“The men will have to wear the missiles as hats!” My favorite line in my favorite defense procurement movie.

Hay balers are the worst.

During WWII on submarines they would take stale bread and re-vivify it by sprinkling it with condensed milk and lightly baking it... Not perfect, but grandpa told me it was edible...

She doesn’t even need remediation, they already stripped her. The main expense would come from needing to dredge a liner slip to get her in, and the EPA/DEEP headache that would be.

My old boat, the USS Hartford. Always good to see her hitting something she’s supposed to, vice Italy, or the USS New Orleans.

Going for that tie in with The Death of Stalin? Glorious idea Comrade Kristen, though I suppose the whole Fancy Kristen shtick is going to have you sent to Gulag...

Funeral? Hope it’s not your Opa. I enjoyed your article about his Jeep ride. My condolences.

Who gets 3 officers to drive him to work, lies on his stomach and passes gas all day? -Boom operator

Would you call them.... Hokey?

Already exists, between NAVSEA and Bechtel’s own specifications to NNS...

Now it actually is a total loss lube system...

Eee she’s champion!

My wonder is, Where was the Chief? Where was the QMC or OSC? Where was the SME on the radar? Where was the veteran of years of maneuvering through congested waters? It sounds like the watch team was Ensign Schmuckatelli and Seaman Timmy.

The hull is steel, the superstructure is Al.

I was on the USS Hartford for the collision on March 20 2009. We were run down, (we failed to give way), by the USS New Orleans in the Straits of Hormuz. The short reason why was complacency on the part of the crew in Control. They had made several dozen straits transits in the past 66 days at sea and had simply…

Dammit I got dust in my eyes while reading this. I’m certainly not crying.

That’s a nice old truck, but it’s not 8700 bucks nice. I wish my K20's body was that sound though...

Take her home to Moab Dave. There’s no shame in the trailer.

Bully! Bully for you sir, and David as well.