Speaking of fascism...
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Oakman wrote:
Tours of duty on those magnificent ships last less than a year.
I think that depends on your rate, unless things have changed a lot since I was in the Navy. I spent three years on the New Orleans (an LPH 'helicopter carrier'), and that was common. Some people spend there entire four year enlistment on one ship.
Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.
Stan Shannon wrote:
I spent three years on the New Orleans (an LPH 'helicopter carrier'),
And you were away from the Unites States all that time?
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin
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Stan Shannon wrote:
I spent three years on the New Orleans (an LPH 'helicopter carrier'),
And you were away from the Unites States all that time?
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin
Most of it. The amphibious fleet probably spent 2/3 of its time cruising the South China sea in those days, and in between we were picking up astronauts and other short missions. The New Orleans got the lion share because our two sister ships, the Okinawa and the Iwo Jima, were often unable to get underway. If you've seen the footage of the helicopter being pushed over the side of the ship as Saigon was falling, that was (if memory serves) the Okinawa, which had only just relieved us the week before after about a 3 month delay. Nowadays the deployments are even longer, especially for the big ships.
Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.