People - Groundcrew


The Groundcrew


Steve working on the Transmission Platform

Montijo, during the transmission change.

Mark and Neil, caught playing games again... 

"no no no, Neil! It's 'The Itsy Bitsy Spider went up the Water Spout!'"
Paul and Pat look shocked...

"Dya' think he's dead?"
"I dunno."
"Dya' think we should do something about it?"
"Nah, let's go have lunch. The Sarge'll take of it later."

Pat working in the aft cabin of the helo.

Pat working in the aft cabin of the helo.
Paul working on the tail tracks on the deck.

Paul sitting on the flight deck. He's working on what we call a "monkey fist". It's used during a guideline transfer, an operation where we can lower or raise a stretcher from or to a ship that has many obstacles prohibiting us from hovering over top..

Mike, our token Picasso, working on another one of his masterpieces. He's been with us since Lisbon, and has painted various things throughout the ship, including Stalker, and Hannah.

Mike, working on his umpteeth masterpiece
The winners of the cart race.

The winning team of the cart race we had on the flight deck one Sunday afternoon. The boys filled the cart with water, so when the ship rolled, it took off like a shot!

These are the flagbearers for the cocktail party in Mauritania. 

Two of these things are not like the others, two of these things just don't belong...

Bucky working on the sonobuoy chutes in the back of the helo.

Mark working hard near the tail of the helo.


The Godfather

"But Godfather..."
"No buts! You've disgraced the family, and now you must pay!"


Aircrew


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