This is HILARIOUS. I am currently the intel officer for the 1-184 infantry currently deployed to Kosovo (suck). I got a new E-5 in my shop who used to be an officer aboard the USS Enterprise back in '86. During that time, I was enlisted and in, you guessed it, ATKRON 22, the Fighting Redcocks. What a small world.
We were sharing navy stories and I told him about the bird I painted when I was assigned to corrosion control. Yes. This one.
I painted that bird after getting special permission from the squadron commander ( I think it was CDR Roberts? ) who obviously got permission from hig