Jhooper From United States of America, joined Dec 2001, 6195 posts, RR: 13 Posted (10 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 2125 times:
From the February 3 Late Show with David Letterman, as announced by ten crew
members on the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier in San Diego, the "Top
Ten Cool Things About Living on an Aircraft Carrier." Late Show Web page:
http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/
10. It combines all the excitement of going on a cruise with the fun of
living at the airport
(Nuclear Machinist's Mate First Class Billy Eatmon)
9. There's no more pleasant wake-up call than the roar of an F-18 Super
Hornet
(Operations Specialist Sherona Peterson)
8. On weekends we turn the deck into the world's largest roller disco
(Mess Management Specialist Anthony Sacro)
7. Feel like lasagna? Send a pilot to Italy for takeout
(Dental Technician First Class Pete Espinoza)
6. When everyone's asleep, you can climb in one of the planes and pretend
you're Tom Cruise
(Aviation Ordnanceman First Class Matt Wright)
5. Who else gets to describe their home as "Nimitz-class"?
(Personelman Third Class Shelly Glascoe)
4. The weekly shuffleboard tournaments
(Information Systems Technician Third Class Taquann McKinney)
3. All-you-can-drink jet fuel
(Hull Technician Second Class Joshua Chelnick)
2. If you ever have an aircraft that needs carrying, you're in luck
(Photographer's Mate Second Class Bryan Dunn)
1. You can get both seasick and airsick at the same time
(Boatswain's Mate Third Class Leanne Connelly)
Last year 1,944 New Yorkers saw something and said something.
MidnightMike From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 2892 posts, RR: 16 Reply 2, posted (10 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 2016 times:
Pretty funny stuff, though my former shipmates would tell you that there is nothing fun about living on a ship. THANK GOD I WAS ASSIGNED TO A P3 SQUADRON.......
Tomh From United States of America, joined May 1999, 960 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (10 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 2024 times:
I would have to add another cool thing. As long as the USN has the sense to stay out of mid-east ports there is no chance of being fired at by the enemy.