A Sailors Life!! (La Vida de un Marinero): noviembre 2005

Stay tuned , we deploy in 2 weeks......Pics of my crew to follow.

New commer Dave E.

Our most recent FNG, Dave will be one of our accustic operators in this upcomming 6 month deployment, welcome to Combat Aircrew 5 Dave.

Home for the next 6 months......

Comes fully equiped with urinal, hot air oven, fridge, 2 racks (beds), spacious room for 23, seats for 12. Radios, color screens, and air conditioning. Anti theft security includes Maverick missiles, harpoons and cluster bombs, oh and if you are lucky enough sometimes they come with SLAMS.(Stand-off Land Attack Missles). Not bad heh?

The Real Contest.....

.... is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure youself against yourself and nobody else.

Caragena, Espana.

Saludos a todos los amigos que conoci, espcialmenta a Cristina, Andres y Naco!!
Hombre!!

Why go to Marseilles?

This Mediterranean port, famous for diversity and smuggling, is a must-see for a traveler.
Enjoy a café au lait at a streetside café and watch Arab traders parley with locals.
Croissant for breakfast, falafel for lunch, seafood pasta for dinner.
Marseilles makes for an ideal stopover between Monaco and Barcelona.
Explore the scenic beauty and awesome climate of Provence.
Provence's lighter style of cuisine and the great weather make for a pleasant change from Paris.
The TGV will zip you from Paris to Marseilles in no time.
Visit the Cannes film festival, the beaches of Nice and Monaco when you come through

Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.

..and a really young me.

Flight Ops

Bird from my old squadron get realy to get catapulted off the flight deck. more info..http://science.howstuffworks.com/aircraft-carrier8.htm

CVN 69 (AKA Love boat)

Carrier life, like nothing I have ever experienced.On Board the Flight Deck
The ship's mission is to launch and land jets.
There are 5,000 of us working 18-hour days, and more than 70 jets are on board.
There are 60–70 daily take-offs and landings 24 hours a day.
The average age of the crew is 19 years old.
Each of us wears the distinctive colors of their job; there are those with purple shirts fuel the aircrafts, blue shirts chain the jets to the deck, red shirts load the bombs and the missiles, and yellow shirts receive the ready signal from the pilots and make the final call to launch the jets.
All communication on the deck is with hand signals.
When an aircraft lands, it must reduce its speed from 160 miles an hour to 0 in under 4 seconds. A normal airliner takes their foot off the gas to land; however, these jets only have a short runway, and if they're unable to stop in time, they have to take off again.
No Seaweed for us on this baby
The cafeteria on the ship feeds about 16,000 meals 24 hours a day.
130 food service operators work in the seven kitchens.
In case of emergency, the ship stores 60 days worth of food.
Every day, 500 gallons of milk, 2,000 lbs. of chicken, 1,000 lbs. of beef and 600 lbs. of bread are used.
Another ship comes to supply the us with fresh fruit, vegetables and eggs.
Pizza is the favorite meal on board: 600–800 pizzas are consumed!
Health Facilities
A local trauma center provides hospital service for all ships at sea, totaling 5,000–6,000 people.
An emergency room, intensive care unit, operating rooms, x-ray center, pharmacy, dentist and optometrist are all available for patients.
Communicating with Loved Ones
The ship's television station can record personal video messages from us to loved ones.
30,000–50,000 e-mails are processed a day.
Every sailor has access to a computer.
Play Time
Workout facilities: there are three cardio gyms and one weight room.
Religion centers offer prayer, songs and spiritual insights for a number of different religious faiths.
Sailors have access to a computer room, a library, an e-mail room and a ship's mall where they can buy CDs, DVDs, videotapes and more. I have to say those days were long and hard, and I would do it all over again if i had the chance to.

Singapore

One of the things I love about going on detachments like this one is gettting our own hotel rooms. :)

You are an Angel Deena.Miss ya tons.

Near Portage Glacier. Anchorage, Alaska.

Happens EVERYTIME!

Everytime I bring my freinds to Costa Rica they fall in love with one of my local childhood friends, here best friend Justin and life long friend Alexandra, on a trip to the foothills of Poas , an acitve volcano 20 miles from my house.

Thailand

That's the handsign for " Im totally dinged up on beer, beer me John?"

Swine and Scotty

Scott tends to be the ghetto fav all the time.

Thank God for "How to Videos"

I've been attempting to play now for a good yr and a half with some pretty good results, although I cant hold a tune to save ly life, I enjoy playing on the deck of the house when Im home alone ( that way no one hears how bad I suck)

White water rafting , Antalya, Turkey!!

Turkish people know how to have a good time. We asked if we could have a couple before the trip downriver, 5 mins later this scrawny turkish boy showed up with a six pack in a plastic bag, cheers!

G.W River, Fairfax VA.

Let your performance do the talkin.....
(Mt Biking the backwoods in VA)

Gangn' up on the little Costa Rican....

I tried hiding, I tried running, I tried bribing with no result. I had to give the frisbee I stold back....( Matt, John, Karen and John Doe, Pensacola Beach, FL))

Road to Recovery.....

This is Scott, Scott and I were on a MT Biking trip late last summer, after critically fracturing his spine and undergoing extensive treatment, and missing a deployment with us, he has recovered nicely. Here night falls as we come to long day of rock climbing on MT Erie, WA.

Yeah, Im a bad ass, ju dant likeh you go fak ough!!

Now this is one that goes WAYYYY back. We grew up in rural Costa Rica, with someof the most humble beginings, something I will always be greatful for

Here sis Katherine (on the steps), brother Johan (white tank) and of course the kid with the big head ( green shirt) is me. People used to tell me, "You're too short" or "You're so young". I always thought to my self," that just gives me more years to beat you!" My mother always told me, " Dynamite comes in small packages."