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Great Trip!
On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:48:07 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote: On Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 8:33:51 PM UTC-6, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/14/2017 7:54 PM, wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:34:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/14/2017 12:27 PM, wrote: On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:01:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: I've been on enough cruises to last me, courtesy of Uncle Sam. It is not quite the same but I understand the sentiment. When Judy was in the AC biz, cruises seemed to be the sales prize of choice and she won a bunch of them. True. The only time I had an authorized drink aboard ship was when the Captain ordered "Splice the mainbrace" following an arduous underway replenishment and refueling in the middle of the winter. On the CG ocean stations they roll out a keg of beer on "hump day" the middle of a 4 week patrol. It ends up being just about enough for everyone to get one of those big navy coffee mugs full. The cutter my grandson is assigned to just returned from a drug interdiction patrol during which they seized 90 million dollars worth of cocaine. The drugs were confiscated from four, high speed outboard powered boats. They launch a helicopter from the flight deck that goes out and fires on the outboard engines, disabling them and then an armed boarding team takes over. Goodie for 'em! === Yes indeed, those drug busts got a lot of publicity here in FL last week. Unfortunately it's just a drop in the bucket. I'd be willing to bet that there are another bunch of speedboats and submarines out there right now. |
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On Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 8:35:19 PM UTC-6, wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:48:07 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: On Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 8:33:51 PM UTC-6, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/14/2017 7:54 PM, wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:34:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/14/2017 12:27 PM, wrote: On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:01:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: I've been on enough cruises to last me, courtesy of Uncle Sam. It is not quite the same but I understand the sentiment. When Judy was in the AC biz, cruises seemed to be the sales prize of choice and she won a bunch of them. True. The only time I had an authorized drink aboard ship was when the Captain ordered "Splice the mainbrace" following an arduous underway replenishment and refueling in the middle of the winter. On the CG ocean stations they roll out a keg of beer on "hump day" the middle of a 4 week patrol. It ends up being just about enough for everyone to get one of those big navy coffee mugs full. The cutter my grandson is assigned to just returned from a drug interdiction patrol during which they seized 90 million dollars worth of cocaine. The drugs were confiscated from four, high speed outboard powered boats. They launch a helicopter from the flight deck that goes out and fires on the outboard engines, disabling them and then an armed boarding team takes over. Goodie for 'em! === Yes indeed, those drug busts got a lot of publicity here in FL last week. Unfortunately it's just a drop in the bucket. I'd be willing to bet that there are another bunch of speedboats and submarines out there right now. Oh Im sure there's several but they get what they can and that shows their doing something. |
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On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 18:52:41 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote: On Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 8:35:19 PM UTC-6, wrote: On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:48:07 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: On Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 8:33:51 PM UTC-6, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/14/2017 7:54 PM, wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:34:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/14/2017 12:27 PM, wrote: On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:01:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: I've been on enough cruises to last me, courtesy of Uncle Sam. It is not quite the same but I understand the sentiment. When Judy was in the AC biz, cruises seemed to be the sales prize of choice and she won a bunch of them. True. The only time I had an authorized drink aboard ship was when the Captain ordered "Splice the mainbrace" following an arduous underway replenishment and refueling in the middle of the winter. On the CG ocean stations they roll out a keg of beer on "hump day" the middle of a 4 week patrol. It ends up being just about enough for everyone to get one of those big navy coffee mugs full. The cutter my grandson is assigned to just returned from a drug interdiction patrol during which they seized 90 million dollars worth of cocaine. The drugs were confiscated from four, high speed outboard powered boats. They launch a helicopter from the flight deck that goes out and fires on the outboard engines, disabling them and then an armed boarding team takes over. Goodie for 'em! === Yes indeed, those drug busts got a lot of publicity here in FL last week. Unfortunately it's just a drop in the bucket. I'd be willing to bet that there are another bunch of speedboats and submarines out there right now. Oh Im sure there's several but they get what they can and that shows their doing something. === It would be very cool to have a video of those helicopters zooming in for the engine kill. I wonder what kind of armament they use. |
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On 1/15/2017 10:22 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 18:52:41 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: On Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 8:35:19 PM UTC-6, wrote: On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:48:07 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: On Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 8:33:51 PM UTC-6, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/14/2017 7:54 PM, wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:34:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/14/2017 12:27 PM, wrote: On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:01:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: I've been on enough cruises to last me, courtesy of Uncle Sam. It is not quite the same but I understand the sentiment. When Judy was in the AC biz, cruises seemed to be the sales prize of choice and she won a bunch of them. True. The only time I had an authorized drink aboard ship was when the Captain ordered "Splice the mainbrace" following an arduous underway replenishment and refueling in the middle of the winter. On the CG ocean stations they roll out a keg of beer on "hump day" the middle of a 4 week patrol. It ends up being just about enough for everyone to get one of those big navy coffee mugs full. The cutter my grandson is assigned to just returned from a drug interdiction patrol during which they seized 90 million dollars worth of cocaine. The drugs were confiscated from four, high speed outboard powered boats. They launch a helicopter from the flight deck that goes out and fires on the outboard engines, disabling them and then an armed boarding team takes over. Goodie for 'em! === Yes indeed, those drug busts got a lot of publicity here in FL last week. Unfortunately it's just a drop in the bucket. I'd be willing to bet that there are another bunch of speedboats and submarines out there right now. Oh Im sure there's several but they get what they can and that shows their doing something. === It would be very cool to have a video of those helicopters zooming in for the engine kill. I wonder what kind of armament they use. ..50 cal precision guns. http://14544-presscdn-0-64.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hitron_gunner_with_tools_of_the_trade.jpg |
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On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 07:46:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 1/15/2017 10:22 PM, wrote: On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 18:52:41 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: On Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 8:35:19 PM UTC-6, wrote: On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:48:07 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: On Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 8:33:51 PM UTC-6, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/14/2017 7:54 PM, wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:34:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/14/2017 12:27 PM, wrote: On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:01:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: I've been on enough cruises to last me, courtesy of Uncle Sam. It is not quite the same but I understand the sentiment. When Judy was in the AC biz, cruises seemed to be the sales prize of choice and she won a bunch of them. True. The only time I had an authorized drink aboard ship was when the Captain ordered "Splice the mainbrace" following an arduous underway replenishment and refueling in the middle of the winter. On the CG ocean stations they roll out a keg of beer on "hump day" the middle of a 4 week patrol. It ends up being just about enough for everyone to get one of those big navy coffee mugs full. The cutter my grandson is assigned to just returned from a drug interdiction patrol during which they seized 90 million dollars worth of cocaine. The drugs were confiscated from four, high speed outboard powered boats. They launch a helicopter from the flight deck that goes out and fires on the outboard engines, disabling them and then an armed boarding team takes over. Goodie for 'em! === Yes indeed, those drug busts got a lot of publicity here in FL last week. Unfortunately it's just a drop in the bucket. I'd be willing to bet that there are another bunch of speedboats and submarines out there right now. Oh Im sure there's several but they get what they can and that shows their doing something. === It would be very cool to have a video of those helicopters zooming in for the engine kill. I wonder what kind of armament they use. .50 cal precision guns. http://14544-presscdn-0-64.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hitron_gunner_with_tools_of_the_trade.jpg === Thanks. Here's a fairly good video: https://youtu.be/cBOGJFvBqw0 |
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