{"id":6462,"date":"2023-01-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/?p=6462"},"modified":"2023-01-02T14:43:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T19:43:11","slug":"135-you-mean-theres-more-to-a-carrier-than-the-flight-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/135-you-mean-theres-more-to-a-carrier-than-the-flight-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"#135\u2014You Mean There\u2019s More to a Carrier Than the Flight Deck?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Trivia Questions (Answers @ end)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Who said, <em>\u201cSomeone out there is holding their breath, hoping you\u2019ll fail. Make sure they suffocate.\u201d<\/em>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In what movie did we hear, <em>\u201cLife is too damn short and too damn long to go through without someone at your side.\u201d<\/em>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In what song (and who sang it) did we hear the following?<br><em>There&#8217;s been a load of compromising<\/em><br><em>On the road to my horizon<\/em><br><em>But I&#8217;m gonna be where the lights are shinin&#8217; on me<\/em>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"sdm_download_item \"><div class=\"sdm_download_item_top\"><div class=\"sdm_download_thumbnail\"><\/div><div class=\"sdm_download_title\">Blog #135 (Audio)<\/div><\/div><div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div><div class=\"sdm_download_description\"><p>Blog #135 &#8211; You Mean There&#8217;s More to an Aircraft Carrier Than the Flight Deck?<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"sdm_download_date\"><span class=\"sdm_download_date_label\">Published: <\/span><span class=\"sdm_download_date_value\">January 2, 2023<\/span><\/div><div class=\"sdm_download_link\"><span class=\"sdm_download_button\"><form action=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/?sdm_process_download=1&#038;download_id=6472\" method=\"post\" class=\"sdm-g-recaptcha-form sdm-download-form\"><div class=\"sdm-recaptcha-button\"><div class=\"g-recaptcha sdm-g-recaptcha\"><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"sdm_download darkblue sdm_download_with_condition\">Audio by Andy Adkins<\/a><\/div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"download_id\" value=\"6472\" \/><\/form><\/span><span class=\"sdm_download_item_count\"><span class=\"sdm_item_count_number\">1<\/span><span class=\"sdm_item_count_string\"> Download<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sdm_clear_float\"><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Becky &amp; I recently returned from a great trip to San Diego, visiting our son, Jared, and his two boys (our grandsons, ages 10 &amp; 8). The weather was as I remembered it from years ago\u2014cool, crisp, and <em>not<\/em> humid, like here in Florida. Fortunately, we had no travel woes, like so many others traveling during the holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Diego has grown (significantly) since I was there in the mid-70s. Unfortunately, I didn\u2019t get a chance to get over to Coronado, where my old aircraft carrier, <strong><em>USS Kitty Hawk<\/em><\/strong> (CV-63) was home ported at <strong>North Island Naval Station<\/strong>. At the time, both <em>USS Abraham Lincoln<\/em> (CV-72) and <em>USS Carl Vinson<\/em> (CV-70) were in port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midway.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>USS Midway<\/em> (CV-41) Museum<\/a> many times in the past, most recently in June 2022 during the <em>USS Kitty Hawk<\/em> reunion. And each time, whether I\u2019m by myself, with family, or with shipmates, I typically made my way to the flight deck. After all, that\u2019s where I spent the majority of my short Naval career\u2014<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/book_navy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Three Years, 11 Months, &amp; 29 Days: But Who\u2019s Counting<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s hard to explain this to someone who\u2019s not spent time on a carrier, but I can literally get lost up on the flight deck. Not physically, mind you, though with age comes lapses of\u2026 (I forget).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But just wandering around the flight deck, even with the limited number of aircraft on the <em>USS Midway <\/em>(or the <em>USS Intrepid<\/em>, CV-11, in New York, the <em>USS Yorktown<\/em>, CV-10, in Charleston, the <em>USS Lexington<\/em>, CV-16, in Corpus Cristi, or the <em>USS Hornet<\/em>, CV-12, in Alameda), I find myself easily venturing back to the days when I served aboard <em>Kitty Hawk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Back in the Day<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During my time in the Navy (\u201973-77), I was an <strong>Aviation Boatswain\u2019s Mate Handler<\/strong> and worked at two duty stations<strong>: NAS Agana, Guam<\/strong> and <em>USS Kitty Hawk<\/em>. On both stations, I was initially an aircraft <strong>Crash &amp; Salvage<\/strong> firefighter. I\u2019ve written several blogs about <a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/53-you-always-remember-your-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">my first duty station in Guam<\/a>. Guam was great duty and for 15 months, we worked one day on and one day off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For an 18-year-old kid, fresh out of flunking college, Guam was a scuba diving paradise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I transferred to <em>Kitty Hawk<\/em> in March \u201975, even though I was a \u201cseasoned\u201d aircraft firefighter, the flight deck of a carrier is much smaller than the two parallel runways at NAS Agana, Guam. That took a little while to get used to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On top of that, there were \u201cpassageways\u201d and \u201cbelow decks\u201d and \u201ccompartments\u201d that I had to learn to navigate. None of that existed on Guam. Talk about a change in \u201clifestyle.\u201d But\u2026 I was a confident 19-year-old <strong>ABH3<\/strong> (third-class petty officer) and knew I\u2019d figure it out. I\u2019ll tell you from experience, it didn\u2019t take long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/USS_Midway.jpg?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"USS Midway, CV-41\" class=\"wp-image-3961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/USS_Midway-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/USS_Midway-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/USS_Midway-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/USS_Midway-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/USS_Midway-scaled.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/USS_Midway-scaled.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">USS Midway (C-41) Museum, San Diego<br>(Photo credit: Andy Adkins)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Surprise<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh yeah\u2026 I got caught up reminiscing about the good old days. It happens when you write a weekly blog like <em>A Veteran\u2019s Journey<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to San Diego\u2026 back to Christmas 2022\u2026 back to the <em>USS Midway<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we first arrived at our son\u2019s house and greeted by our two young grandsons, one of the first things they asked me: \u201cGranddad. Guess what we\u2019re going to do tomorrow?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My answer was simple and direct. \u201cI hope we get to spend all day and all night with you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to visit the <em>Midway<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It took a moment for that to sink in. I just turned 68 years old a couple of weeks ago. As many times as we\u2019ve been to San Diego to visit, I\u2019ve never been aboard the <em>Midway<\/em> with my grandsons. I believe they were too young at the time; and the pandemic certainly didn\u2019t help. So, this was quite a surprise and something I\u2019d been looking forward to for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/79-what-did-you-do-in-the-navy-granddad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What did you do in the Navy, Granddad?<\/a>\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>USS Midway<\/em> Museum<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you\u2019re my age visiting any place that charges admission, you typically ask three questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Any discounts for senior citizens?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any discounts for AAA?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any discounts for veterans?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSir, I need to see your military ID, please.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I happen to have a copy of my <strong>DD-214<\/strong> (that\u2019s commonly known as a military Ph.D.) on my phone, so I whip that puppy out and show the cashier. Lo &amp; behold, those four years in the Navy provided me with a $8 discount; that\u2019s enough to buy a beer in southern California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And we\u2019re off\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet\u2019s go to the flight deck so Granddad can show you some neat stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want to see the engine room first.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sigh. How can you argue with an 8-year-old?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But first, there\u2019s the mock cockpits where grandkids (not granddads) can easily climb in and pretend to fly. There were also (new to me) several mock ejection seats nearby. While I watched the grands climb in and out of the aircraft cockpits, I meandered over to the ejection seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I seemed to recall there were three safety pins in the old Martin-Baker ejection seats on the <strong>F-4 Phantoms<\/strong>\u2014at least, three that we in Crash were aware of. I\u2019m sure someone will correct me if I\u2019m wrong, but there\u2019s one at the headrest for the face curtain, one at the pilot\u2019s seat between his legs, and one on the side ejection handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I guess in the long run, it doesn\u2019t matter at this time, but just being able to identify where they were located\u201448 years after the cruise\u2014brought back a ton of memories. Fortunately, while I was aboard <em>Kitty Hawk<\/em>, we never had an F-4 Phantom crash on the flight deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Below Decks<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the cockpit \u201cexperience,\u201d the grands led the way down the stairs. And, before you ask, no\u2026 I can no longer \u201cslide\u201d down the handrails on my forearms like I used to. But I can tell you this\u2026 at 6\u20194\u201d, I can still bump into the overhead pipes and miss the knee-knockers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In all my visits to <em>Midway<\/em>, I may have ventured down below decks once or twice with my wife, daughter, and son. But this was much different\u2014this was with a couple of young kids who had so many questions and their minds were racing so fast, it was hard to keep up with their exuberance. Needless to say, it was quite a learning experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The galley, the wardrooms, sick bay, engineering, berthing compartments, and CIC. I\u2019d never been in the <strong>Combat Information Center<\/strong> before, either during my time aboard <em>Kitty Hawk<\/em> nor while visiting <em>Midway<\/em>. The only thing I knew about CIC was what I saw in the movie, <strong><em>Top Gun<\/em><\/strong>. You know the scene, you know the line\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>How long will it take to launch the Alert-5?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>It\u2019ll take ten minutes, sir.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>Bullshit ten minutes! This thing will be over in two minutes! Get on it<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was a first for me and I can honestly tell you I was probably more excited than my grandsons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All those dials, push buttons, and speakers, those green and blue radar\/sonar monitor-looking things (I\u2019m sure there\u2019s a technical term there), and the multiple clear plexiglass boards where sailors wrote backwards. It was all new to me and equally interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, we visited the Galley\u2014I was always on the other side in the serving line, not behind where mess specialists (cooks) cooked around the clock, making 17,000 meals to feed 5,500+ hungry sailors. I never went hungry during my time in the Navy, unlike my dad who fought in Europe during World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, there\u2019s a \u201cdisplay\u201d of food in the serving line and guess what\u2019s for breakfast? SOS, or as we commonly called it, \u201cShit on a Shingle.\u201d There\u2019s no other way to describe it, but SOS is a Navy staple and to tell you the truth, it ain\u2019t bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask me if I\u2019ve ever had SOS since I left the Navy\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Berthing Compartments &amp; Engine Rooms<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Try to describe to young kids where you slept and where you showered. It\u2019s next to impossible. But being able to show them a Navy rack (stacked three high), and where you stored everything you owned in a \u201ccoffin\u201d locker\u2014that\u2019s something else. \u201cShow, don&#8217;t tell\u2026\u201d one of the harder concepts in writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/USSMidway_AZABunk.jpg?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"USS Midway Berthing Compartment Bunk with Andy (2007)\" class=\"wp-image-4199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/USSMidway_AZABunk-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/USSMidway_AZABunk-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/USSMidway_AZABunk-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/USSMidway_AZABunk-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/USSMidway_AZABunk-scaled.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/USSMidway_AZABunk-scaled.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andy Adkins (I can still fit in the rack)<br>USS Midway (CV-41)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow did you fit in there, granddad?\u201d My youngest grandson asked the obvious question. I\u2019m six-foot-four, so I easily crawled into one of the racks. \u201cThis is how we slept.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I could go on and on about how good my bunk felt after working sixteen hours on the flight deck during flight ops. But\u2026 they were more interested in further exploration. Who am I to deny them that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our next stop was the engine room. I don\u2019t think I\u2019d ever been this far below decks. Back in the day, there was never any need to\u2014this territory belonged to those who knew what they were doing. They kept the ship moving and the water clean. I\u2019m sure there were more jobs, duties, and details. But when you\u2019re on a ship that resembles a small floating city, there are so many (MANY) people who do so many things, it\u2019s mind boggling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that\u2019s what you do when you\u2019re in the Navy on a ship\u2014it&#8217;s called teamwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Showing my Grandsons What I Did in the Navy<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally (FINALLY!), we headed up to the flight deck. The <em>Midway<\/em> provides a great opportunity (for me) to explain what I did back in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, my wife &amp; son had heard many of these stories and each time I tell them, I seem to embellish them a little more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m not the only one that does that, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But trying to explain aircraft launches and recoveries to an 8-year-old requires a little more simplistic approach. Trying to explain how an aircraft flies or why there are different aircraft\u2026 that\u2019s tougher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSee these big things hanging beneath the wings of this F-4 Phantom\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat\u2019s a Phantom, granddad?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeah\u2026 try to explain the difference between a Phantom and a <strong>Tomcat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy do they use bombs, granddad?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeah\u2026 that\u2019s a tough one. Time to move on to the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/83-flight-deck-skittles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">skittles<\/a>\u201d portion of our tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/USSRanger-Skittles-3.jpg?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"USS Ranger Skittles\" class=\"wp-image-4145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/USSRanger-Skittles-3.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/USSRanger-Skittles-3.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/USSRanger-Skittles-3.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">USS Midway (CV-41); Flight Deck Jerseys<br>(Photo credit: Andy Adkins)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortunately, the <em>Midway<\/em> has a display of life-size cutouts with the various colored jerseys and a brief description of what each sailor (both men &amp; women) does on the flight deck. Now that I look back, I was both Crash and a Yellow Shirt director. So, I first stand next to the guy in a Crash firefighting suit and tell the kids, \u201cThis was what I looked like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, I walked down to the other end and stood next to the life-size cutout of a Yellow Shirt director. \u201cLook, this is the other job I did. I wore a yellow jersey and float coat and looked like this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut she\u2019s a lady, granddad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can\u2019t win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Catwalks, safety nets, catapults, arresting gear wires, the foul line\u2026 all were important to me back in the day. While I contemplated telling my grandsons about each and every function, I realized it didn\u2019t matter to them\u2026 not now. What mattered is that they were on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier with their dad, their Grammy, and their granddad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>My Heart is Full<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three hours flies by when you\u2019re visiting the <em>Midway<\/em> Museum. So much to see and do and so little time. But for the next few days at our son\u2019s house, playing with the grandkids, I can\u2019t tell you how many times they \u201cbuilt\u201d an aircraft carrier and supporting fleet (destroyers, cruisers, escorts, and patrol boats) out of paper. I can\u2019t tell you how many times I heard the term, \u201caircraft carrier,\u201d or how many times they mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/54-westpac-75-carrier-squadrons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phantoms, Tomcats, Hummers, Intruders, and Whales<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I guess no matter how many times I visit the <em>Midway<\/em> Museum, I always learn something new. Whether it\u2019s with a small tour group, my son &amp; daughter, or my grandkids. 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