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First, some navy pics.








When we were in 5th fleet the JMSDF had 3 vessesls in the NAG and GOO, the Choukai, Mashu, and Oonami. These three pics are of the Choukai, an AEGIS equipped DDG that lit off it's SPY-1 at the Iranian P-3 that tried to fly over and be an asshole whenever we RAS'ed (refueld-at-sea). While I have no pics of the P-3 (part of my duties are taking pictures of foriegn vessels/planes using the official Secret camera, so I was always doing that) this P-3 would fly over and irradiate it's missiles at us becuase they knew we couldn't light off our system with the oiler so close.

But the JMSDF Oiler Mashu was being escorted by a DDG and DD, and the Choukai always scared them off when we RAS'ed with them.



Mashu


Oonami



While on deployment we interacted with the Pakistani Navy quite a bit, Most often with the Shahjahan and Tippu Sultun since my pics of the TS suck, here's one of the Shahjahan.


Shahjahan



Rushmore, Which was one of 3 Amphibs riding with us.


Thach was the FFG in our ESG.


Tippecanoe was a AOR that hung around in the Indian Ocean.

Some of you may recall that we boarded a Dhow, and found 3 tons of Hashish. Now what, you may ask, did we do with the Dhow?











The Bunker Hill, fighting the Global War on Fishing.

Great pics ... hope nobody was hurt as ships frantically maneuvered to be downwind of the burning dhow .....

Some pics "On land" of WESTPAC.


This can of Pepsi alledgely says "Bepsi".


Me enjoying Australia.


Me and a Koala. The Little bastard tried twice to hop on me.


Me in...I think Muscat.




OMFG TEH SMALLPOX!!!


That's it for now..I'll be putting more pics up in dribs and drabs.

RUSHMORE?! LSD47? My dad worked on that ship and I was there for her launch! W00t!

BTW nice pics

Sweet, though I have to admit have the letter soup sailed past my head.

Wait, WHAT?! SMALLPOX?! That looks more like...


MONKEYPOX!!! ARRRRGH!

Looks like you have a positivley revolting time. Glad to have you back, dude. don't drink the water, mmmkay?

"More Cowbell" -- Does everyone like that SNL sketch or read the Sports Guy's page on ESPN?

What's with the embroidered 3rd class patch on the coveralls? Aren't the metal colar pins good enough anymore?

Me and some Hashish. And a beard.




For Tysroc

I've got a fever, and the only prescription is....MORE COWBELL!

I thought you were on the BonHomme Richard?

No, that was the flagship

Lonestar wrote:No, that was the flagship

Well then, color me stupid

Dalton wrote: Well then, color me stupid

As a high-profile member of this board, you of all people should know the difference between stupid and "astonishingly ignorant".

Lonestar wrote:

Dalton wrote: Well then, color me stupid

As a high-profile member of this board, you of all people should know the difference between stupid and "astonishingly ignorant".

HEY I thought you had said you were on the Richard

Did you get in trouble for the "EWs Rule" thing?

Dalton wrote: HEY I thought you had said you were on the Richard

Did you get in trouble for the "EWs Rule" thing?

Wasn't me who needled-gunned it in. It was the CTT's (the EW-rate merged with the CTT's, who are the Navy's ELINT guys)

Lonestar wrote:

Dalton wrote: HEY I thought you had said you were on the Richard

Did you get in trouble for the "EWs Rule" thing?

Wasn't me who needled-gunned it in. It was the CTT's (the EW-rate merged with the CTT's, who are the Navy's ELINT guys)

Ahh. Looks like something that'd get someone in big trouble though...

DUDE! Fucking SMALLPOX?! WTF?!

Dalton wrote: Ahh. Looks like something that'd get someone in big trouble though...

You see that rough-looking stuff on the deck? We call that non-skid. We needed to take it up and replace it anyway...

Looks like your having fun.

Lonestar wrote:

Dalton wrote: Ahh. Looks like something that'd get someone in big trouble though...

You see that rough-looking stuff on the deck? We call that non-skid. We needed to take it up and replace it anyway...

Ah, yeah man, sorry for the stupid questions. I'm just curious.

Dalton wrote: Ah, yeah man, sorry for the stupid questions. I'm just curious.

I'm not poking fun at you, and I'm sorry if I gave that impression. I was just explaining the details of shipboard life.

EDIT: To clarify, I wasn't even sure if y'all could see the "roughlooking" stuff without knowing to look for it.

Lonestar wrote:I'm not poking fun at you, and I'm sorry if I gave that impression. I was just explaining the details of shipboard life.

EDIT: To clarify, I wasn't even sure if y'all could see the "roughlooking" stuff without knowing to look for it.

Heh, it's OK, I'm a landlubber and used to it! My dad's the Navy man; he was on DD-629 USS Abbot in 1962. Apparently on one of the big guns. Which I think would be an awesome job.

Hellllooooo? Smallpox?!

Chardok wrote:Hellllooooo? Smallpox?!

Let me tell you, I'd rather take a anthrax shot to the testicles than go through that again.