tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post1431262232400446139..comments2024-03-26T21:38:47.081-04:00Comments on HMS Defiant: ON STANDARDSHMS Defianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-82981085579276375682020-09-27T15:38:59.638-04:002020-09-27T15:38:59.638-04:00I recall a lot of practice alerts on the pad. I al...I recall a lot of practice alerts on the pad. I also recall the october 73 alert everyone thought was another practice alert. it wasn't. fight like you train.capt fasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374459887067010071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-39022609914054995972020-09-27T03:18:27.663-04:002020-09-27T03:18:27.663-04:00We surged out of the Seychelles on no notice to go...We surged out of the Seychelles on no notice to go embark some mine sweeping [so they claimed] helicopters from HM 14 in Jeddah.<br />The CO decided to allow the XO and 1st LT to drop concussion grenades off the bow to 'simulate' a mine strike. To prepare us you know. This was the LaSalle, no small ship. Those grenades slammed it just like a mine.<br />I was in my office on the damage control deck about 13 feet above the waterline a lot of crew berthing was forward and aft of the office. There were blood trails from the knee knockers as men in the shower took off running to get ready to save the ship by getting dressed first. Literally blood trails down the passageway.<br /><br />I took the lesson from that and in the next 30 years didn't pretend that hard to scare the crap out sailors.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-81721098296005557182020-09-27T01:04:09.164-04:002020-09-27T01:04:09.164-04:00British Army considers EMI a fine method of lubric...British Army considers EMI a fine method of lubricating the military bearing. Usually involves a bit of blood and a lot of sweat. sometimes broken bones. I heard stories from a few hard cases in Scotland while assigned to RAF Lossiemouth for training and cross experience with our NATO partners. Always an interesting interlude to visit with the British. They always came up with peculiar and unique methods to astonish, kept the level of complacency very, very low. rousting troops with a flash bang at two in the morning is a fine example... capt fasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374459887067010071noreply@blogger.com