070514-N-1251W-002 YOKOSUKA, Japan (May 14, 2007) - Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) moor the ship to a buoy at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka. The training exercise was to give the Sailors experience mooring the ship. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matthew R. White (RELEASED)
070514-N-4044H-002 ATLANTIC OCEAN (MAY 14, 2007) - Naval Special Warfare watercraft are lands in the ocean after being released by two C-130s during a Maritime Craft Air Delivery System (MCADS) drop. Elements of Special Operations Command Europe, USNS Grasp (T-ARS 51), USS Kauffman (FFG 59) and the Sixth Fleet flagship USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) conducted the MCADS operation during exercise Flexible Leader 07. Flexible Leader is a joint exercise designed to increase speed and cohesiveness when standing up a Joint Forces Maritime Component Command (JFMCC). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Eddie D. Harrison (RELEASED)
070516-N-2456S-151 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (May 16, 2007) - Families and friends of Whidbey Island-class USS Ashland (LSD 48) Sailors embark the ship after Ashland returned from a six-month deployment. Ashland returned home after acting as an Afloat Staging Base and maintained sustained combat operations in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman John Suits (RELEASED)
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: August 4, 2006
...I started thinking about this movie again today. I think it is because the F6F Hellcat was the first aircraft the Blue Angels used in their demonstrations. Also, I read in the Seattle Times today that there have only been something like 215 pilots that have flown with the Blue Angels and something like only 31 people have even commanded the Blue Angels squadron. I started thinking after I read that information that I was not only a member of the Blue Angels while a midshipman, but I later was the commander of the team, perhaps in 1989. Don't actually remember anything about it though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellcats_of_the_Navy
Hellcats of the Navy
Hellcats of the Navy is a 1957 movie starring Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy Davis (her then professional name) — a moral World War II submarine tale — the only film in which they appear together.
Reagan plays Captain Casey Abbott, commander of the fictional submarine USS Starfish, who is ordered to undertake a dangerous mission which sees him attempting to cut off the flow of supplies between China and Japan in the heavily mined waters off the Asiatic mainland. When a diver, who is Abbott's competitor for the affections of Nurse Lieutenant Helen Blair (Davis) back at home, gets into a dangerous situation, Abbott must struggle to keep his personal and professional lives separate in dealing with the crisis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellcats_of_the_Navy
Hellcats of the Navy
Hellcats of the Navy is a 1957 movie starring Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy Davis (her then professional name) — a moral World War II submarine tale — the only film in which they appear together.
Reagan plays Captain Casey Abbott, commander of the fictional submarine USS Starfish, who is ordered to undertake a dangerous mission which sees him attempting to cut off the flow of supplies between China and Japan in the heavily mined waters off the Asiatic mainland. When a diver, who is Abbott's competitor for the affections of Nurse Lieutenant Helen Blair (Davis) back at home, gets into a dangerous situation, Abbott must struggle to keep his personal and professional lives separate in dealing with the crisis.
