Obviously others will join in, but in VS-24, we had..

Ltjg "Splash" Coughlin

...who was pre-flighting an S-3 one dark and stormy night, whose tail
section happened to be hanging over the deck edge in front of the
angle deck of Nimitz. (PIC - Sqaudron MO - assigned him the rear
portion of the A/C to pre-flight). He was retrieved by MWB crew in
about 45 minutes...
Regards,

On 27 Apr 2004 02:33:59 -0700, (sid) wrote:

Top-Ten

Capt. Jerry "Pagan" Temple
Capt. Walter "Numb" Scull
Lt. Shane "Wasted" Tallant
Lt. Pete "Rebel" Yelle
LCdr. Dan "Undra" Cheever
LCdr. Tom "Goat" Huerter
Lt. Bill "The Worm" Selk
Lt. Mark "Mutha" Hubbard
LCdr. Steve "Whip" Blasch
Cdr. Hal "Rooten" Tuten
Honorable Mentions

Lt. "Fly" Svajda (pronounced "Swatta." Couldn't remember this guy's
first name, but "Fly Swatta" is hard to forget.)

Lt. Alan "Milkbone" Malmquist (Call sign awarded after two weeks of
rabies shots resulting from dog bite on French Riviera.)

Lt. Rob "Custer" Fluck (I hope you're not reading too much into this
one)

AE3(NAC) Travis "Trapper" Grogan (Caught a No. 3 wire with his left
foot and planted his face on USS Stennis -- OK 3 wire)

Ltjg. Doug "Cricket" White (So nervous on his first trap that he
clicks the mike to call the ball and forgets what to say...nothing but
silence--cricket sounds)

Ltjg. Paul "Chunks" Chilcoat (A nugget P-3 Nav, had trouble keeping
down his box lunch during low-level ops. He always carried around a
[clear] ziploc bag because it was reusable.)

Lt. Andy "CLANG" Carnell (CLueless Arrogant New Guy)

LCdr. Ray "SAGE" Drake (Self-Appointed Guru of Everything)

Capt. (USMC) John "Carnie" Kirby (Came from carnivals having different
freaks that do weird stuff.)

LCdr. Jon "WUNA" Nielson - (World's Ugliest Naval Aviator)

Lt. Jason "GULA" Young - (Grouchy Ugly Loud American)

Capt. Scott "Notso" Swift (part of the "Notso daily double)

Lt.Col. Randy "Notso" Bright (the other "Notso" daily double)

1stLt. Joe "Snakeye" Pestana (named after the bomb fin because he's
retarded)

LCdr. James "BUD" Joyner (Big Ugly Dude--unwittingly named by the
troops)

LCdr. Don "Duck" Gill (hit in the head by a golf ball during Top Gun
ground school. The ball must have come through a window in the
tactical library.)