Recent content by TNjohn

On the subject of banter between the branches... several years ago when I was working security at a large country nightclub in East TN the security guys and a couple of the waitresses were all screwing around with each other. We had multiple representatives from the REAL military branches and...

This is exactly what I've been thinking of doing. I may just fabricate a trailer and use a truck be topper but I think purchasing a truck bed would make a neat project instead of building from scratch. Since I drive a new Nissan truck that hasn't had a major design change in close to 400...

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This one is considered an "adventure scooter" so it has a bit more aggressive tires than a typical scooter but I will be putting some knobby tires on soon.

I just purchased this to carry camping. I'll fabricate a hitch carrier for it. I can put little man's 4-wheeler in the back of the truck and this on a carrier for the truck or camping trailer if we use it.

Exactly. One of the road racers I used to crew chief for was about 5'6"(being generous) and he had no issues on his Yamaha WR250. We would ride trails during the off-season. Our engine builder rode a YZ250. I rode a DRZ400 but I'm 6' tall. lol

I have a couple of rivets from the old dome.

It's crazy how the lines are stronger than the cleats on the submarines. During a personnel transfer on my boat they couldn't get a line loose from the tender at sea so the CO decided they would just try to snap in on purpose then cut it off when free. It of course ripped the cleat out. The guys...

I'm bottom left in the R. Just zoom in so you can see me. :laughing:

I was in the Navy 9 years and never could tie any of the knots we were supposed to be able to tie. I was a nuke, as long as the neutrons were flowing they didn't give two shits what I could do with the lines or ropes. For the Maneuvering Watch I was the XO's phone talker topside. If I was...

That sucks that you weren't able to make it down from NZ. So close to making it too.

That had to be fairly recent. That McMurdo sign is not very old. We put that up in 2014 or 2015 I believe. LOL

The international laws you have to be concerned with are primarily the countries you travel through to get to Antarctica. Technically there is no true laws in Antarctica. To get into the US facilities you have to get permission from the National Science Foundation Site Manager. Usually not too...

The first shot is us hanging out at Happy Camper(aka Field Survival Training). The second is me in a chopper headed to the McMurdo dry valleys to monitor the safety aspects of a camp breakdown. Third is the Dry Valleys near Lake Bonney standing in front of Hayes Glacier. That glacier is actually...

Those Ken Borek crews put it on the line for the Antarctic programs. They went down to medevac one of my group's people in 2016. Definitely pushes the limits to medevac from the South Pole during winter. The brought out two people with medical emergencies. KBA lost a crew my first summer down...