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  1. Posted · Edited by Gary_Phaserman

    There was a scene in STVI where Scotty was looking at a diagram of the Enterprise, and the heading was Constitution Class.

     

    There's also a scene in TWOK where Kirk and Spock are standing outside the bridge simulator (which is undoubtedly a mock-up of a refitted Connie), where it's referred to as the "Enterprise-class." "Enterprise-class" would make sense if the refitted Connies are a new class of ship and the Enterprise was the first ship to receive the refit.

    It could mean that it was Enterprise subclass.

     

    Then shouldn't it have said "Enterprise subclass?"

     

    I have no doubt that the Enterprise was a practically brand new starship. Weather or not it gets called a different class is up for grabs. In the real life US Navy, ships have been so heavily modified that they hardly resemble the original anywhere.

     

    Wishfire, I recognise that first image, is that from Ex-Astris-Scientia? Here's an example from there about US Navy ships being modified so much they do not hardly resemble their "Off the Lot" form, this is the Aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41)

     

     

    midway-cv41.jpg

     

     

     

    Would this be considered a different class, too? By the way, some folks refere to the Flt IIA Arliegh Burke class Destroyers of the US Navy as the "Oscar Austin Class", because it has some substantial differences, dispite being generally the same design.

  2. Posted · Edited by Gary_Phaserman

    This beauty...

     

    USS_NEW_JERSEY_firing_16_inch_gun_off_S_Vietnam.jpg

     

    Barring that, I like my truck. 1988 Chevy Silverado. It's old, it's got a couple thousand miles on it, but it's got something a new, off the lot truck doesn't have: Charactor. I love the thing, and I don't plan on getting rid of it for a long time.

  6. Posted

    The only Phaserperson that I've seen around anywhere is Gary. Jim and Julie haven't been seen here in quite some time. Krissy seems to be good for maybe 1 post per month, if that...

     

     

    Okay, before we hijack RC's thread, I'll explain it.

     

    Since Krissy and I filed for divorce...

     

    Both of us have moved out. Krissy has also moved out of the state to take a better paying job. By mutual agreement, the kids would be better with Krissy, because she actually has a better paying job than I do (I'm delivering pizzas to make my truck payment.)

     

    Jim and Julie are now forced to figure out what to do with a house that is much too large for their family. They can afford it themselves, but it's not really worth it.

    and of course there is more, with me, but that'll go in my log when I feel up to it.

  9. Posted

    It's a testimate to RC's popularity that people she's never met outside of the Message Board remember and admire her enough to actually miss her. I'd consider myself to be lucky if one person here noticed me if I stopped showing up.

  10. Posted

    "Most beautiful girl in the world" by Charlie Rich, but only in my head...

     

     

    Hey, did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world?

    And if you did, was she crying, crying?

    Hey, if you happen to see the most beautiful girl that walked out on me

    Tell her, "I'm sorry."

    Tell her, "I need my baby."

    Won't you tell her that I love her.

     

    I woke up this morning and realized what I had done

    I stood alone in the cold gray dawn

    I knew I'd lost my morning sun

    I lost my head and I said some things

    Now come the heartaches that morning brings

    I know I'm wrong and I couldn't see

    I let my world slip away from me

    So.......

     

    Hey, did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world?

    And if you did, was she crying, crying?

    Hey, if you happen to see the most beautiful girl that walked out on me

    Tell her, "I'm sorry."

    Tell her, "I need my baby."

    Won't you tell her that I love her.

     

  11. Posted

    My brother is an 11B, BA. He's with 3d BCT, 82d Airborne right now, kicking *buttocks* and chewin' bubblegum (but he forgot his bubblegum. Go figure) in the great big sandbox right now. He said Airborne school was totally, 1,010% kick-*buttocks*. Have fun!

     

    By the way, I did my Advanced training (Military Police) at Ft. Lost-in-the-woods.

  12. Posted

    Those damned commercials use Hollywood Snow. You can drive a Motorcycle through that stuff. my truck is fine in snow, as long as there's not ice under it. And, here's the thing about 4WD: It means you have power going to all 4 wheels. That's fine and dandy if you hit a small peice of ice, but if the entire road is icy, you might as well put some frickin' skis on that Explorer, cus you got ZERO traction. 4 wheel doesn't mean you have more traction, just means you have more wheels that have power. And if you're on ice, then 4 wheel drive is about as useful as a stormtrooper costume at a Star Trek convention.

  13. Posted

    One of my now-former drivers suggested outfitting Domino's cars with snow-plows. I suggested police-style brushracks so we could just push other cars out of the way. driving in the snow is dangerous, but even more so if you don't know what the hell you are doing. Don't let your ego get the better of you. If it looks unsafe to drive, you're right.

  16. Posted

    Consider yourself very lucky, I got popped in speed trap city (Santa Barbara) doing 70 in a 55 which was flat, straight, in broad daylight and also very deserted, 'cept for the cop and I. :yucky:

     

    To the kids who just got their licenses: Speeding is bad.

     

    To the adults: Deserted straight-aways are bad. Even Military Police do traffic enforcement training. Some Military bases are HUGE, and have long, flat stretches of road. I know some MPs and Civilian cops who call a single car on a deserted road a Target. You're by yourself, Noone else out here, who's gonna see you flying through at a buck twenty? Answer, the cop hiding behind the bush.

     

    Also, I'm going to let everyone in on a trade secret: Radar detectors really do pick up all sorts of police radars, and even a good number of Military Fire Control radars, as well as other kinds. Here's the problem. Radar Detectors are passive sensors. they only go off when they come in contact with the radar's emmissions. What does that mean? Well, it basically means that a Radar detector is a warning that says "you're busted." if the detector is going off, it means, in all likelyhood, that you've already been tagged.

  17. Posted · Edited by Gary_Phaserman

    I got pulled over in Kenosha County for doing 110 on I-94, but I got out of the ticket because I was in uniform and had my Military Police badge. The officer gave me a warning, and told me next time I feel the need to travel that fast I need to be in a cruiser with the lights going. I was coming back from Milwaukee during a drill weekend, and it was late at night. if the road is straight and relatively smooth, it's easy to get up over the 100 mark and not notice it.

  22. Posted

    This is a really funny hat-tip to "Top Gun" posted in the USS Eros Sim earlier today.

     

    Backstory: Cousins Mike and Gary Phaserman are Starfleet fighter pilots, in the officers lounge aboard the USS Eros. They spot the Eros' XO, CDR Kristen Phaserman, Gary's wife, iddly chatting with some crewmembers. Major Gary Phaserman (SF Fighter Corps) and Lieutenant Mike Phaserman (Starfleet Pilot) decide that she's lost it...

     

    Mike and Gary sit at the bar in the officer's lounge, just hanging

    out, waiting to meet with the Admiral. Gary sees Krissy talking with

    a few people, talking.

     

    Gary: She's lost that loving feeling.

    Mike: She's lo...

    [catches up]

    Mike: No she hasn't.

    Gary: Yes she has.

    Mike: [objecting] She's not lost that lo...

    Gary: dude, she's lost it man.

    [walks off]

    Mike: Come on!

    [to himself]

    Mike: Aw sh... I hate it when she does that.

     

    Gary hits a button on the music system, grabs a mic, and approaches.

     

    Gary: Excuse me, miss...

     

    Mike: I'm sorry, lemme handle this...

     

    Mike faces Gary, Gary nods, Mike ducks away...

     

    Gary: You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your li-ips..

     

    Mike: And there's no tenderness, like before in your fingerti-ips

     

    Gary: you're trying hard not to show it...

     

    Both: But bay-bee! I know it! (Several other officers join in) You've

    lost, that lovin' feelin! Oh, that lovin' feelin! You've lost that

    lovin' feelin' now it's gone. Gone. Gone. Whoa-oh-oh!

     

    Krissy: You two do that pretty good. Does it work?

     

    Mike: Well, we've done it twice, first time I did the lead...

     

    Gary: Crashed and burned.

     

    Krissy: And the second?

     

    Gary: I'll let you know tomorrow.

     

    Krissy: Major, I know you're a good pilot, but don't quit your day-

    job. Singing isn't your thing.

     

    Gary: It's the thought that counts...

     

    Off.

  23. Posted

    Sailor Dies Following Accident on USS Frank Cable

    Story Number: NNS061207-12

    Release Date: 12/7/2006 4:29:00 PM

     

     

     

    From Commander, Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Public Affairs

     

    PEARL HARBOR, HI (NNS) -- A Sailor assigned to USS Frank Cable (AS-40) has died from injuries he sustained when a steam pipe ruptured in the engineering spaces of the Guam-based submarine tender on December 1.

     

    The crewmember, who was a Fireman assigned to the ship’s engineering division, died Dec. 7 at Brooke Army Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. His name is being withheld pending next of kin notification.

     

    “Our Navy is deeply saddened by this tragedy,” said Pacific Submarine Force commander Rear Adm. Joseph Walsh. “We are grateful for his service to our country, and offer our deepest sympathies to his family.”

     

    The accident occurred on the evening of December 1 (Guam time), after the ship had returned from sea to Apra Harbor, Guam. Personnel were conducting routine preventive maintenance checks of steam safety valves when the #1 Boiler experienced a major steam leak into the fire box, rupturing an exhaust plenum and sending pressurized steam into the Fire Room.

     

    Eight crewmembers were initially taken to Naval Hospital Guam. Two were treated and released in Guam, while the remaining six were flown the next day to Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu. There they were met by the Burn Special Medical Augmentation Response Team (B-SMART), a nine-member team comprised of the military’s leading burn trauma experts. After initial treatment and evaluation, the six Sailors were escorted to Brooke Army Medical Center for specialized burn trauma care.

     

    Of the five remaining Sailors taken to Brooke Army Medical Center, four remain in very serious condition, and one has been released for outpatient follow-up.

     

    USS Frank Cable remains in Guam while damage is assessed and the accident is investigated.

     

    I've heard rumors that the sailor who died is a native of my hometown, Zion, IL., and a 2004 graduate of Zion-Benton High School. I haven't seen anything confirming this yet, but I don't doubt the reports.

  24. Posted

    We got another one, I'm just gonna give you guys the basics.

     

    Since last we heard from the forward-deployed Phaserman, He's sampled a few of the local "customs" if youn can call them that.

     

    One of his pairs of ACU trousers (the new pixellated BDU the Army uses, Advanced Combat Uniform) is now missing part of the "cargo" pocket. Anyone with a pair of cargo pants knows the pocket. Right around knee level. Shrapnel from an IED missed his leg barely, but tore a hole in the pocket. He wouldn't say if anyone in his unit was injured, all he said was that he's got a hole in his pants.

     

    Also, from an unrelated incident, he had the (mis)fortune of field-testing the body armor he was issued. Appearently, it works. A round from an AK-47 hit the ceramic ballistics insert (known to soldiers as the Chicken plate). Appearently Tommy didn't even know about it until the Company 1SGT noticed the damage to the front of his body armor. Dispite two very close brushes with incoming projectiles, our favorite soldier remains pretty upbeat. again, no word on any casualties.

     

    He also wants to send Christmas wishes to everyone, and reminds everyone that He'll be home for Christmas, so please have snow, and mistle-toe, and presents under the tree. He'll be home for Christmas, if only in his dreams and in our hearts (actually, he will be home by Christmas 2007, more than likely.), the 3/82nd is most likely going to rotate back to the states sometime early next summer, or late spring.