New Member Intro

[gorknoids]

Sonobuoys?  Yeah, Ordies loaded and armed them, but the end result was that the AW's had a grid for tracking subs, and really, who gets any satisfaction from that?   The Orion COULD tote a grunch of whoop-ass when it went tactical (Big missiles and nukes) but that's a one-way trip for a turbo-prop.
     I was ship's company Weapons Department and then went into F-14's, retiring just a couple of years before the Tomcat did.  Now all the fighter squadrons are F/A-18's, which is like trading in a Harley for a moped.      

[Pathfinder]

P-3 Orion (variation of a DC-3 turbo prop)  used for Anti Submarine warfare and tracking missions throughout the known world.  Sonabouy is a piece of ordnance dropped into the sea where it's explosive charge sends a sound wave that bounces off big submerged objects of interest and relays that information back to a listening post (of sorts) and allows the rest of the Navy to go hunting for said submerged object of interest.

The Navy has the coolest shit on the planet.....

Hell, Tim, even I know what a P-3 is (variant of a DC-6 BTW), and a sonobouy. Used to live a few clicks from Glenview NAS. Nothing like watching an F-14 use Lake Ave. as a marker line coming in for final.

it was the gibberish of HSL-32 & 34 (H-2's) and FNG, USN (Ret) AOCS (AW) IYAOYAS I was referring to.

I'm in IT and I thought we used acronyms - got nothing on the gummint types, for sure!   

[Timothy]

Hell, Tim, even I know what a P-3 is (variant of a DC-6 BTW), and a sonobouy. Used to live a few clicks from Glenview NAS. Nothing like watching an F-14 use Lake Ave. as a marker line coming in for final.

it was the gibberish of HSL-32 & 34 (H-2's) and FNG, USN (Ret) AOCS (AW) IYAOYAS I was referring to.

I'm in IT and I thought we used acronyms - got nothing on the gummint types, for sure!   

OK, I'll guess on a few and Gorknoid can fill in the blanks. 

AW  Aviation Warfare Systems Operator
FNG  Friggin New Guy
AOCS Aviation Officers Candidate School
IYAOYAS  I think it means "If you ain't ordnance, you ain't shit!"

HSL  Not a friggin clue!!!!!  According to Google, HSL-32 is a helicopter squadron...

P.S.  The US Navy has a dictionary to keep track of all the friggin acronyms....I'm sure all the branches do!

Actually, we were both incorrect.  The P-3 Orion is derived from the Lockheed Martin Electra!

[Big Frank]

IYAOYAS is where I got completely lost.

[gorknoids]

AOCS stands for Aviation Ordnanceman Chief Senior, even though you say it "Senior Chief".  In "HSL", the first letter identifies the type of aircraft (H=helicopter), the second identifies it's intended mission (S=anti-Submarine) and the last is a modifier, in this case "L" for "Light".
     There is a code for damned near everything. 

[Sponsor]

[Timothy]

Thanks for the correction Senior Chief.  I've been a civilian now for nearly thirty years...

Tim

[gorknoids]

I'm 47, so even using my time BEFORE the Navy let me in, you've got me beat in civilian years. 

[Timothy]

Ain't got ya by much mate, be 52 in May....and I wasn't much of a sailor...I left that to my big brothers.......

I spent four years on active and a few reserve and never set foot on anything that floated or sank!

Ocean Systems Tech...now defunct rate of the Cold War...

[AussieRogue]

G'day from Albuquerque I'm an Aussie living here married to an American Lady and about a month or so ago I brought my first gun  and I love it will try and get my CCW soon 

[MikeBjerum]

Welcome Aussie ...

Glad to here you are here and enjoying the freedoms we have!