A true American hero. You know you've made it when you're directing a mob of people to steer a giant mass of steel for the sole purpose of getting the sun out of your face, while you go about enjoying your bagel. All in a day's work.
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Someone on AskReddit asked for people who served in the military to share their creepiest, most paranormal experiences. The following stories are chilling to the bone. Nothing quite as spooky as being out in the middle of the ocean, and seeing what look like abandoned or (unfortunately) inhabited boats eerily floating around. Or how about being sober and clearheaded as you've ever been, and seeing unexplainable flashing lights up in the sky? Yikes.
Those viral videos of strange and unexplained aircraft that were going around the web, have now been confirmed as real, by Joseph Gradisher, a spokesperson for the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare.
Um. So, there it is. There are strange aircraft flying around the world, that escape all logic and our understanding of the laws of physics, and a high ranking official from the Navy is confirming that none of us were supposed to see the footage in the first place.
It's not every day that you make such a colossal mistake that you cost your employer over a million dollars in damage. Luckily for him, this wasn't even the worst case scenario. If you're into Navy humor, here's an awesome story of the bold moves over the laziest naval officer ever.
Via Pomahawk 1
Testing out their new catapult system, the US Navy is launching trucks off the side of an aircraft carrier. There's not much more to this than that, but let me to tell you. This delivers.
Via CNN
And then it rained Skittles, and they all rejoiced.
Navy photographer Ignacio Perez captured the above image Tuesday of the USS John C. Stennis passing through a rainbow in the Pacific Ocean.
“As a photographer I am used to documenting operational events like aircraft launches and recoveries,” he told CNN. “But when I saw the rainbow I was excited because it was different. I knew the odds of the ship passing near another rainbow were pretty slim.”
