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As many will already know i'm away doing my bit for Queen and country. We've been exercising with the USS Enterprise, which is the one in Top Gun. Loads of aircraft to test us out.

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But it hasn't all been work and no play. Soaring temperatures and yet empty beaches as far as the eye can see.

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I love my job....

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We've been exercising with the USS Enterprise' date=' which is the one in Top Gun.

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so does that mean you have been getting oiled up and playing volleyball with lots of men on those deserted beaches ?? ;)

Driving about has been fun, surfing and drinking awesome, getting kicked out of a bar the other night not so good. Baby oil and dog tags are part of daily life.

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Guessing you frown upon grounding new submarines? lol.

If the USS Enterprise is the one from top gun' date=' how long a service life do the ships in the Navy (American I know), have?

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I don't know exactly how old it is but it is old. It carries so much aviation fuel that the fuel alone is heavier than us. It's only running on 6 of it's original 8 reactors which is scarey enough.

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Lucky bugger.

All that beach' date=' and getting paid for it.

More importantly, how many times is it going to break down on the way home? You don't get HMS AA do ya!? :-)

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No we don't have breakdown assistance for the 3500 mile return journey and at times we are floating above 4kms of water. Maybe that's why they train the best engineers in the world to fixem. ;)

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No we don't have breakdown assistance for the 3500 mile return journey and at times we are floating above 4kms of water. Maybe that's why they train the best engineers in the world to fixem. ;)

Or to crash em........which ever comes first eh. ;)

But at least in 4km of water you cant ground it can ya....lol

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