Tuesday, July 31, 2007

steam pressure

It's funny - well, not that funny - how people don't start talking something until after they got caught about how they were trying to make a point about something for which they were busted.





I have is that I am pretty certain navy.mil had some photos of a Midshipman flying a fighter jet a long time ago that I noted but that I can't remember when I saw it. I can still visualize that one photo about the Midshipman at the controls of the jet. He might have taken the photo or someone in the backseat made it look like it was from his perspective. They were sitting on the runway about to take off.

This photo shows the Midshipman Lt.j.g., according to the chart I found. I haven't found a Midshipman Ensign, but I would assume that the Midshipman Ensign has the same stripe as the Midshipman Lt.j.g. and the j.g. is definitely more narrow that the standard U.S. Navy Ensign shoulderboards.















http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/030904-N-9693M-001.jpg

030904-N-9693M-001 Washington D.C. (Sept. 4, 2003) -- U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen Andrew Bankston, left, Gerry Sharp, middle, and Tim Kinkaid, watch the opening plays of the NFL season opener between the Washington Redskins and New York Jets following the Operation Tribute to Freedom, NFL and Pepsi sponsored “NFL Kickoff Live 2003” Concert on the Mall. Organizers provided priority seating for military members and their families. Among the performers were Aerosmith, Britney Spears, Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige and Good Charlotte. Operation Tribute to Freedom (OTF) was set up by the Department of Defense as a way for Americans to show their appreciation to our men and women in uniform. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Damon J. Moritz. (RELEASED)


















http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/Assets/Still/1986/Navy/DN-ST-86-02890.JPEG

ID: DN-ST-86-02890

Service Depicted: Navy

Plebes of the class of 1986 listen to instructions from a senior midshipman at the US Naval Academy.

ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND (MD) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

Date Shot: 1 Jul 1982




















http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/070727-N-1229B-003.jpg

070727-N-1229B-003 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 27, 2007) - Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Savannah McIntire and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Geraldine Lopez ensure that there is enough steam pressure to launch aircraft on catapults one and two aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 are underway off the coast of Southern California conducting carrier qualifications and Tailored Ship's Training Availability. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Patrick M. Bonafede (RELEASED)