{"id":7650,"date":"2025-02-25T11:44:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/?p=7650"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:44:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:44:47","slug":"187-westpac-75-transit-to-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/187-westpac-75-transit-to-pi\/","title":{"rendered":"#187\u2014Westpac \u201975: Transit to PI"},"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\">\n<li>Who said, <em>\u201cYou don&#8217;t improve your life by doing more. You improve it by doing less of what doesn&#8217;t matter.\u201d<\/em>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In what movie (and who said it), did we hear, <em>\u201cIt\u2019s what you do right now that makes a difference.\u201d<\/em>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In what song (and who sang it) did we hear:<br><em>The bar-maid is mad &#8217;cause some guy made a pass<\/em><br><em>The juke box is play-in&#8217; there stands the glass<\/em><br><em>And the cigarette smoke kind-a hangs in the air<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m writing a multi-part series of articles about a US Navy cruise in the Pacific, commonly known as a \u201cWestpac.\u201d I made one Westpac in 1975. It made quite an impression on me and it\u2019s something I love to write about.<\/p>\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 #187 (audio)<\/div><\/div><div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div><div class=\"sdm_download_description\"><\/div><div class=\"sdm_download_date\"><span class=\"sdm_download_date_label\">Published: <\/span><span class=\"sdm_download_date_value\">February 23, 2025<\/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=7669\" 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=\"7669\" \/><\/form><\/span><span class=\"sdm_download_item_count\"><span class=\"sdm_item_count_number\">0<\/span><span class=\"sdm_item_count_string\"> Downloads<\/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\">If you missed the prior blog posts, check them out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/185-westpac-75\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Westpac \u201975<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/186-westpac-75-flight-ops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Westpac \u201975 Flight Ops<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WESTPAC<\/strong>\u2014A US Navy deployment from the west coast to the western Pacific Ocean involving a variety of ships, including aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines, as well as aircraft and other supporting units. Back in my day (mid \u201870s), the forward deployment base was Naval Station Subic Bay, Philippines. Currently, the forward deployment base is Yokosuka, Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were in and out of <a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/37-hawaii-one-word-beautiful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Hawaii<\/strong><\/a> twice before heading to the <strong>Philippine Islands<\/strong>, fondly known as \u201cPI.\u201d The two things I remember most about Hawaii (besides the beautiful water and beautiful women) were my visit to the Arizona Memorial and\u2026 drum roll, please\u2026 The Red Door Lounge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I mentioned the Red Door Lounge, only because it had a red door, blue drinks, women dancing on the table, and a kick-ass country band. One night out on liberty, my shipmates encouraged me to climb on stage to join the band (not the women on the table) and play a few songs. After all\u2026 my nickname <em>was<\/em> <strong>Chet Adkins<\/strong>. I got through Leroy van Dyke\u2019s <em>The Auctioneer<\/em> just fine, and leaned into Johnny Russell\u2019s <em>Rednecks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer<\/em> as a tribute to my buddies. I\u2019ll admit, I\u2019d had a few drinks, and I probably sounded like crap, but it was a great memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a more solemn note, several of us took a ferry ride out to visit the <strong><em>USS Arizona Memorial<\/em><\/strong>, which straddles the sunken battleship. It was quiet and serene, much like a church before a funeral. It wasn\u2019t as big as I thought it would be, at least not compared to <em>Kitty Hawk<\/em>. The most visible feature is the barbette to gun turret #3, poking out of the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/USSArizonaMemorial.jpg?resize=800%2C561&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/USSArizonaMemorial.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/USSArizonaMemorial.jpg?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/USSArizonaMemorial.jpg?resize=768%2C538&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">USS Arizona Memorial, Hawaii. <br>Public Domain Image. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peering down into the crystal-clear water, I realized that more than 1100 men were still entombed. It was an awakening for me\u2014these guys were <em>our<\/em> age when they lost their lives defending our country, their ship, and their fellow shipmates in an unprovoked attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bird in the Water<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While in and out of Hawaii, we continued flight ops &amp; training exercises, usually from 1000 through midnight. During the first day out, an <strong>F-4 Phantom<\/strong> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/54-westpac-75-carrier-squadrons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VF-114 squadron<\/a> (&#8220;Aardvarks&#8221;) was conducting touch &amp; go landings on the carrier. I was in my usual place along the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/61-theres-a-reason-for-the-flight-deck-foul-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Foul Line<\/a><\/strong>, next to the Crash tractor. We always kept our eyes on the aircraft, both coming &amp; going\u2026 you just never know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On one of the touch &amp; goes, the horizontal stabilizer locked, placing the Phantom in a nose-up attitude. Without enough speed, the aircraft stalled. The pilot applied afterburners, but it was too late. We watched as both the pilot and RIO (<strong>Radar Intercept Officer<\/strong>) punched out about 800 feet up.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/F-4J_Phantom_VF-114_in_flight_1972.jpg?resize=688%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/F-4J_Phantom_VF-114_in_flight_1972.jpg?w=688&amp;ssl=1 688w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/F-4J_Phantom_VF-114_in_flight_1972.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">F-4J Phantom from VF-114 Aardvarks in flight, assigned to USS Kitty Hawk. 1972<br>Official US Navy photograph. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At that point, almost every Crash training film I\u2019d watched over the past couple of years came into play, all within a few seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The jet was lost to <strong>Davy Jones<\/strong> with no chance of recovery. Fortunately, the crewmen parachuted down safely into the ocean to our starboard side and the <strong>SH-3<\/strong> plane guard helo was there within a few minutes. Both crewmen were quickly recovered, and neither injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We didn&#8217;t know what went wrong, but we later learned that it was an &#8220;equipment malfunction&#8221;\u2014the Navy&#8217;s way of saying, &#8220;it&#8217;s none of your business.&#8221; I was fine with that\u2026 at least he didn\u2019t crash on the flight deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dealing with Slackers &amp; Attitudes<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are two kinds of shipmates in the Navy: those who want to do their jobs, and those who don\u2019t give a rat\u2019s ass and skate as much as they can. I was the former and most of the guys I worked with had a good attitude. In a world of constant danger on the flight deck, you cannot allow guys with GAF (Give a F**k) attitudes to work on the flight deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had a way of dealing with it\u2014&#8221;<strong>blanket parties<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Blue Shirts<\/strong> usually took care of such things since most of the skates in our division were FNGs with an attitude and were in the Blue Shirt crew. When one of these guys copped an attitude, several of the older, more experienced Blue Shirts would find him alone, throw a blanket over him, and punch him all over his body. It rarely took more than one blanket party to straighten his sorry ass out. The next day, that guy learned to carry his own weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes we just wanted to have fun with a new recruit, especially if he was arrogant and thought he was better than the rest of us. One of the more painless methods of humiliation was the &#8220;balloon shaving cream trick.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several of us would gather around the recruit\u2019s rack in our berthing compartment. His privacy curtains were down. We\u2019d fill a balloon with shaving cream, blow it up a little, then while guys held the curtains down, one of us would open the corner flap and let the balloon loose in his rack. Once the balloon finished its \u201cduty,\u201d we would all quickly split\u2014he didn\u2019t know what hit him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have to admit, that was one of the funnier things we did on the ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On To PI<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We left Hawaii on Wednesday, June 4, heading for PI, a trip that would take about two weeks. During that time at sea, we easily got into our daily routines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of my other favorite at sea pastimes aboard <em>Kitty Hawk<\/em> was my job as a radio Disc Jockey. I had the 0600-0800 morning show for the onboard <strong>KRAL<\/strong> Country station. My call sign was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/39-good-morning-to-ya-kitty-hawk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Country Chet Adkins<\/a>.\u201d  There were two other radio stations, too: <strong>KROC<\/strong> (Rock) and <strong>KSOL<\/strong> (Soul).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KittyHawkRadio-KROC.jpg?resize=800%2C771&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KittyHawkRadio-KROC.jpg?resize=1024%2C987&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KittyHawkRadio-KROC.jpg?resize=300%2C289&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KittyHawkRadio-KROC.jpg?resize=768%2C741&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KittyHawkRadio-KROC.jpg?w=1038&amp;ssl=1 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">KROC Radio DJs.<br>USS Kitty Hawk Westpac &#8217;75 Yearbook.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After my radio show, I\u2019d head down to eat chow, then up to Crash where I\u2019d spend the next 16-18 hours on the flight deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Routine: Radio show &#8211; chow &#8211; flight ops &#8217;til midnight and chow sometime in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It\u2019s Not Just a Job\u2026 it\u2019s an adventure!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About halfway between Hawaii and PI, <em>Kitty Hawk<\/em> experienced a major problem around midnight in one of the main engine rooms. A steam line ruptured, then a sea valve malfunctioned, causing the machine room space to flood. No one was hurt and everybody down there got out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was the <em>good<\/em> thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>not-so-good <\/em>thing was the CO announced over the 1MC, \u201c<em>Anyone with scuba equipment please report to engine room #1\u2026 and bring your equipment<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was scary, and I had fleeting thoughts about 5,500 sailors abandoning ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had just closed my eyes after climbing into my rack. We went to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/64-general-quarters-general-quarters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">General Quarters<\/a><\/strong>. The flooding caused the ship to list to starboard, so we moved the Crash equipment and aircraft to the port side of the flight deck to help balance her out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can&#8217;t make this shit up&#8230; That was a <em>fun<\/em> night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Alert 5<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a long cruise to PI and because we knew there would be Russian surveillance aircraft in the air, the CO established what\u2019s commonly known as the \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/33-launch-the-alert-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alert 5<\/a><\/strong>.\u201d We were still in the <strong>Cold War<\/strong> era and didn\u2019t trust the Russians any more than they trusted us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That meant we\u2019d have two F-4 Phantoms on the catapults ready to launch from a cold start within five minutes. We kept this routine up around the clock, primarily because the Russians didn\u2019t work nine to five, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A pilot &amp; RIO sat in the cockpit of each aircraft, just&#8230; waiting. Nearby would be the starter equipment hooked up to the aircraft as well as a full crew, including maintenance and ordnance men. A <strong>Yellow Shirt<\/strong> director would join them\u2026 all ready to go at a moment\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0008.jpg?resize=800%2C566&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Russian Bear, F-4 Phantom\" class=\"wp-image-696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0008.jpg?resize=1024%2C724&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0008.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0008.jpg?resize=768%2C543&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0008.jpg?resize=1536%2C1087&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0008.jpg?resize=2048%2C1449&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0008.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">F-4 Phantom from VF-114 &#8220;Aardvarks&#8221; fighter squadron escorting a Russian Badger.<br>Official US Navy photo. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Russians flew anywhere close (and yes, they did <em>multiple<\/em> times), the <strong>Air Boss<\/strong> would announce over the 5MC, \u201c<em>Launch the Alert 5!<\/em>\u201d At that point, the Plane Captains would signal the Pilots to start the F-4 Phantoms, spool up the engines, and check the ordnance. The Yellow Shirts would direct the plane up to the catapults and when all was ready, the <strong>Shooter<\/strong> would launch the aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All within five minutes. Talk about efficiency and excitement!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cruising by Guam<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several days out from PI, we passed close to Guam. My good friends, <strong>Glenn Law<\/strong> and <strong>Gary Borne<\/strong> (R.I.P.), and I went down to the ship\u2019s communications office. We wanted to send a <em>smart-ass <\/em>telegram to some of the guys we knew were still at <strong>NAS Agana, Guam<\/strong>. Something like, <em>&#8220;Better food, better accommodations, fresh air, tons of free time, etc.&#8221;<\/em> (cause that\u2019s what shipmates do).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But when it came down to it, the Communications Officer put a limit as to what we could say. Basically, <em>Hi from Gary, Chet, and Glenn<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Guam-LawBorne_fb.jpg?resize=600%2C425&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Glenn Law, Gary Borne - NAS Agana, Guam (1974)\" class=\"wp-image-660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Guam-LawBorne_fb.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Guam-LawBorne_fb.jpg?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My good friends, Glenn Law (l) &amp; Gary Borne (r) at NAS Agana, Guam. 1974.<br>Photo credit: Andy Adkins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also picked up three <strong>A-3 Skywarriors<\/strong>, aka \u201cWhales\u201d from the VQ-1 squadron. This was the same squadron who were only a couple of hangers down from the Crash Barn. These guys were big\u2026 much bigger than the other aircraft aboard, weighing in about 80,000 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the transit from Hawaii to PI, the ship began \u201c<strong>water hours<\/strong>.\u201d That basically meant the ship turned off the fresh water during certain hours to conserve it, since ships make their own fresh water from the ocean\u2019s salt water with &#8220;magic&#8221; (desalination process). The ship would turn the water back on only during certain periods of time and then <em>only <\/em>for a couple of hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you couldn\u2019t grab a shower during those water hours, you\u2019d end up \u201cmud-packing it,\u201d meaning you\u2019d hit your rack without a shower. That happens more often than you\u2019d think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other than that, those transit days were <em>Just another fine day in the Navy! Livin\u2019 the Dream, baby!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next up, liberty in PI!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until we meet again,<br>Andy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-afeae895f267dc8a391350b700f06f3b wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000030\">Andy Adkins is a&nbsp;<strong>US Navy veteran<\/strong>&nbsp;(\u201973-77) and the author of several books (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azadkinsiii.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.azadkinsiii.com<\/a>), many of which are free downloads (PDF, eBook format).&nbsp;He is currently retired and lives in Gainesville, Florida with his wife and life-long soulmate, Becky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Previous Blogs mentioned in the Post:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/185-westpac-75\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#185\u2014Westpac \u201875<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/186-westpac-75-flight-ops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#186\u2014Westpac \u201975 Flight Ops<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/37-hawaii-one-word-beautiful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#37\u2014Hawaii, One Word: Beautiful!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>#<a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/54-westpac-75-carrier-squadrons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">54\u2014Westpac \u201975 Aircraft Carrier Squadrons<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/61-theres-a-reason-for-the-flight-deck-foul-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#61\u2014There\u2019s a Reason for the Flight Deck \u201cFoul Line\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/39-good-morning-to-ya-kitty-hawk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#39\u2014Good Morning to ya, Kitty Hawk!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/64-general-quarters-general-quarters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#64\u2014\u201cGeneral Quarters, General Quarters\u2026\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/33-launch-the-alert-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#33\u2014Launch the Alert 5!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/53-you-always-remember-your-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#53\u2014You Always Remember Your First\u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Answers<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Attributed to Leo Tolstoy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Black Hawk Down<\/em><\/strong> (2001), Struecker (Brian Van Holt)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Rednecks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer<\/em><\/strong> (1973), Johnny Russell; written by Bob McDill, Charles Neese, Wayland Holyfield.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) I\u2019m writing a multi-part series of articles about a US Navy cruise in the Pacific, commonly known as a \u201cWestpac.\u201d I made one Westpac in 1975. 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