Navy vs Army this week in the CT!!

[1Duke1]

AH'ers

Some know, 99% don't know that I am a US Naval Academy Grad (class of 1994).  In the CT this week to celebrate the 106th meeting of the Midshipmen of Navy and the Assses of West Point, we are featuring a setup that pits the fighter aircraft of the US Army Air Corps versus the fighter aircraft of the US Navy.

MOTD;

Navy vs. Army  2005.....WWII Aces High Style!!!

December 3rd marks the 106th meeting between the Midshipman of Navy
and the tulips of West Point.

This setup is going to pit the fighter aircraft of the US Army Air Corps against
the aircraft of the US Navy.

Slot Terrain, Knights are the dreaded Woops, and the Bish are the dashing gents in
Navy Blue.

Pick a side, and let the battle begin!!!


Knights:

A11-  Early models only; P40B,E/P51B/P47D-11

The rest of the fields;  all USAAC aircraft


Bish:

A10- Early models only;  F4f-4, F4u-1, Fm2

C25- Early models only
C8 - Late models only;  F4u-1C, F4u-1D, F4u-4, F6f-5

The rest of land fields, all USN aircraft.


Come on in and give it a go!!!!

[Hornet33]

Big, grey, and underway. Thats why I joined the Army first. I can have my own tent to sleep in, solid ground beneath my feet and a decent uniform, unlike the Navy that sleeps 100 guys in a broom closet of a berthing area, get bounced off the bulkheads in heavy seas, and wears a uniform that has a cape with little stars on it, a scarf, and a hat called a dixie cup (kinda gay don't ya think).


Of course now I'm in a REAL sea going service. U.S. Coast Guard!!! At the most 20 man berthing, cool uniforms (solid blue BDU's), baseball caps standard issue, and maybe underway for a few months at a time.

[Hornet33]

Oh forgot this when I posted last night.





GO ARMY...BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF NAVY!!

[killnu]

US Coast Guard is part of the Dept of Transportation last i heard...unless it war time.

Im a submariner...go fast and go deep!!  They wont know what nailed them!:aok

[wetrat]

Originally posted by killnu
US Coast Guard is part of the Dept of Transportation last i heard...unless it war time.

Im a submariner...go fast and go deep!!  They wont know what nailed them!:aok

Go fast and deep? Nail them? ...you can put your own joke here, it's just too easy

btw, what the hell is this "noid" thing supposed to be? I love it

[Tails]

Originally posted by wetrat


btw, what the hell is this "noid" thing supposed to be? I love it

Tin foil hat... Black helicopter... You be the judge of what 'noid' is supposed to mean

[zarkov]

Originally posted by Hornet33
Big, grey, and underway. Thats why I joined the Army first. I can have my own tent to sleep in, solid ground beneath my feet and a decent uniform, unlike the Navy that sleeps 100 guys in a broom closet of a berthing area, get bounced off the bulkheads in heavy seas, and wears a uniform that has a cape with little stars on it, a scarf, and a hat called a dixie cup (kinda gay don't ya think).

Wait a sec, the Navy's uniform includes a CAPE?

That's kind of cool...

[1Duke1]

HMM....I musta missed the "cape" issue day....DAMM!!

[zarkov]

Did the cape have anything on it?  Like an emblem?  I'm talking something like a stylized bald eagle, a fist holding lightning bolts, a big S, a bat shaped thing, etc.?

[*NDM*JohnnyX]

I live like 25 minutes from West Point so you know who I'm rooting for

[wetrat]

Originally posted by zarkov
Did the cape have anything on it?  Like an emblem?  I'm talking something like a stylized bald eagle, a fist holding lightning bolts, a big S, a bat shaped thing, etc.?

Just a big purple triangle

[SMIDSY]

Originally posted by zarkov
Wait a sec, the Navy's uniform includes a CAPE?

That's kind of cool...

its not a cape. it is a traditional part of the navy dress blue and white uniforms. it goes back to the age of fighting sail when men would soak their ponytails in tar. they would wipe the tar on their hands so they wouldnt get rope burn. the flap on the back kept the tar off the main uniform.

[Delirium]

Shining example why that uniform needs to be updated.

It is god-awful looking and (from what I hear) only Australian women like it.

[SMIDSY]

they HAVE been updated. now they are exactly the same exept they are black.

[Hornet33]

Yeah they have a "little" cape so they can look like the super friends.

The U.S. Coast Guard is now the largest component of the Department Of Homeland Security. We used to be part of the Department of Transportation, and before that the Department of Treasury. 5th branch or the military but the only one authorised to conduct law enforcement within the United States.