Chaos Below, By Cdr. Rick Shema, USN(Ret.)
The author's boat capsizes in the Hawaiian Islands, and the Coast
Guard rescues his wife, him and their border collie.
MREs Can Cause More Than Heartburn, By Ken
Testorff
A reefer full of these "hot meals in 12 minutes" and their
accompanying flameless ration heaters burst into flames, destroying the
reefer, its cargo, and a forklift.
Twister on the Ground! By Lt. David W.
Hanks
The key to surviving a tornado is to have an emergency-action plan in
place before one hits.
The Risks of Taking a Scenic
Route, By
John Bodi
A man and his wife decide to take the scenic routealong a two-lane,
undivided highwayand end up spending months recuperating from a car
crash.
Help, Dad! It's Eating My Hair! By ATCS(AW)
Wallace Williams
A young girl's hair gets pulled into the cooling vents of a
leaf-blower and vacuum.
One Slip Is All It Takes, By AE1(AW)
Darrin L. Williams
The "stay back" crew of a squadron decides to spruce up
their spaces while the squadron is deployed. Everything is OK until a
locker full of publications falls and pins one of the shipmates.
Lucky Bag
Binnacle List
Our Dying Numbers... |
What They Didn't Tell Me at LSO
School, By
Lt. Brian E. Smith
A couple of naval aviators walking down the approach end of a runway
at night find what they think is a large piece of FOD, but it turns out to
be a rattlesnake.
Trapped in a Weight Room, By Lt. Paul
Flores
A dehydrated, frustrated Navy pilot goes to a gym for a workout and
nearly kills himself when a barbell falls on his chest, rolls onto his
neck, and starts choking him.
Invincible Ensigns, By Lt. Robert A.
Johnson
The author recalls a sailing incident from his days at flight school.
Who Needs Sun Block? By Lt. Timothy Buller
A group of aviators go snow skiing in Nevada without using sun block
and end up sidelined while squadronmates pick up the slack.
You Can Try To Get Away From It
All..., By
PR1 Daniel A. Niles
A family camping trip takes a turn for the worse when a pencil flare
misfires, injuring the author's wife.
Norfolk Hosts 10th Annual NavOSH
Conference, By
Terri Clark
Highlights of the conference.
Marine Saves Fellow Marine, By LCpl. John
Hoellwarth, USMC
A recreational scuba-diving trip for two Marines becomes a fight to
save one's life.
Mail Call
Hats Off! |
Ashore