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Yanno what's amazing?

By The Armorer on May 21, 2011 | | Comments (4)
They actually *pay* us to play with explosives. Simply amazing.

Some sailors for your Armed Forces Day celebration.

110515-N-YC050-061 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 15, 2011) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Nakita Boyd, center, from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 15, instructs Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Justin Reynolds and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Travis Smith on bomb safety check procedures in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is deployed supporting maritime support operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Molly Treece/Released)  110515-N-YC050-061 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 15, 2011) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Nakita Boyd, center, from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 15, instructs Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Justin Reynolds and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Travis Smith on bomb safety check procedures in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is deployed supporting maritime support operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Molly Treece/Released)

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By Justthisguy on May 22, 2011 9:44 AM
I love that, except for the name of the ship, which is also the name of a live politician.  Nobody took my advice when they were deciding on the name of the last carrier built, that I  thought she should be called USS Curtis LeMay. 

Of course, I'm also the guy who wears an orange t-shirt on Saint Patrick's Day. 
 
By Quartermaster on May 22, 2011 12:40 PM
Given LeMay's antipathy to wars the Navy ("The Soviets are not the enemy they are our opponent. The Navy is the enemy.") it would be a good laugh to see a carrier named after LeMay. He did visit a carrier while CG SAC. There's a pic of him with binocs on the cover of his biography "Iron Eagle."
 
By Justthisguy on May 22, 2011 10:06 PM
I was thinking of that pic when I wrote that.
 
By Tennessee Budd on May 23, 2011 12:22 PM
BB stackers!