[Joe Wicked]

Great story Fred. I don't have any like that as I was enlisted, but I did mess with the crew of the USS California back in the early 90s. I was on the Jefferson City (SSN759) and we were playing war games off the coast of Japan. We successfully got in the middle of a battle group, killed the carrier the admiral was on, and got out without being detected. After that we circled the entire group taking pictures of the scramble. Because of that, we were allowed to dock first (normally the Subs dock last because the captain is normally a Commander and is the lowest ranking). The crew of the California kept talking crap on the pier. One went as far to say if we had been any where near them, we would not have gotten so "Lucky". So I went down below and developed a picture of the California with the crosshairs right on the waterline at midships point (Kill shot). Also one right up the rear and then midships on the port side as well. Didn't say a word, just handed them the pics and walked away. My chief looked at me and said, "You're a ****", then laughed. Later that night we ran into a couple of guys out in town who admitted they felt like idiots after that. Shared a few beers and had a good time.