Merry Christmas

Bushmaster · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas

Well Pete...I'm armed 24/7 and I really don't care what others think of it.

I,m also not all that polite either.

Suzanne · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 7:10 pm Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas

Chambered!! Where'd you come from? Missed you, quietly and gently, hope you had a great Christmas and are powered up for a great New Year celebration.

Suz

Vince · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 8:01 pm Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas

Great to see ya happy head again Chambered...ya found ya way back mate.

Hope your Christmas was pretty damned good mate and that your New Year is even better.

Vince · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 10:43 pm Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas

For the Submariners...

stovepipe · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas

Awesome, Vince. My brother-in-law is a Silent Service man. Look up the tradition of "drinkin yer Dolphins..." Shocked

And, for those that don't know, it's pronounced:

Sub-mah-REEN-er.

Not sub-mer-iner.

Bushmaster · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 9:12 pm Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas

Or "sewer pipe Sailor"...

Only place I ever served where there are two people to a rack. Called "hot bunking".

Tremblay · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas

Bushmaster wrote:

Or "sewer pipe Sailor"...

Only place I ever served where there are two people to a rack. Called "hot bunking".

stovepipe · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 10:17 am Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas

Bushmaster wrote:

1-Or "sewer pipe Sailor"...

2-Only place I ever served where there are two people to a rack. Called "hot bunking".

1- Ah, you skimmers are just mad cuz yer designated TARGETS.

2- But not at the same time! (unless, yer hammock swings that way.... Shocked

)

Bushmaster · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 10:25 am Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas

Yup...Targets...Right. The second ship I served on was the USS Charles Berry (DE-1035) home ported in Pearl. We were sent on many occasions out to hunt for the USS Plunger a fast attack submarine. She never got by us. We found her everytime. The Charles Berry was an "anti submarine warfare destroyer equiped with VDS (Variable depth sonar). Target...Yup.

stovepipe · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 2:49 pm Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas

Bet she saw ya first!

HEEHAW!

Bushmaster · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 11:08 pm Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas

That didn't matter. Our job was to find her and stop her (this was a drill) from entering the harbor. We usually found her 20 miles out in DEEP water.