Recently, classmate Carl Phillips, IMHO, took the vacation of a lifetime, and hopped (or shall we say, swaggered) aboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier for a Tiger Cruise. "Tiger Cruises allow friends and family of deployed Sailors and Marines to spend a week aboard a sea-going vessel to experience the ship's day-to-day operations and enhance public relations with the Navy." Who was hosting this little trip with from Hawaii to San Diego? Why, classmate, commander, and IMHO, man with the job of a lifetime, Captain Thom Burke.
How easy does the Navy make entertaining their guests look?
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 5, 2011) – The aircraft of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 pass in formation over the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a Tiger Cruise Air Show. Tiger Cruises allow friends and family of deployed Sailors and Marines to spend a week aboard a sea-going vessel to experience the ship's day-to-day operations and enhance public relations with the Navy. Ronald Reagan is returning from a seven-month deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexander Tidd/RELEASED)
