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<blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 3560936" data-attributes="member: 1132"><p>Being a Stinger Gunner in the Corps we got detached all over the place, so I remember bar (and some not bar) fights with squids, army dogs and flyboys. Well, they were more tiffs than fights with the flyboys. <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>But the overwhelming number of fights? Marine Tow Gunners. <img src="/images/smilies/biggrin.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We always did appreciate you coffee drinkers giving us a ride! <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not just WWII. When I was in the Gulf in '88, we had two USCG minesweepers with us. I had to give them props for sailing their little wooden boats all the way over there. They weren't much bigger then the Iranian dhows, and I always wondered how much they leaked being so old!</p><p></p><p>Edit: It's tough to find much info on the old wooden minesweepers, but they remained in service till around 1991 IIRC. There's a blip about them on this page: <a href="https://www.navyhistory.org/2013/02/uss-guardian-the-navys-post-world-war-ii-minesweepers/" target="_blank">USS Guardian and the Navy's Navy's Post-World War II Minesweepers | Naval Historical Foundation (navyhistory.org)</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As a Stinger Gunner, our secondary role was forward observer. As such we trained with the FAAC's to call air support and how to call for arty. We even trained on calling naval gunfire. Always wanted to call for fire from a battleship! LOL</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You'd be right to question them. Wiki doesn't even mention the coasties who were there when I was in the Gulf: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis" target="_blank">Operation Praying Mantis - Wikipedia</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Maybe they're mentioning the unnamed branch flying all those UFO's? <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/ufo-uap-navy-pentagon-confirmed-111558647.html" target="_blank">Pentagon Confirms Leaked Photos, Video Of Unidentified Flying Objects (yahoo.com)</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Didn't know about the NOAA and almost forgot about the hospital ships. Another element we rely on to be fully effective is the Military Sealift Command. While they're ostensibly a department of the Navy, the operative elements are operated by civilian Merchant Marines.</p><p></p><p>Great thread! <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glocktogo, post: 3560936, member: 1132"] Being a Stinger Gunner in the Corps we got detached all over the place, so I remember bar (and some not bar) fights with squids, army dogs and flyboys. Well, they were more tiffs than fights with the flyboys. ;) But the overwhelming number of fights? Marine Tow Gunners. :D We always did appreciate you coffee drinkers giving us a ride! :) Not just WWII. When I was in the Gulf in '88, we had two USCG minesweepers with us. I had to give them props for sailing their little wooden boats all the way over there. They weren't much bigger then the Iranian dhows, and I always wondered how much they leaked being so old! Edit: It's tough to find much info on the old wooden minesweepers, but they remained in service till around 1991 IIRC. There's a blip about them on this page: [URL='https://www.navyhistory.org/2013/02/uss-guardian-the-navys-post-world-war-ii-minesweepers/']USS Guardian and the Navy's Navy's Post-World War II Minesweepers | Naval Historical Foundation (navyhistory.org)[/URL] As a Stinger Gunner, our secondary role was forward observer. As such we trained with the FAAC's to call air support and how to call for arty. We even trained on calling naval gunfire. Always wanted to call for fire from a battleship! LOL You'd be right to question them. Wiki doesn't even mention the coasties who were there when I was in the Gulf: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis']Operation Praying Mantis - Wikipedia[/URL] Maybe they're mentioning the unnamed branch flying all those UFO's? :) [URL='https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/ufo-uap-navy-pentagon-confirmed-111558647.html']Pentagon Confirms Leaked Photos, Video Of Unidentified Flying Objects (yahoo.com)[/URL] Didn't know about the NOAA and almost forgot about the hospital ships. Another element we rely on to be fully effective is the Military Sealift Command. While they're ostensibly a department of the Navy, the operative elements are operated by civilian Merchant Marines. Great thread! :) [/QUOTE]
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