So whats your log-in all about?

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: ChezDaJez

During the deployment we made a mini-det to Suda Bay Crete.

A fellow Jax VPer!

Remind me to tell you a story some day about Souda Bay, the Scorpio bar in Xania and a certain international incident...

Chez

[:)] Okay, tell me about about Souda Bay, the Scorpio bar in Xania and a certain international incident... [:D]

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: hvymtl13

VP 61 here. [8D]

[&:] VP-61 ? I thought that squadron was disbanded about the time of early Korea? [&:]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: hvymtl13

VP 61 here. [8D]

[&:] VP-61 ? I thought that squadron was disbanded about the time of early Korea? [&:]

Some web pages say that... others mention participation of VP-61 in rather more recent exercises:

http://www.vpnavy.org/vp61_2002.html

EDIT: Kinda odd for a squadron disbanded in 1950 or so to be flying missions in 2002... i think something is weird in the VPNAVY.ORG webpages.

[hgilmer]

ORIGINAL: AU Tiger

ORIGINAL: hgilmer

315 is when Coach Bryant (at that time) became the winningest football coach in Divsion 1. It also happened to be a victory over Auburn.

And you may be right. I may not like it come November even more. You may have to update it. But, as Billy the Kid said, "There's a lot of slip 'tween the cup and the lip, sherriff." The teams gotta play it on the field.

[:D][:D][:D]

Edit - had to put the smileys in cause it's all fun and games. [:D]

I may have missed the 315 reference, but I do know how he fared in his last game against Auburn. [8D]
The smileys were unnecessary in this case, because I know that beneath all the bonhomie we are enjoying lies sharpened steel. [;)]
You going to the game?

canoerebel: I feel the same way about the Dawgs. As long as ya'll aren't playing the Tigers, I am always in your corner.

Not sure at this point. I work with a guy who is an Auburn grad and he is very cool about the whole Bama- Auburn thing so he has really opened my eyes about the bitterness we see all too often. So, I assume people are not the "in your face" type fans we're all too familiar with until they actually do get in my face.

I like the U.S.S. Alabama though, if that is any consolation. The Lou Hotlz thing is funny, but didn't you already think he was a maroon - he was still saying ND had a great chance to win out after they were 0-2. Why they put up with him (he talks like Snuffy Smith) is beyond me.

[AW1Steve]

[:)] I'll bet it's a typo. VP-62 , 64,66, 67,68,69, 91,92,93,and VP-94 were all reserve squadrons from the early 1970's until fairly recently (VP-92 was just recently decommisioned and I believe it to be the last). I've flown with or worked with most of these Squadrons.[:)]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: hvymtl13

VP 61 here. [8D]

[&:] VP-61 ? I thought that squadron was disbanded about the time of early Korea? [&:]

Some web pages say that... others mention participation of VP-61 in rather more recent exercises:

http://www.vpnavy.org/vp61_2002.html

EDIT: Kinda odd for a squadron disbanded in 1950 or so to be flying missions in 2002... i think something is weird in the VPNAVY.ORG webpages.

[Sonny II]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: hvymtl13

VP 61 here. [8D]

[&:] VP-61 ? I thought that squadron was disbanded about the time of early Korea? [&:]

Some web pages say that... others mention participation of VP-61 in rather more recent exercises:

http://www.vpnavy.org/vp61_2002.html

EDIT: Kinda odd for a squadron disbanded in 1950 or so to be flying missions in 2002... i think something is weird in the VPNAVY.ORG webpages.

When they were disbanded and the option to reform them in 9000 days came up - they clicked the YES button.

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Sonny II

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve



[&:] VP-61 ? I thought that squadron was disbanded about the time of early Korea? [&:]

Some web pages say that... others mention participation of VP-61 in rather more recent exercises:

http://www.vpnavy.org/vp61_2002.html

EDIT: Kinda odd for a squadron disbanded in 1950 or so to be flying missions in 2002... i think something is weird in the VPNAVY.ORG webpages.

When they were disbanded and the option to reform them in 9000 days came up - they clicked the YES button.

[:D] [:D] [:D]

[WhoCares]

Who cares?! [:'(]

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: Sonny II

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso




Some web pages say that... others mention participation of VP-61 in rather more recent exercises:

http://www.vpnavy.org/vp61_2002.html

EDIT: Kinda odd for a squadron disbanded in 1950 or so to be flying missions in 2002... i think something is weird in the VPNAVY.ORG webpages.

When they were disbanded and the option to reform them in 9000 days came up - they clicked the YES button.

[:D] [:D] [:D]

[bradfordkay]

" Why they put up with him (he talks like Snuffy Smith) is beyond me."

It's simple: comic relief.

Also to show what happens to formerly great coaches after a few years in Columbia...[:'(]

[hvymtl13]

Wow my bad man. Guess after 20+ years I really did lose track of one of my Squadron numbers. Was in a few. I was in VP-40 Stationed in San Jose Ca. at Moffett Field, Flying P3 Charlie updates. Not a bad place really. Huge hangers from the Blimp days. Alaska, Japan, and PI. Yokuska and another base, trying to recall the name. I'll think of it right after I press the post button. [&:] Wow now trying to think of stuff remember all sorts of things. XO was Cdr. Branch, can't remember my CO though. He was kinda weird anyways.
AHA it was Misawa! (spelling?) Took me a couple minutes to remember that too.
Well anyway it all sounds fishy lol but an honest mistake. [:)] 

Edit: I looked up VP-40's page and it has some info on when i was in.

In July 1979, Patrol Squadron FORTY once again deployed a three plane, four-crew detachment to Adak, Alaska for a period of five months. (That was me)[:)]

From July 1980 to December 1983, the "Fighting Marlins" completed a serious of three highly successful six-month deployments to NAF Misawa(me), Japan conducting operations throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans and the Arabian Sea. In addition, personnel were detached to bases in Africa, the Middle East, Thailand, Australia, and Diego Garcia. During this period, VP-40 received the coveted COMPATWINGSPAC "Golden Orion" Award for Retention Excellence for both 1981 and 1982, as well as the CNO Aviation Safety Award for 1982.

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: hvymtl13

Wow my bad man. Guess after 20+ years I really did lose track of one of my Squadron numbers. Was in a few. I was in VP-40 Stationed in San Jose Ca. at Moffett Field, Flying P3 Charlie updates. Not a bad place really. Huge hangers from the Blimp days. Alaska, Japan, and PI. Yokuska and another base, trying to recall the name. I'll think of it right after I press the post button. [&:] Wow now trying to think of stuff remember all sorts of things. XO was Cdr. Branch, can't remember my CO though. He was kinda weird anyways.
AHA it was Misawa! (spelling?) Took me a couple minutes to remember that too.
Well anyway it all sounds fishy lol but an honest mistake. [:)] 

Edit: I looked up VP-40's page and it has some info on when i was in.

In July 1979, Patrol Squadron FORTY once again deployed a three plane, four-crew detachment to Adak, Alaska for a period of five months. (That was me)[:)]

From July 1980 to December 1983, the "Fighting Marlins" completed a serious of three highly successful six-month deployments to NAF Misawa(me), Japan conducting operations throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans and the Arabian Sea. In addition, personnel were detached to bases in Africa, the Middle East, Thailand, Australia, and Diego Garcia. During this period, VP-40 received the coveted COMPATWINGSPAC "Golden Orion" Award for Retention Excellence for both 1981 and 1982, as well as the CNO Aviation Safety Award for 1982.

[:)] Wow! We (us?) VP- types (or VP-"pukes" according to our VF and VA brethern) really seem to get around! What was your "seat"? [:)]

[hvymtl13]

Actually I only flew a couple of times in the P3. I was a yellow shirt - ABH. It was pretty cool stuff. I remember we loaded "special weapons" at some point, and I was the one they wanted to tow them out of the hanger. I believe I was 18 at the time. Joined at 17.. That was right after Eagle claw went bad in Iran. So I towed them, spotted them, launched and recovered them. I remember I was relieved to see they were still on the wings when they recovered. It was an intense time to be in the military. Things got so close so many times to going bad in a big way. I was the only yellow shirt in Adak in that article. I literally lived in the hanger. Constant ready alert, the ready 5 plane was my room mate.
 Sorry to go on. haven't thought of that stuff in years. How about you man? What did they have you doing?

[AW1Steve]

[:)]So you must have been involved in the infamous "P-3 Jamboree". I was a "dub" , flying sensor three. Could not seem to get west coast orders , always east coast or Europe. I hear you about towing planes. While other New AW's went to the galley or the bouy locker when they first got to the squadrons , they sent me to the line. Winter in New England...not fun. I even was assigned to a special load team... till we dropped a "shape" in front of the skipper. Not that I wanted that particular collateral duty , but it was embarrasing for the "professionals" (orndancemen and such).[:-]

ORIGINAL: hvymtl13

Actually I only flew a couple of times in the P3. I was a yellow shirt - ABH. It was pretty cool stuff. I remember we loaded "special weapons" at some point, and I was the one they wanted to tow them out of the hanger. I believe I was 18 at the time. Joined at 17.. That was right after Eagle claw went bad in Iran. So I towed them, spotted them, launched and recovered them. I remember I was relieved to see they were still on the wings when they recovered. It was an intense time to be in the military. Things got so close so many times to going bad in a big way. I was the only yellow shirt in Adak in that article. I literally lived in the hanger. Constant ready alert, the ready 5 plane was my room mate.
Sorry to go on. haven't thought of that stuff in years. How about you man? What did they have you doing?

[ChezDaJez]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: ChezDaJez

During the deployment we made a mini-det to Suda Bay Crete.

A fellow Jax VPer!

Remind me to tell you a story some day about Souda Bay, the Scorpio bar in Xania and a certain international incident...

Chez

[:)] Okay, tell me about about Souda Bay, the Scorpio bar in Xania and a certain international incident... [:D]

This is a "no sh!t" tale, not to be confused with sea stories.

I was stationed in Rota and every few months we would send out a detachment to man up the Souda Bay "Ops Center" (if you could call a semi-trailer an ops center).

We had been there about 2 weeks and were flying pretty heavily keeping track of the Kiev and her consorts. We finally got a break when she anchored in Kithra.

Anyways, we decided to go out into town for a few beers. We had been briefed previously that anti-American sentiment was a little bit higher because of our presence and to be extra careful when out in town.

We had an AWC from the squadron by the name of Leo Davis who was a pretty good guy to party with. He, I and two others went into Xania and did a little bar-hopping, ending up in this place called the Scorpio bar. It was a pretty nice hole-in-the-wall bar and there were some nice looking ladies so we just had to check it out. We ended up having several beers and Leo had been eyeing this girl sitting at the bar. She didn't seem to be with anyone though there was a guy sitting next to her. Leo decided to go up and talk to her. He sat down next to her and tried talking with her. She spoke only a few words of English so he wasn't making much head way when the guy next to her got up and cold-cocked Leo over the head with a bottle... (turns out the guy was her husband).

Anyways, we hopped up to come to his rescue but we got grabbed by several Greek guys who pinned us against the wall so that we couldn't help. By this time Leo had gotten up off the floor and was trying his best to defend himself while this guy just beat the ever-loving crap out of him. His wife is jumping up and down screaming something in Greek. Don't know if she was yelling "stop it" or "hit him again."

The husband finally yelled something and several Greeks came over and grabbed Leo and began dragging him out the door. Once they got Leo out the door, the other Greeks let us go and were yelling at us to get out. We got outside just in time to see the others throw Leo over the seawall into the bay. We climbed down and got Leo out of the water but he was in bad shape. He had a broken jaw, a pretty good cut on the top of his head and several cracked ribs.

We tried getting a taxi back to the base but none would take us so we ended up calling the duty driver to come get us. Our corpsman took a look at Leo and said he needed a hospital so arrangements were made to fly him to Naples the next day.

About noon the next day, the OinC called everyone together, told us to close down shop and pack our bags... we were leaving immediately. Turns out the husband had filed assault charges against Leo and the local police wanted to arrest him! Needless to say we were gone by 1600. After we left, the Greek government demanded his extradition and filed an international incident when we refused.

The Greeks wouldn't let us go back there for nearly a year after that, not that I minded one little bit...

Chez

[Onime No Kyo]

Heh, nice one. [:)]

[hvymtl13]

Haha chez was VP 40 Fighting Marlins too! amazing. And I was saying San Jose and it was actually Mountain View. I saw it on ur sig text. But it was a long time back. Heh chez you made your way around huh? Looks like we just missed each other in VP40.

[AW1Steve]

[:D] So what about the rest of you? I know your'e out there! No hiding! Tell us about your log-on , your avatar or just a little about yourself. Don't be shy, we want to hear your stories....and that includes us newer guys too.  [:D]

[1EyedJacks]

Anyone up for a polite game of cards? <laughter> I once won a pink slip to a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere with a pair of aces and two one-eyed Jacks. The guy's name was SSG Rudolph Semore and he was some put out over losing to a "Gawd Damned punk-ass PF-f*king-C." So I was nicked with "Jacks" by my platoon.

Anyway - I've always been fond of one-eyed jacks and suicide kings it makes the game interesting.

[Big B]

ORIGINAL: 1EyedJacks

Anyone up for a polite game of cards? <laughter> I once won a pink slip to a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere with a pair of aces and two one-eyed Jacks. The guy's name was SSG Rudolph Semore and he was some put out over losing to a "Gawd Damned punk-ass PF-f*king-C." So I was nicked with "Jacks" by my platoon.

Anyway - I've always been fond of one-eyed jacks and suicide kings it makes the game interesting.

My Gawd! tell me it wasn't a 426" Hemi Belvedare! Those are worth some buck$!