Before the Battleships where retired, there was a move to turn them into half-deck carriers that would be equipped with attack helios and harrier jumpjets so they could be used to support amphibous operations... I remember this since i was in the Navy at the time. And our gaming group inculded an Operations Specialist and a Gunner's Mate whom both joined the Ike thanks to their getting recovered after the turret explosion... and they were always talking about the future of the battleships in the future.
And when we played T2k they were talking about how quickly the mothball fleet could be rembilized, and which ships would be first on the list for refit and refurbishment.
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Fuck being a hero. Do you know what you get for being a hero? Nothing! You get shot at. You get a little pat on the back, blah blah blah, attaboy! You get divorced... Your wife can't remember your last name, your kids don't want to talk to you... You get to eat a lot of meals by yourself. Trust me kid, nobody wants to be that guy. I do this because there is nobody else to do it right now. Believe me if there was somebody else to do it, I would let them do it. There's not, so I'm doing it.
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12-12-2012, 06:08 PM
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