Comments on: TopRat

By: juvat

juvat — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:00:41 +0000

Great man! Worked for him at the Northern VA penitentiary for wayward fighter pilots. Best Top Cover I’ve ever had in a Boss.

By: Airmail

Airmail — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:58:27 +0000

XBradTC,

Thanks, know TRANSCOM well. With global DoD units utilizing available C-5 transport to Afghanistan plus the civilian contractors with restricted, secure and dangerous loads consigned to military units competing with Department of State, FBI, DEA, NSA and a host of other U.S. Government agencies with sensitive cargo, weapons, ammunition, flares, fuses, ignitors, scopes, batteries, toxic, flammable, explosive and you name it cargo for the limited capacity, the C-5′s are oversubscribed.

Shippers tell stories about 3-4 week “wait times” in order to book space on a C-5…..

By: Don Amidon

Don Amidon — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:22:46 +0000

Makes sense, since he was a TOPGUN instructor pilot in 1986 and probably flew F-5′s in the adversary squadron.

By: Retired-n-Texas

Retired-n-Texas — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:06:26 +0000

Had the pleasure of serving under/with him on good ship USS Abraham Lincoln. He came aboard in June 1995 while we were on deployment to the Persian Gulf. Always remember the first time I saw our PCO. He had a large broom in his hand and was out scrubbing the flight deck with the V-1 airman prior to pulling into port.

Mind you it was upwards of 115 degrees on the flight deck at the time.

By: G-man

G-man — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:37:53 +0000

Guess it is a good thing that 2008 was the Chinese Year of the Rat. Next Year of the Rat – 2020. Here’s hoping that Rat has a peaceful watch at the helm.

By: SJBill

SJBill — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:48:25 +0000

As of now, the admiral is headed back east to rest up for a few months, then it’s “wait and see” as to what’s next. With his energy, I doubt he’ll be down for long.