Ramjet38 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 https://www.navytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2024/03/22/that-time-a-helo-crew-dropped-greased-pigs-onto-an-aircraft-carrier/ What’s faster than a greased apple down a drainpipe? A greased pig, apparently. In 1986, members of a U.S. Navy helicopter crew stationed aboard the USS America sought to bring a moment of levity to the conclusion of their six-month deployment to the Mediterranean. With the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy poised to relieve the Kitty Hawk-class super carrier, aircrewman Brian Christoff and his fellow aviators hatched a plan. “I was an Aircrewman/SAR Swimmer with HS-11 helo squadron,” Christoff wrote in a since-deleted Facebook post. “The fighter jet jocks got with us and came up with this slant, on an age-old tradition, of releasing a greased pig onto the deck of the relieving ship. Three pigs painted with red, white and blue food coloring and lathered in grease. The Kennedy never [saw] it coming!” https://youtu.be/IMJyw7epRec 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fog Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Fresh bacon for the officers! 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramjet38 Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 4 minutes ago, Fog said: Fresh bacon for the officers! Fuk them. That's for the crew. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullClip Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Glad they never dropped one down the hatch on the boat. Half the crew would be trying to eat it. The other half would want to marry it. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramjet38 Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 2 minutes ago, FullClip said: Glad they never dropped one down the hatch on the boat. Half the crew would be trying to eat it. The other half would want to marry it. They've said that's why we have sheep, but in reality that's just the distraction for us for the Marines. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 In those days if you found a pig in your airplane patch, it was your pig. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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