History Recap / JAGS03E06Vanished

--> '''Plane Captain''': Militias are more of an Army problem, sir. Redneck Army washouts might paint their pickup trucks in camo and call themselves a militia. What would sailors do? [[DiggingYourselfDeeper Mount a 50 cal on a bass boat]]?

Directed by Creator/AlanJLevi

Written by Creator/RScottGemmill

An F-14 Tomcat being piloted by Lt. Commander Murray Douglas (Creator/JimFitzpatrick), a pilot with the call sign "Yankee," and backseater Lt. "Bubba" Fields (Darren Gray Ward) seems to disappear completely without a trace on a stormy night. Harm, Mac and Bud are sent to the ''USS Coral Sea'' to investigate. The plane disappeared close to the Bermuda Triangle, which has Bud extremely nervous, as he is a "believer". His "theories" seem to be constantly shot down by Harm.

As the investigation proceeds, a bookmark on Douglas's computer leads the investigation to suspect right wing militia involvement. Harm and Bud head ashore to NAS Jax in Florida and discover that Douglas's family seems to have also vanished without a trace. At the Douglas house, they find an opened milk can and half eaten muffins, leading them to suspect abduction. Later, Lt. Fields is discovered at a campsite and claims that Douglas ejected him. Roberts shows Rabb a photo on the computer of two [=UFOs=], but Rabb can identify them. Harm tracks the F-14 to a militia campsite — where they are prepping the F-14 to be used in a heinous act.

* BermudaTriangle: Bud repeatedly brings up the theory that the F-14 may have disappeared into the Triangle.
* TheComicallySerious: Harm pulls Bud's leg by mentioning "Operation Whirlpool" where Seawolf class attack subs supposedly ride around in a circle to form vortices and suck up ships and planes. He says this in a deadpan almost conspirators tone. Bud sees through it though.
-->--'''Bud''': "''Are you mocking me sir?''"
* FlyingSaucer: A bunch of UFO sightings were reported along the Florida coastline, ingressing into Georgia. The UFO nuts take pictures, appearing to show a pair of lit saucers flying in formation. Harm takes a look and immediately recognizes the "twin saucers" as afterburners of a Tomcat.

* TakeThat: Petty Officer Riggs (David O'Donell), Douglas's plane captain, associates the militia with the US Army in not a nice way.
-->'''Plane Captain''': Militias are more of an Army problem, sir. Redneck Army washouts might paint their pickup trucks in camo and call themselves a militia. What would sailors do? [[DiggingYourselfDeeper Mount a 50 cal on a bass boat]]?

* TakeThat / InterServiceRivalry : Petty Officer Riggs (David O'Donell), Douglas's plane captain, associates the militia with the US Army in not a nice way.
-->--'''Plane Captain''': "''Militias are more of an Army problem, sir. Redneck Army washouts might paint their pickup trucks in camo and call themselves a militia. What would sailors do? [[DiggingYourselfDeeper Mount a 50 cal on a bass boat]]?''"

In this episode, an F-14 Tomcat being piloted by a pilot with the call sign "Yankee" and backseater "Bubba" seems to disappear completely without a trace on a stormy night. Harm, Mac and Bud are sent to the ''USS Coral Sea'' to investigate. The plane disappeared close to the BermudaTriangle, which has Bud extremely nervous, as he is a "believer". His "theories" seem to be constantly shot down by Harm.

As the investigation proceeds, a bookmark on "Yankee"'s computer leads the investigation to suspect right wing militia involvement. Harm and Bud head ashore to NAS Jax in Florida and discover that "Yankee"'s family seems to have also vanished without a trace. The messy nature of their house, with an opened milk can and half eaten muffins lead them to suspect abduction. Later, the backseater "Bubba" is discovered at a campsight and claims that "Yankee" ejected him. Seeing a pattern in recent UFO sightings, Harm tracks the F-14 to a militia camp sight - where they are prepping the F-14 to be used in a heinous act.

* BermudaTriangle: Bud brings up the theory that the F-14 may have disappeared into the Triangle. Again. And again. And again.

* IHaveYourWife: The Freedom Brethren militia group have "Yankee"'s wife Leigh and daughter Kim. Which is why he steals an F-14 for them, then uses it to fly a mission for them.

* TakeThat / InterServiceRivalry : "Yankee"'s plane captain associates the militia with the US Army in not a nice way.

-->--'''Bud''':"''Are you mocking me sir?''"

-->--'''Plane Captain''':"''Militias are more of an Army problem, sir. Redneck Army washouts might paint their pickup trucks in camo and call themselves a militia. What would sailors do? [[DiggingYourselfDeeper Mount a 50 cal on a bass boat]]?''"

-->--'''Plane Captain''':"''Militias are more of an Army problem, sir. Redneck Army washouts might paint their pickup trucks in camo and call themselves a militia. What would sailors do? [[DiggingYourselfDeeper Mount a 50 cal on a bass boat?''"

As the investigation proceeds, a bookmark on "Yankee"'s computer leads the investigation to suspect right wing militia involvement. Harm and Bud head ashore to NAS Jax in Florida and discover that "Yankee"'s family seems to have also vanished without a trace. The messy nature of their house, with an opened milk can and half eaten muffins lead them to suspect abduction. Later, the backseater "Bubba" is discovered at a campsight and claims that "Yankee" ejected him. Seeing a pattern in recent UFO sightings, Harm tracks the F-14 to a militia camp sight - where they are prepping the F-14 to be used in a heinous act.

In this episode, an F-14 Tomcat being piloted by a pilot with the call sign "Yankee" and backseater "Bubba" seems to disappear completely without a trace on a stormy night. Harm, Mac and Bud are sent to the ''USS Coral Sea'' to investigate. The plane disappeared close to the BermudaTriangle, which has Bud extremely nervous, as he is a "believer". His "theories" seem to be constantly shot down by Harm.