Rachel is showing the codpiece, 'Mission Accomplished' moment. And her moment of Geek...

[onehandle]

...is going onto the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima to learn about the different colored jackets of the flight deck crew.
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Terror-Fighting Fireboat Helps Open NY Fleet Week

Battleship gray contrasted with brilliant blue skies as a dozen military vessels sailed up the Hudson River on Wednesday to open Fleet Week, with thousands of spectators watching from shore, roof decks and small boats.

To complete the maritime spectacular, two military jet flyovers coincided with the morning "Parade of Ships" — a formation of Naval F-18 Hornets over the majestic Verrazano Narrows Bridge at the mouth of New York Harbor — and a half-hour later, U.S. Marine Corps jets passing directly over the ships.

In a sign of the tense times, the city's latest addition to anti-terrorism security also cruised the waters: the world's most advanced fireboat, which can detect chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents.

The $27 million fireboat, fashioned in part from World Trade Center steel, then docked with some of the military ships near the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on the western shore of midtown Manhattan in preparation for an evening commissioning ceremony.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127138926

[MadMaddie]

1. I love the "Geek" spots

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. But I KNOW the answer

as to the flight suit, could the props dept at least have gotten one that actually FIT?

Oh and on a personal note, I could have done without that chopper shot... there is a reason why I will not get on one...

[Robb]

3. Hell of a way to travel.

Always felt like someone threw the earth out from under me. :D

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. We went to Alaska for our tenth year aniversary

and damn it, people could not get it, why we would not get the helo tours... and it had nothing to do with the cost... even if prohibitive... I'd rather keep my feet on the ground, thankee.