MC-Pong
March 9th, 2010 | Chiefs Photos Sports Submarines | Posted by Phil Ewing
MC1 Jennifer Villalovos / Navy
“All right, shipmate, let me show you how we do in the submarine force — maybe I’ll come atcha up high — just like a Tomahawk we can launch through the vertical launch tubes, son — or maybe I’ll sneak ‘er over the net real low, just like we might use a torpedo, get me?”
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (SS/SW) Rick West stood ready for a game of table tennis with a friend Monday at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash. Will his asymmetric ping-ping prove as controversial as his rock-oriented greeting style?