USS Reasoner (FF-1063) a Knox class frigate laid down in 1969, Decommissioned in 1993 and sold to Turkey. Sunk in a Live Fire exercise by Turkey sometime after 2005 in the Med.Originally Posted by gabosaurus
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USS Reasoner (FF-1063) a Knox class frigate laid down in 1969, Decommissioned in 1993 and sold to Turkey. Sunk in a Live Fire exercise by Turkey sometime after 2005 in the Med.
You know, the last time I was in Germany and saw a man standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing.
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Just so you know, Marines are part of the Department of the Navy. We might pick at each other, try to outdrink each other and get in fights, but it's like picking on my brother. We'll close ranks so fast you won't even see it happening.
For the record, squids know their stuff. They put their asses on the line as much as anyone else. All anyone thinks about is a battleship gunfight. They provide landing and air support. You ain't seen no one happier when two FA-18 jocks come rolling in.
You want to go alternate scenario, think about jarheads driving the damned boat. We'd still be in Tahiti or some shit. That's IF we could even find it.
They (begrudgingly of course) earned my respect.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
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My dad used to say... With out the Marines the Navy would not have anywhere to go, and without the Navy the Marines were just a bunch of guys in the water.....
You know, the last time I was in Germany and saw a man standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing.
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I can actually swim better than most squids. But if you're asking me for directions you better have a map with grid squares on it. I'd end up at the South Pole.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
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Allowing for Magnetic Deviation and Variation I could reliably navigate you almost anywhere on the ocean with a chart, a stop watch and basic Navigation equipment...I can actually swim better than most squids. But if you're asking me for directions you better have a map with grid squares on it. I'd end up at the South Pole.
You know, the last time I was in Germany and saw a man standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing.
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Seeing Stars again; Naval Academy reinstates celestial navigation
http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/n...009-story.html
Every day I beat my previous record of consecutive days I've stayed alive.
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A compass, an accurate Chronometer, a Chart and a Sextant....
Worked well before the days of electronic Navigation...
You know, the last time I was in Germany and saw a man standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing.
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Like I said, that's why I don't drive the damned boat.
I honestly do know how to navigate. Just trying to inject some Marine humor.
If you were REAL good, you could outrun a typhoon and keep the ship going with the water so ain't rocking and rolling the whole trip AND get where you're going. And what the crap is the stop watch for?
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
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Elapsed time over a course between 2 sightings gives you your speed...And what the crap is the stop watch for?
You know, the last time I was in Germany and saw a man standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing.
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Like I said, that's why I don't drive the damned boat.
Every day I beat my previous record of consecutive days I've stayed alive.
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you cud be right. our test for swimming in boot was jump in a pool, swim a lap and pull yourself out. you'd be surprised how many boots had to be pulled out with a hookI can actually swim better than most squids. But if you're asking me for directions you better have a map with grid squares on it. I'd end up at the South Pole.
Last edited by namvet; 10-14-2015 at 11:13 AM.
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and the village people went down with it. I hopeUSS Reasoner (FF-1063) a Knox class frigate laid down in 1969, Decommissioned in 1993 and sold to Turkey. Sunk in a Live Fire exercise by Turkey sometime after 2005 in the Med.
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