Thanks for the comments. In response to a couple of them.
I really like that shot of the CH-53
If you meant the upper right hand corner, You are almost right. It is an H-53, you just got the variant wrong. It is an MH-53E(Mine Countermeasueres) versus a CH-53 (Cargo) but close enough. The differences are trivial and most wouldn’t be able to tell.
Were those your ships?
Although I didn’t take all the pictures, yes those are “my” ships and “my” aircraft. Actually, there are a few more ships that I couldn’t fit in but some of them were the same class of ships as those already depicted so I didn’t think it would hurt to leave them out.
I had a very varied career, I went to different communities every time I transferred. Many sailors get tied into a platform (F-18, E-2, H-60 etc) and never work with anything else their whole career. I was fortunate enough to switch around a lot. My 21 years never got boring.
| Command | Aircraft | Ships |
|---|---|---|
| VQ-2 Rota Spain | EA-3B Skywarrior, EP-3E Orion | None |
| Instructor duty NATTC, Millington, TN | None | None |
| HSL-34 Norfolk, VA | SH-2F Sea Sprite | USS Trippe (FF-1075), USS Antrim (FFG-20), USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2), USS Moinester (FF-1097) |
| Ship’s Company (Security Dept) | None | USS Enterprise (CVN-65) |
| HC-8, Norfolk, VA | CH-46D Sea Knight | None |
| HM-14, Norfolk, VA | MH-53E Sea Stallion | USS Inchon (MCS-12, formerly LPH-12) |
| VAW-120, Norfolk, VA | E-2C Hawkeye, C-2A Greyhound | USS George Washington (CVN-73), USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) |