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By-tor
27th of March 2009 (Fri), 15:17
Our Newport News Fire Dept.. Training to Protect..

Was out playing with my new toy today. These were taken at 10mm..
The day was very overcast...




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JWright
27th of March 2009 (Fri), 17:41
Pretty neat!

As a retired US Navy Diver, I find it interesting that the boat is named for Carl Brashear. I first thought the thread might have been about the Military Sealift Command supply ship named for his that was built here in San Diego.

http://www.carlbrashear.org/usns_brashear.html
By-tor
27th of March 2009 (Fri), 18:31
I found it odd also for this NNFD boat to be named after a navy diver...

But its pretty neat...

Navy diver eh!!! I did 24 years Air Force on C-130's myself...
PhotosGuy
27th of March 2009 (Fri), 19:25
Good ones!
FlyingPhotog
28th of March 2009 (Sat), 07:14
Nice Find...

I knew the name would get John's attention...! ;)
asysin2leads
28th of March 2009 (Sat), 13:39
When I was doing my Navy Reserve time, I had met a CMC that studied under Carl. It was neat talking to him. Being a corpsman, I seriously considered dive school. My ex-wife wouldn't permit me to be gone that long (we had kids). I regret not going to dive school.

I also thought that the USNS ship, not the fireboat, was the Carl Brashear.