Thinking long and hard before pressing the Submit Reply button, I must agree with southside. Alert 45 was the routine at sea for the Lynx, eased only for maintenance, and you just got on with it. The Atlantic Patrol Ship offered rare opportunities for dark blue to try flying over jungle, swamp, never-ending beach and play with the US Coastguard. Just single ship operations and not a CAOC in sight! Runs ashore in New Orleans or in the islands were outstanding and certainly unsuitable for such an open forum. Wonderful wonderful times.