In a Carrier Battle Group, ships exchange their radar picture through the use of a computer data link. In today’s world they have, thanks to GPS, become a lot more accurate pictures. In the era that I grew up in-back when Sailors actually still took star sightings, and GPS was still a dream of some engineer-the picture was only as accurate as the navigation system of each platform. And the discipline of the persons who managed the link.
In the day, I was very aggressive about demanding a clean link picture-and usually when the link was screwed up-it was the anti air warfare cruiser’s fault. ( They would tell you different, but I know in my heart I was right).
When that would happen, I would torment my favorite E-2 NFO on the flag staff, whose job it was to make sure the links worked well with these words:
” Ray, ease my pain. Fix the link. Go the distance-fix the link”
Well now the Links are fixed. I removed links that did not work, or had not been updated in some time. Does anyone know what happened to Madame Chiang? It pained me to remove her link. I added some new ones-more from the Expat side than the military side. Because that is where a lot of my interest lies now. Getting to be one of those guys again. Plus-I changed and edited for some other reasons I will explain in a month or so.
No intent to offend anyone-and if you think you should be here, let me know. I’m going to be tinkering with the layout again this weekend.
I’m offended that you blamed the air defense guys for bad links.
With all due respect-deselect “auto report” and you guys will get the respect you deserve. Dialing down your track quality would help too…….
🙂
Thanks for keeping my link even if my life has been so busy I have not had time to Blog 🙂
Mdme Chiang, was alive and well last time I talked to her…but just very busy and living in an Internet Black Hole 🙂
GI Korea has moved.
You are correct sir-but he has not given out his new domain yet. I’m a big GI Korea fan so when he comes back he’ll be in my links.
This is according to Marmot.
I understand the Navy still requires celestial navigation. You can never tell if GPS will survive the opening gambits in war. You had better be a seaman, and not a lubber with an electronic crutch. There probably won’t be a response to your EPIRB after combat starts.
QM:
Well – it did when I was ‘gator and between myself and my QMC, we worked it pretty hard. He and I would have “celestial shootouts” – and naturally got my @$$ kicked early on. Practice, as they say, makes perfect and by the time we were ready for the TYCOM eval, I’d pit my crew against anyone on the waterfront, from ‘gator down to QMSN, knowing we’d come out on top.
Besides, what better way to escape the bridge and get some fresh air, especially when the CO was in a…grouchy…mood?
– SJS