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Captain James A Kirk, Commander of the USS USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000)
Americas Navy ^ | 6/13/2013 | Americas Navy

Posted on 06/13/2013 7:41:26 PM PDT by Dallas59



Captain Kirk is a native of Bethesda, Maryland and raised in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He was commissioned at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1990 and has served in a variety of afloat and ashore billets as a Surface Warfare Officer. He has served afloat on destroyers, cruisers, frigates and staffs including USS Fife (DD 991), USS The Sullivans (DDG 68), USS Hue City (CG 66), USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), and as a Gas Turbine Inspector on the staff of Commander, Pacific Fleet. His most recent sea duty includes command of USS De Wert (FFG 45) and Operations Officer for Carrier Strike Group Seven, Ronald Reagan Strike Group. Ashore, Captain Kirk has served as Executive Assistant to the Navy’s Chief of Legislative Affairs and as an Action Officer on the Joint Staff. He has attended both the U.S. Naval War College and U. S. Army War College graduating with Masters Degrees in National Security Studies. He is currently serving as the Executive Assistant to the Director of Surface Warfare and is the prospective commanding officer of USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000).


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To: Kirkwood

No one ever passes that test.


41 posted on 06/13/2013 10:49:57 PM PDT by AlmaKing
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To: isom35
just think, in the mirror universe there’s an evil Capt. Kirk.

And then there's this guy:


42 posted on 06/13/2013 11:21:53 PM PDT by FredZarguna ("John has a long moustache!" [Putting on helmet.] "John has a long moustache!")
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To: Gunslingr3

Naval gunfire is known for it’s flat trajectory.


43 posted on 06/14/2013 2:11:54 AM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Cvengr

At high enough angles of elevation, a 5-inch gun can be fired as it were a mortar. The fire control computers can handle reverse-slope fire. (Worst case, the chief can crank in some ACTH.)


44 posted on 06/14/2013 2:26:31 AM PDT by Bob
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To: Bob

Sorry -

ACTH = Arbitrary Correction To Hit

Also known as a ‘fudge factor’.


45 posted on 06/14/2013 2:30:18 AM PDT by Bob
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To: Cvengr

SecNav said that CVN-80 will be Enterprise (the 9th), but as someone pointed out, you gotta be a brown shoe to command a carrier. I miss my boat (Enterprise the 8th)


46 posted on 06/14/2013 3:23:34 AM PDT by class8601_nuke (don't just be critical, be prompt critical.)
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To: Bob

The unit of measurement for an ACTH is the RCH.


47 posted on 06/14/2013 4:08:01 AM PDT by X Fretensis
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To: X Fretensis

Yes, it’s got to be red for the greatest accuracy.


48 posted on 06/14/2013 4:28:20 AM PDT by Bob
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To: Dallas59

Bet he prefers this name to Michael Bolton.


49 posted on 06/14/2013 4:35:19 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey NSA Goon watching FR... Suck this - > |=====>)
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To: class8601_nuke

What’s a brown shoe?


50 posted on 06/14/2013 4:37:55 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: Dallas59
He was commissioned at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1990

He was commissioned in 1990, which means he was probably born around 1968, while the original Star Trek was running (it ran 1966-69). I'm going to guess that the father thought it would be cute for his son to grow up as "James Kirk".

51 posted on 06/14/2013 4:44:31 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Dallas59

“Ahead warp factor... er... full.”


52 posted on 06/14/2013 4:56:26 AM PDT by Flick Lives (We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
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To: Cvengr
Naval gunfire is known for it’s flat trajectory.

Do you think that is how the 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun reaches 20+ miles, on a flat trajectory?

Besides, as explained the gun on the Zumwalt isn't conventional: link

53 posted on 06/14/2013 6:59:17 AM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: Cvengr

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.


54 posted on 06/14/2013 7:05:36 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: FourtySeven

It’s a term that used to refer to Naval Aviators because they wore brown shoes. Like everything else in the Navy, in recent years they have allowed brown shoes for anybody. A “shoe” or “shoe warrior” is a slightly derogatory term for a surface officer. Bubblehead is the corresponding term for submariners.


55 posted on 06/14/2013 7:13:23 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: USNBandit

Thanks!


56 posted on 06/14/2013 7:21:29 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: DBrow
Missiles. I don’t know what the 5” set is doing, though.

Firing at a target that is off screen right?

57 posted on 06/14/2013 12:47:44 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (For me, I plan to die standing as a free man rather than spend one second on my knees as a slave.)
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To: FourtySeven

someone in the naval aviation community (at least that was what they used to be called)


58 posted on 06/15/2013 6:29:04 PM PDT by class8601_nuke (don't just be critical, be prompt critical.)
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To: Dallas59
Will William Shatner (the original Captain James T. Kirk be in attendance?)
59 posted on 05/17/2016 6:55:44 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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