Pictures and Stories - Working

March 31 - Apr 16 (Happy Birthday, Dad!), 2001

A view of the Navigators hard at workA view of the Navigators hard at work
Above: Dave and Dwayne working at the TACCO and SENSO stations in the helo
Right: Paul and Rob disconnect electrical power from the Stalker
Landing in the rainTaking off in the rain

Yet one more wonderful shot of Stalker
Connecting electrical power to the helo from the ship
All in a days work...

And just think... we get paid for this!

The firefighters while away the hours at flying stations playing cribbage...
Cribbage??? Aren't you supposed to be waching the helo right now? Ahhh, firefighting... hours of cribbage and conversation punctuated by 10 minute spurts of intense action! ... kinda like flying! (except the cribbage part)

 

Neil? Neil? yooohooooo! Didn't quite make it to your bed, huh? zzzzzzzzzz.........
We thought it best to let Neil's family know that they shouldn't worry... his uncontrollable condition of narcolepsy isn't hazardous... as long as he's wearing a helmet! Don't worry, at least he'll be well rested when he comes home!

A collage of photos of the guys
Neil and Dave in the back of the HeloBucky looks a little suprised... it's ok, Bucky! It's a camera, I promise it won't hurt a bit!A good photo of the guys, and what does Roch try to do? -Spray me with the fire hose!
The Hangar Posse waits for the admiral to show upThe Hangar Posse waits for the admiral to show up
The Admiral of the Fleet visits the Air DetTorpedo loading 101 by Neil, Bucky, and PaulPat hard at work
Hosing down the flight deck... gotta keep it clean!

"I've told you a thousand times! Never interrupt a man on the throne!"
Dave, once again pondering the meaning of life...

Ok, Mark, I'll fake a fumble, and throw it to Dave...
Dwayne planning our next flight-deck football play

The Fleet in formationThe Fleet in Formation
The fleet in operation

A personnel transfer (Jackstay) between the Van Speijk and Freddy
A personnel transfer from the Dutch to the Canadians

"It says here that this thing is called a torpedo..." I don't get it, why won't it work?
Bucky, Neil, and Paul realize only too late that the instructions are all in Japanese...
"I don't know, guys... I don't think we should touch it..."

Mark went for a swim
We were coming in to land, when the ship called the help requesting that we recover the ship's man-overboard exercise dummy 'Oscar', along with the life saver. So Mark jumped to the challenge, and in the water he went. Soaking wet and 2000 miles from land Mark risks life and limb to rescue Oscar and the lifesaver... We all had a good laugh when they landed on and dripping and shivering Mark climbed out.

Shivering and cold, Mark is welcomed back onboard

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