Here it is Monday morning the 19th and the ship is sort of in the process of redeploying some of its air assets back to Norfolk and other points. Yesterday the test and evaluation squadron VX-1 flew back to Patuxent river. Today the H-53 squadron was in the process of taking all of its crew members and maintainers to the beach a couple of trips for those guys before they were to make the trip north back Norfolk.
Side bar comment, there is another tropical storm “Rita” in the Western Atlantic, which is getting some people nervous, especially with some of the fall out from Katrina.
Anyhow this 53 was coming back to the boat to make its last run for the beach when the airboss said, “551, I have some good news and some bad news, what do you want to hear first?” The pilot said the bad news. The pilot said, “ we will take the bad news boss” So the boss delivered the bad news to the crew informing them that their long awaited trip home to Norfolk and cold beer had been canceled. However the boss with a sense of humor this morning told the crew that the good news was that he saved a bunch of money with GEICO!
Needless to say I am sitting here in the SAC listening to the radios and I am in tears of laughter.. Too funny that the 53’s are coming back.. and the hilarious chatter on the radios…
Aaah the fun never ends aboard the GATOR!
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