Re: PBS Series: "The Carrier"

On Apr 29, 12:03 pm, Grey Satterfield <gsatterfi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On 4/28/08 9:13 AM, in article
e9a2c870-bc00-4a86-a418-42798ac5c...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jack

Linthicum" <jacklinthi...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Note, in the rest of the Navy the bad apples get sent to aircraft
carriers, it would seem if you are a bad apple on a CV it's up and out.

Jack -- I am so far removed from the present day Navy I don't know what the
answer is these days but what you said was once very true, especially during
Viet Nam. A guy who was a hot running captain aviator got the Holy Grail, a
CVA command in the '60s. He was the brother of a woman who was distantly
related to me by marriage. Unfortunately, there was a race riot aboard,
which resulted in some injuries, so he not only never achieved flag rank, he
was relived of command and retired. Like Barry Switzer said, "It's just a
short walk from the palace to the outhouse."

Grey Satterfield

My experience was based on an investigation I did on an attempted
suicide. They sent him to a CV.

Where my OCS class went bananas was the aviator assigned to get "deep
draft" experience on an AP or AO and treating it like an entrance exam
to join a drinking club. Jgs sweating arrivals while the "CO" was
drinking coffee and talking on the port radio with one of his friends.
Later great elation when the aviator's CV went aground on an
"uncharted reef" inside Subic Bay.
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