They're obviously not at flight quarters or they'd be wearing float coats and cranials too. I think it was someone's weird idea of what looks snappy. Totally out of regs it seems to me. They should've been wearing matching crackerjacks equivalent to the officers that received the PM.

Makes me think of when I used to play this and thought it awesome. I reloaded it using DOS box and it was funny to see how crude it is now. Probably still more realistic in some ways than WOWs?

Kind of coincidental that a Chinese company just signed a 99 year lease at Darwin, Australia’s port so the U.S. Navy will pay port fees to a Chinese company when visiting.

Better than getting killed by a Daewoo Lanos!

Funny she ended up married to Rusty!

By eliminating the drop tanks and enlarging the stub wings the Kilo will have wider cargo bay with same width of echo.

It's because every avail shitter was needed for the fleet so HMX 53s replaced by the MV22s.

Surprised it didn’t turn out like Rob Riggle predicted!

My boss was a Marine tanker and there was just a firm belief that eating or bringing apricots would cause some kind of mechanical disaster. Nothing to do with the squirts though that would be bad!

I would just add that there will always be things to improve/modify the aircraft so these things are not unexpected. Even 50 year old airframes have technical directives issued on them because some flaw is discovered. Articles are always interesting. Good job.

I went to OCS with your Plt Cmdr Carter? He was in audience when Gen Zinni was talking about it and he pointed him out. Funny.

Don't bring any apricots on board. Gen Zinni has a great story about being on the last P7 to evacuate Marines from Mogadishu and having it breakdown halfway to the ship. Had to flounder there until another one could tow them the rest of the way.

Oh he talks about doing exactly this in making the decision.

Might be fun to graph out Neptune Spear like he did in his thesis/book.

Maybe he did...

Back in the 90s LtGen Christmas tried to prohibit first term Marines from being married. There was a huge uproar from congress and Pat Schroeder had quipped that even the Swiss guard were allowed to be married. Your article highlights they actually have to be single for 3 years!

That's what I remember about the helo too with it huffing and puffing like the flight of the Phoenix. But looking at the video again it's clearly the turbine variant S58/H34. Good recall on the mason jar grenade trick!

How would Airwolf do against my other favorite 80s helicopter?

I thought the one on the show was the piston engine H34. I guess not. Maybe it was because of the routine of having to bang on it and it starting funny.

I wonder if they put the Fiat in the back of a V22. Could be another ITV contender. ;)