"SKY WALKER" BAR .............In honour of Deepbluewolf | Forums

[vallorian]

Ah Fort Cartoon. We could sit at the upper parking lot and see all the pretty cop lights running around the base on a Fri/Sat night from up there

[vietvettwo]

As the first glow of pre-dawn filters through the remaining windows of the bar, let's take stock of the situation.

The squids and jar heads are fighting over the cable remote, it seems that both Sands of Iwo Jima and Top Gun are both on at the same time. The doggies have left, since they found out they can't get the Disney Channel.

Our fearless C/C has cut orders transferring him to the Navy, and he is currently serving as the Captain of the Port in Phoenix, Arizona.

Our snake eating friend sits at the bar several cans of camo face paint in front of him, getting makeup tips from the girls. You know, that forest green really accents his steely jaw.

Deepblue is filled with nationalistic pride. He wants to do something big for his country, but their budget is small. He attacks Monaco.

Vietvet is overcome by a feeling of charity after seeing one of those save the children infomercials on the TV. Using his extensive medical training, he is currently conducting GYN exams in his AO on the balcony.

That leaves only Lane unaccounted for. We find out later that he and Annabell took off for New York. Annabell took best of breed in the "working" class and third over-all at the Westminster Dog Show. Lane took the winnings and checks in at the MGM Grand in Vegas. All was going well until the little incident at the black jack tables. Lane pulled up a seat, promptly took off his shoes, socks, pants and boxers. As security pulled him towards the door he was screaming "it's the only way I can count to 21 damn it".

[lane2512]

hehehehehehehehe(Annabell, my Annabell)

hey!......Where are the Coasties? There ain't no Coasties in this bar?

[ShadowWolf05]

Originally posted by lane2512:
hehehehehehehehe(Annabell, my Annabell)

hey!......Where are the Coasties? There ain't no Coasties in this bar?

When Deepblue opened a can of fish, the coasties realized that someone else was cashing in on their cash crop and decided to leave early to seek unemployment.

[Deepbluewolf]

Originally posted by ShadowWolf05:


When Deepblue opened a can of fish, the coasties realized that someone else was cashing in on their cash crop and decided to leave early to seek unemployment.

oh come on give them a breack...they have such pretty boats

[wh1skea]

Naw, I see the coasties running circles outside so they can recover any of us squids or the jarheads that go through the window when "The Battle of the Remote" gets ugly. But I got a feeling it'll be a jarhead......Down Periscope is coming on

[Deepbluewolf]

I could not help but notice that some of the names of US subs and classes are of Portuguese origin so here is the translation

GATO= cat, as in peixe gato(cat fish)
SARGO= Xanthic Sargo
BALAO= Baloon
MANTA=blanket, the sailors of old named the biggest of rays as "blanket ray"
RONCADOR=hogfish
BESUGO=sea bream
ESPADA=sword...my lunch today on the grill it's a very long fish that looks like the blade of a sword, not to be confused with swordfish
LAGARTO=Lizardfish
PINTADO=Pseudoplatystoma coruscan
PIRANHA=we all know this one...
SEGUNDO=a very little fish to be found on the beach rocks
CORVINA=the origin of the name is somewhat shadowie...first references are from 1253 by some portuguese boats that filled a boat with the fish
DORADO=Salminus maxillosus
PARGO=Pagrus major
TAMBOR=Drum WE call it drum fish...ill look up the english name later

[jlf1961]

Excuse me, snake eaters do not start fights, in point of fact, most of our orders are "Do not overtly engage the enemy except under conditions as specified in your operational orders."

Which does bring up a new and interesting topic of discussion for this particular drinking establishment. Military high command and the really STUPID phrases they come up with to put in orders.

Think about some of the briefings you sat in on, the orders given you before an op, flight, patrol etc. How many times have you heard some brass butted officer type say something that made you want to ask, "Did your mother drop you on your head a lot when you was a baby?"

This was one of my favorites, "Do not overtly engage the enemy except under conditions as specified in your operational orders."

Someone want to explain to me how one can covertly engage the enemy with small arms fire?

Or how bout this one, "This is a routine operation?"

Okay, if it is routine, then why in the bloody hell are we being told to remove all forms of identification?

Or, "Do not allow yourself to fall into enemy hands if at all possible."

I sometimes wanted to stand up and say, "Okay, how bout if we walk into camp singing dixie at the top of our lungs, instead of falling sir?"

Or this is a good one, "You will have limited air support assets at your disposal." Translation, one piper cub with some guy and a bb gun.

Now a cousin of mine who is a navy zoomie type, (i.e tomcat driver) told me about the first briefing for his first sortie into Iraq during the first gulf war.

"You can expect limited and sparodic anti-aircraft activity in and around Baghdad." He refers to AAA as being so thick you could park your bird on it and save fuel.

Anyone else have any that they would like to pass on?

[klcarroll]

and the really STUPID phrases they come up with to put in orders.

You mean the way everything they say is self-contradictory, bombastic exercises in "CYA"� laden rhetoric???

.......That comes from hanging around the "Elected Officials"� in Washington too much! (That stuff saturates your brain by osmosis!)

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[wh1skea]

couple of my favorites is "hunter-killer submarine" (are other submarines supposed to yell out GOT YA real loud?), or "fast attack submarine" (as opposed to slow attack?).