I spent 24 years in the Navy and never had anything to do with anything other than carriers and big deck gators. When I retired I took a job working on DDG's and I will never forget the first time I went into the MMR. I looked around for about 5 minutes and said "who is the silly bastard that decided to put jet engines on a boat? If we light the afterburners can this sumbitch pop a wheelie?" Never had a clue what ran those tin cans in the entire 24 years.
