Originally Posted by flomaster

Carriers are way cool but being an aircrewman based on an Amphibious assault ship flying at night, on night vision goggles and doing landings in between other turning helicopters is some serious adrenaline pumping stuff. I miss it! takes good crew coordination and some cojones! Course landing a fighter on a postage stamp at night takes its own cojones and more cojones to the ground guys dodging planes, jetwash, props and cables!