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waggy

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JulesMaximus said:
They offer public tours of active duty carriers from time to time around here. A guy I work with has done them a couple times.

I've been on the Midway which is right near downtown on the other side of the harbor from the active duty carriers. It is really freaking cool.
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they do family tours often too. My sisters ex husband is in the Navy. we got to go tour a bunch. That was 23 years ago though and i don't remember what we went on.
 
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Obviously approaching a carrier in a boat is a bad idea, but the whole "military arrest" thing is nonsense. Yes you can be arrested, but civilians aren't subject to the UCMJ and someone who's busted for approaching a warship would have the exact same rights as any other criminal defendant.
 
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alkemyst said:
Military arrest / apprehend / whatever you got the point yet choose to argue on semantics....like a bitch.

Also keep L&R in L&R
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First off, look who's resorting to personal attacks now!

Second, FBB's thread was in OT, not L&R. Get your facts straight before you try to bullshit.
 
TallBill

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alkemyst said:
Military arrest / apprehend / whatever you got the point yet choose to argue on semantics....like a bitch.

Also keep L&R in L&R
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It actually isn't just semantics. There was about an hour long block of instruction on this subject at MP school.
 
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JulesMaximus said:
They offer public tours of active duty carriers from time to time around here. A guy I work with has done them a couple times.

I've been on the Midway which is right near downtown on the other side of the harbor from the active duty carriers. It is really freaking cool.
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Sweetness. They are amazing vessels, no matter what generation.

I saw the USS Lexington (48k tons) in Corpus Christi when I took my girlfriend there. A lot smaller (1/2 the size) of a Nimitz-class (101k ton), but still more than twice the size of the UK's HMS Illustrious (22k ton, active) and the same size as France's Charles de Gaulle (42k ton, active).

Amazing, the array of military power our country has. 20 carriers operational in the world and the US has 11 of them, and those are the only 11 deemed "supercarriers". Hell, the 9 amphibious assault ships (41k ton) the US currently has operating are almost all bigger than the remaining 9 carriers (save the Russian & Chinese, 67k ton).
 
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alkemyst

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rasczak said:
If you are referring to the OP, didn't he state he's been boating since he was 5? I would agree that you are a bit more clueless than you would like to believe.
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Did I say the OP, no...I was referring to them in GENERAL. Please stop trying to think you are hurting yourself.
 
Ichinisan

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Sluggo said:
When my Brother in Law was flying out of NAS Lemoore, we went to San Diego and got to tour the carrier on Coronado Island. They had kind of a family day for all the crew and officers to have the families come see the ship and tour all the workings, it was eye opening to say the least.

I can't even remember now what carrier he was on at the time.
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I toured the USS Midway when it was open as a public museum / tourist attraction. Same bay. :)
 
alkemyst

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TallBill said:
But you're an expert at everything...
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Which is why I don't post scientifically on this board where many haven't even gotten out of college yet.

At the college level, I scored in the upper 9x%iles in Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Mathematics. Which was also how I could gain admittance to Pharmacy college prior to even my AA degree. I was involved in many other things for several years as well from machinery to competitive sports.

Sorry I have been living a full life instead of just hanging around with a bunch of dudes playing video games.

I could easily begin using senior level/professional level scientific term and specialized terminology, but then you'd accuse me of further trolling.
 
waggy

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alkemyst said:
Which is why I don't post scientifically on this board where many haven't even gotten out of college yet.

At the college level, I scored in the upper 9x%iles in Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Mathematics. Which was also how I could gain admittance to Pharmacy college prior to even my AA degree. I was involved in many other things for several years as well from machinery to competitive sports.

Sorry I have been living a full life instead of just hanging around with a bunch of dudes playing video games.

I could easily begin using senior level/professional level scientific term and specialized terminology, but then you'd accuse me of further trolling.
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and what job do you have now? and how old are you?...
 
alkemyst

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waggy said:
and what job do you have now? and how old are you?...
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I am 40, I am an consulting engineer. If you want degrees I have a Comp Sci BA in 2000 and I was 3 classes short of getting a BA in Chemistry, Biology or Microbiology depending on the last semester I took. Yes, it was a lot more than just a typical BA's credit hours I had taken down.
 
TallBill

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alkemyst said:
I am 40, I am an consulting engineer. If you want degrees I have a Comp Sci BA in 2000 and I was 3 classes short of getting a BA in Chemistry, Biology or Microbiology depending on the last semester I took. Yes, it was a lot more than just a typical BA's credit hours I had taken down.
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Nobody wants to hear about the BA degrees you do or don't have.
 
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