LIVE: STS-135 Flight Day 6-7 - Transfers/Off Duty

• #220 by Ronsmytheiii on 14 Jul, 2011 20:21
• Quote from: Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 20:08

  Wow, flag from troops serving in Afghanistan.
  

  
  A bit off topic, but Doug Wheelock has announced on Twitter that he is going to be deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom:
  
  

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  I salute you, my friends! Duty calls and I must fade off the 'Twitter grid' for a bit. I'll be flying again, in support of 'Operation Enduring Freedom' and plan to return home sometime in the Fall. If the opportunity arises, I'll try to 'tweet' you from 'the zone'. I won't be able to share the details for now...but, be sure that you'll be on my mind, and the memories of our time together safely stored in my heart.
  
  Take care of each other, be kind and courageous, stand up when life's storms come, and reach out your hand to help others that have fallen.
  
  Clear mind...open heart...praying for peace... ~ Wheels

  
  http://twitpic.com/5q1oib
• #221 by Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 20:28
• Correction, Iraq, not Afghanistan.
• #222 by Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 20:32
• More FCR views!
  
  STS-135's good luck banner.

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• #223 by Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 20:33
• Couple more on the missions....adding to the shots on the previous page.

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• #224 by NavySpaceFan on 14 Jul, 2011 20:34
• ARRRRGH!!!!!! Josh said "soldier" again re: the RCT flag.  They are Marines!!!
• #225 by Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 20:35
• Different angle on the flag from the US troops serving on tour in Iraq - in Fallujah (which is no picnic).

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• #226 by Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 20:39
• Quote from: NavySpaceFan on 14 Jul, 2011 20:34

  ARRRRGH!!!!!! Josh said "soldier" again re: the RCT flag.  They are Marines!!!
  

  
  1st Battalion 4th Marines?
• #227 by NavySpaceFan on 14 Jul, 2011 20:45
• Quote from: Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 20:39

  Quote from: NavySpaceFan on 14 Jul, 2011 20:34

  ARRRRGH!!!!!! Josh said "soldier" again re: the RCT flag.  They are Marines!!!
  

  
  1st Battalion 4th Marines?
  

  
  If the certificate says 1/4 Battalion, then that is correct.  I deployed with 1/1 Battalion (1st Battalion, 1st Marines) in 1999 when they were part of 11th MEU embarked on my ship, USS Peleliu.
• #228 by Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 20:49
• I bet she packs some power!

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• #229 by Space Pete on 14 Jul, 2011 20:50
• Quote from: Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 20:49

  I bet she packs some power!
  

  
  Yup, probably more power than our entire Navy put together!
• #230 by Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 20:54
• Top of the hour for the MSB

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• #231 by Retired Downrange on 14 Jul, 2011 20:59
• Looking down on typhoon Ma-on just now
• #232 by Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 21:00
• Not sure if Aaron is online, but as soon as I ask that, he turns up, so....
• #233 by Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 21:00
• Quote from: Retired Downrange on 14 Jul, 2011 20:59

  Looking down on typhoon Ma-on just now
  

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• #234 by racshot65 on 14 Jul, 2011 21:00
• I've got this

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• #235 by NavySpaceFan on 14 Jul, 2011 21:01
• Quote from: Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 20:49

  I bet she packs some power!
  

  
  Indeed she does!!!  She's the last of the Tarawa class assault ships.  Pete, to put things in perspective, I had more Harriers on the flight deck of my fifth ship, Bataan during my 2003 deployment to Iraq than Admiral Sandy Woodward had in his entire South Atlantic Task Force in 1982.  Our sister ship Bonhomme Richard had just as many during the same deployment.
• #236 by Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 21:01
• Quote from: racshot65 on 14 Jul, 2011 21:00

  I've got this
  

  
  Ha, there he is, nice one!
• #237 by Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 21:03

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• #238 by Chris Bergin on 14 Jul, 2011 21:14
• Philip asking about the gyros.
• #239 by Ronsmytheiii on 14 Jul, 2011 21:24
• transfer 70% complete, which is twelve hours ahead of what was on the timeline