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@rtrudel: Thanks for the welcome back!

@TheClap: No. I'd have to do 16 more years of active duty (or a mixture of reserve and active, I think). The extra eight doesn't count. It's kind of confusing. The 'normal' enlistment - 4 years - that everyone has heard about is really 8 years. We do 4 years active (when people say they're 'in the military' they

@rg129798: You're welcome! Honestly, though, the ground troops (anyone who actually sets foot over there) deserve all the credit.

@Mark-S: The best quote I've heard (that I can remember) is "There are more airplanes in the ocean than submarines in the sky".

@Steel Anchor: So you were in when we still had Tomcats. I was lucky enough to work with them before they got replaced.

@yooper1019: No. It's four active, four inactive reserve. I 'got out' of the Navy a few years ago. But I'm officially out tomorrow - which means I'll get my discharge papers soon. (I've my DD-214 but not my discharge papers).

I was on the USS George Washington and the USS Enterprise (no, not that Enterprise).

HTC Aria. 'Cause it's small.

This video makes me think of Supernatural. I keep expecting to see a black Impala.

Ugh. This would fell my morning wood.

History.com has a video clip about the first aircraft carriers.

@bernesto: No. A Jabberwocky is a creature created by Lewis Carroll, the author of Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found there

If it's also found in India, China, and Indonesia, does that mean these other countries are helping Iran with their nuclear program?

Dean Kamen's island should be included on this list.

@Nelson: What if this is a marketing scheme for the movie? o_O