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2017-11-07 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Sailor injured in mishap aboard San Diego-based Carl Vinson aircraft carrier

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Posted by Skidmark 2017-11-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 From what I've seen and heard about aircraft carriers it is mind boggling that serious injury doesn't occur hourly.

Talk about a high risk mechanical environment.

Posted by AlanC 2017-11-07 08:13|| 2017-11-07 08:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Carriers are dangerous places, even more so topside during flight ops.

Posted by Jeremiah Black9888 2017-11-07 09:00|| 2017-11-07 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 When I was in the Navy, the gossip was that at least a dozen of the crew and maybe 1 from each squadron would be killed in one cruise.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2017-11-07 16:20|| 2017-11-07 16:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Friend of my son flew F114s off carriers. (yes I am that old).

His stories of night ops were mind blowing.

It definitely takes a different breed of cat to fly them or work the deck.

Posted by AlanC 2017-11-07 16:57|| 2017-11-07 16:57|| Front Page Top

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