <span>the</span> <span>big</span> ones first!"<br />Adm.Callaghan, first battle of Guadalcanal<br />... and one big one they did get...ewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-14915280280117222622010-12-09T04:46:54.000-05:002010-12-09T04:46:54.000-05:00It's always better to be a Son of Martha.It's always better to be a Son of Martha.SCOTTtheBADGERnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-25140182096819155082010-12-09T01:59:15.000-05:002010-12-09T01:59:15.000-05:00I certainly hope I didn't give the impression ...I certainly hope I didn't give the impression that I wasn't impressed with the work Sailors are doing. I'm not knocking NavAir, and I'm not knocking IAs. I am knocking the Army for sucking up a gazillion sailors, who like YN2 Gauthier pointed out, won't get augmented on their optimally manned ships. <br /><br />I'm sure those sailors do their duty as well as anyone can ask of them. But 9 years in, it's time for the Army to decide what missions it really needs done, and put its own people to work doing them instead of thinking of the Navy as a free lunch.xbradtcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-70128606472875611432010-12-09T01:38:32.000-05:002010-12-09T01:38:32.000-05:00"You may fire when ready, Gridley" was D..."You may fire when ready, Gridley" was Dewey, on the Olympia at Manila Bay.<br /><br />For SHAME that the Army had to point that out!xbradtcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-22522408636254692092010-12-09T00:35:10.000-05:002010-12-09T00:35:10.000-05:00Don't look at me, I'm closer to MacAndrew ...Don't look at me, I'm closer to MacAndrew of MacAndrew's Hymn (Kipling; "Lord , thou hast made<br /><br />this world below the shadow of a dream,<br /><br />An', taught by time, I tak' it so - exceptin' always Steam...") Or a son of Martha, if you prefer.<br /><br />Although the urge to nail something to a door is not unknown to me...but you knew that.<br /><br />We digress...Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-40978728796737224622010-12-09T00:22:28.000-05:002010-12-09T00:22:28.000-05:00None the less they rate it, so let's get '...None the less they rate it, so let's get 'em some. Sal?Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-14113927179644325872010-12-08T23:31:25.000-05:002010-12-08T23:31:25.000-05:00xbradtc, just so you know... The paint job isn'...xbradtc, just so you know... The paint job isn't just bluster - HCS-5 and HCS-4 (now HSC-84) have had a four bird detachment, on the ground, in the IZ AOR since the beginning... CONTINUOUSLY... since Spring of '03. That's right - 2 reserve squadrons have been supporting multinational and US SOF efforts in theater without a break, that is, until HCS-5 was disestablished in '06; now the burden is HSC-84's alone to bear. I'll say it again for those who are in the back row - that's 7.5 YEARS of continuous deployment for a RESERVE element. <br />We're talking 10s of thousands of combat flight hours at this point, and several thousand sorties of direct action, logistics support and general bad-assery to execute SOCCENT's will. An absolutely unheralded story throughout the navy and one that only a few know of, but since they come from a long line of "quiet professionals" and take ENORMOUS pride in their work, you'll never hear them complain about lack of recognition. Go get 'em RedWolves!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-75794903616110510292010-12-08T21:53:43.000-05:002010-12-08T21:53:43.000-05:00this one decision eliminated more useful helos tha...this one decision eliminated more useful helos than all of Talebans ground fire that year...ewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-7632892040700277112010-12-08T21:36:10.000-05:002010-12-08T21:36:10.000-05:00Sorta like the Besson-class logistics support vess...Sorta like the Besson-class logistics support vessel:<br />http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/lsv/lsv1.htmlbutchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-10103110257959160942010-12-08T19:49:09.000-05:002010-12-08T19:49:09.000-05:00What did Patton say? Something like 'we don&#...What did Patton say? Something like 'we don't want you to die for your country, we want the other bastards to die for their country'<br /><br />I know I butchered it - but the spirit is their 8-)Wharf Ratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-28088950943410905512010-12-08T19:36:31.000-05:002010-12-08T19:36:31.000-05:00GB,
Maybe we need more William S. Sims in our Nav...GB,<br /><br />Maybe we need more <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Sims#Attack_on_Daniels" rel="nofollow">William S. Sims </a>in our Navy then Adm Mullens?Southern Air Piratenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-59565943100008827122010-12-08T17:58:44.000-05:002010-12-08T17:58:44.000-05:00Surely Von Richtofens most famous quote is " ...Surely Von Richtofens most famous quote is " Stupid beagle ".SCOTTtheBADGERnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-45561401250183051462010-12-08T17:31:07.000-05:002010-12-08T17:31:07.000-05:00"Shape the battle space": Some damfool ..."Shape the battle space": Some damfool army/af doctrinal comic book.<br /><br />"The only thing that matters is putting ordnance on target, anything else is rubbish": Von Richtofen,<br /><br />"You must do the best you can with what you have": King<br /><br />"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead": Farragut<br /><br />"You may fire when ready, Gridley": Farragut<br /><br />Via Megaphone ship to ship - USS DARTER (CDR C. H. McClintock) to USS DACE (CDR B. D. Claggett "We have CONTACT. Let's GO! "(11 warship task force, sank 2 cruisers, crippled 1 out of the war, and shook the enemy admiral down to his shoes). Lost Darter, crew saved by Dace. Got the sighting report out to ComSubPac and CinCPacFlt.<br /><br />"My number one priority is increased diversity" You know who. This, nine years into a war, with the issue in doubt.<br /><br />There seems to be something wrong with our bloody Navy these days. As to what, well, opinions may vary.Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-47681407852588254592010-12-08T17:25:21.000-05:002010-12-08T17:25:21.000-05:00I'm not the only Lutheran here?I'm not the only Lutheran here?SCOTTtheBADGERnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-39041028953728292842010-12-08T16:43:50.000-05:002010-12-08T16:43:50.000-05:00"We have met the enemy and they are us" ..."We have met the enemy and they are us" Fogo Fossum, err, Pogo Possum (pardon my Lutherian slip).Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-70604855172403752082010-12-08T15:48:09.000-05:002010-12-08T15:48:09.000-05:00tactical facepalm...tactical facepalm...ewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-6660174682966312042010-12-08T15:47:35.000-05:002010-12-08T15:47:35.000-05:00LST... cheap, efficient way to deliver some tanks ...LST... cheap, efficient way to deliver some tanks to the enemy front door, also capable of being used as bed for mini-helo-carrier, gunship, medevac, you name it...<br />I guess USN has already decomissioned all of them to be replaced by the new and improved death stars... erm LPD-17sewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-83302029645516063872010-12-08T15:17:47.000-05:002010-12-08T15:17:47.000-05:00<span></span>
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Helicopter...<span></span><br /><b><span><br /><br />Helicopter Combat Support Special Squadron (HCS)<br /></span></b><span><br /><br />HCS-4<br /> HAL-4 Established 1 Jul 1976<br /> HAL-4 Redesignated HCS-4 1 Oct 1989<br />HCS-5<br /> HAL-5 Established 1 Mar 1977<br /> HAL-5 Redesignated HCS-5 1 Oct 1988<br /> <a href="http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=26887" rel="nofollow">HCS-5 Destablished 5 Dec 2006</a><br /></span>Southern Air Piratenoreply@blogger.com