Hey everyone, I'm new here so I hope I'm posting this correctly. Okay, essentially I have an NCIS agent on board an aircraft carrier. There's a death on board...
Sorry, I forgot to add information. Hey everyone, I'm new here so I hope I'm posting this correctly. Okay, essentially I have an NCIS agent on board an...
Answers inserted 1.- I need a room in the carrier where someone can fall off a height to their death without having someone seen the "accident" Best place I...
One thing I forgot to add. There are instances where infractions are handled "in house", so to speak without the NCIS SAA being notified. These are mainly...
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You have to keep in mind that an aircraft carrier is a floating city with a combined crew of 5,680 (3,200 + Air Wing: 2,480). A common saying is the flight...
If they're a week away from port (San Diego), coming from Japan, what would the nearest Naval facility be? And how long would it take them to go from Japan to...
I am in the process of writing an Aliens/Pitch Black/ Sentinel/ NCIS/ Man From Uncle crossover. It's not as ambitious as it sounds and I am trying to find out...
... Yes. NASA pilots come from all the services that have pilots. I believe they also have some civilian pilots, but don't quote me on that. ... Try...
NASA takes some civilian pilots, but a good portion, if not majority of the astronaut corps are test pilots from the US Navy or Air Force. This stems from the...
Hey all! US Navy, current times I was wondering if anyone could help me. Someone fell off Vulture's Row and onto the deck. What is the standard procedure? What...
Howdy all, Â Was wondering if anyone knew anything about planes used by the Germans during WWII. Â The story idea is that, with the fall of Berlin and...
I'm writing a fanfic with a character that has a miliary (merc) background. His speech is occasionally sprinkled with military terms and the slang used by...
If he's more of a special forces type guy (or wannabe who was washed out) Some goodies are : "klick", "hooch", "rally point", "ingress" / "egress" all meaning...
Check your six or watch your six means look behind you. It started in the navy and army air wings and is used by the air force also. I've got your six means...
They will also use the clock code for referring to something such as "check out the blonde with big ---, 2 o'clock". Basically, it's 12 o'clock for straight a...
... Patrick and Frieda - Thanks! The story is actually scifi (with spaceships, but more gunpowder than rayguns) so the 'timeless' ones like "klicks,"...
I have seen/heard phrases from the aviation world used too much by groundpounders. Usually on TV. ... The difference between fiction and reality is that...
... what kind of background this guy has - ... Good point and I really appeciate the input! As I mentioned in my thank you it is a sci-fi universe with...
In the late 60s, 70s, and early 80s Ballantine marketed a series of history books in drug stores all over the U.S. They were well written, inexpensive ($2 -...
I thought y'all would find this interesting... http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/sci-fi-ray-gun-debuts-in-iraq/ November 21, 2008, 11:40 am Sci-Fi...
This includes missiles and jets, so I'm hoping for some comments. My Science Fiction +++++ Foreword In this science fiction, there are no laser guns, and no...
I'll grant this isn't _entirely_ military, but, close enough. I'm trying to figure out how big/how weighty a programmed remote transmitter using early 1960s...
I think you should probably rethink "programmed." I was a little kid then, but I can remember when computers were the size of rooms and required a really...