This past weekend was absolutely amazing! In summary, my Civil Air Patrol squadron rode a C-17 to Charleston, SC, slept on the USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier), toured the destroyer, Laffey, and the submarine, Clamagore, and then drove over to Fort Moultrie, and flew back on another C-17. I had a great time, got to know more people in my squadron, and learned a ton about aviation.
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| You get in and out from the ramp on the back of the plane. This is the ramp half open while we were taxiing. |
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| Airman Lohman and Ben decided to pose with a sleeping Sergeant Dye. |
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| Inside the USS Yorktown. This photo does not make the stairs look steep enough. Any steeper would have been a ladder. We had to carry our luggage up this to get to our berthing area. |
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| Another view of the stairs. |
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| L to R: Major Fowler, Sergeant Shepherd, Airman Bauder (me) |
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| In the captain's seat |
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| L to R: Sergeant Giles, Airman Lohman, Airman Weiker, Sergeant Spitz, Sergeant Shepherd, Major Fowler, Airman Bauder, Airman Johnson |
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| Group picture |
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| This is in the Clamagore. Seriously, they slept above torpedoes. |
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| If you can see, the doorways are very small. |
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| A skeleton in the jail in the USS Yorktown. |
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| Maj. Fowler, Sgt. Shepherd, Amn Bauder |
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| A posed picture at Ft. Moultrie |
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| The guys goofing off |
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| On the C-17 back |
I had a great time. Big thanks to Lieutenant Giles for arranging everything!
