Team Adam's Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I was going through an old back up hard drive of mine and came across this video I shot back in 2007. It was the last time I saw my ship before I flew home from Japan. As you can tell from the music I was very happy to be coming home and seeing the ship leave without me - but don't get me wrong, I LOVED serving in the Navy and would do it again if the Navy needed me back. <object width="660" height="525"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elySSjlhU2g&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elySSjlhU2g&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="660" height="525"></embed></object> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-V8V Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Am I the only one who noticed how clean that ship was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70'sChevyGirl Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 That is a very cool video. I have never been up close to a Navy ship. Does one person drive it at a time?? Are there airplanes on it?? How big is that ship?? Ok...I could keep asking questions but I will stop there for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjwvette Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Awesome video Jason:2thumbs: your family must be very proud I think all of us here can say Salute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jub jub Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Cool video. The 1812 Overture seemed very appropriate for the ship's departure! BTW, my dad was a 20 year Navy man. He told me to join the Air Force! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted February 27, 2009 Author Share Posted February 27, 2009 That is a very cool video. I have never been up close to a Navy ship. Does one person drive it at a time?? Are there airplanes on it?? How big is that ship?? Ok...I could keep asking questions but I will stop there for now. HA! Two people drive it, one for throttle and one for steering. We carried a squadron of Harriers and a fleet of 4 different types of helicopters, 2 hover crafts, and 2,000 Marines. The ship is 840 feet long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobfred44 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Jason, thank you for your service. I have a nephew in the Naval Academy and also loves serving. The kid is so smart he blows me away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylander Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Very cool. Thanks for your service! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70'sChevyGirl Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 HA! Two people drive it, one for throttle and one for steering. We carried a squadron of Harriers and a fleet of 4 different types of helicopters, 2 hover crafts, and 2,000 Marines. The ship is 840 feet long. Holy Big Boat!!! :rockon: How about drag racing?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 Holy Big Boat!!! :rockon: How about drag racing?? Our max speed is classified but if you can go faster than 29 mph you'd win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdutytd Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I got to go on a private tour of the USS Lincoln and it was really quite interesting. When I get Nitrous its going to say flank speed on the button Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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