O/T NAVY HAMBers Time to muster!!

Boot camp Great Lakes May 1968 Dental tech A-school San Diego
USS Orion AS -19 Sub tender { Also called USS Neversail} Norfolk until
1970 then changed home ports to Charleston, SC Got out "early" in June 1971 as E-5 From Zumwalts's Navy. Had it made and didn't know it. Dogs and Sailors KEEP OUT !!!

 

Maybe tied...

Boot Camp San Diego - June 62
Monterrey NPS - Sept 62 (Watered Admiral's golf course)
Treasure Island CA - Feb 63
Moffett Field, CA - Jan 64
Danang, Vietnam - Oct 66
Thurso, Scotland - Oct 67
Fort Allen, PR - Jan 69
Newport, RI - Aug 74
Keflavik, Iceland - Aug 77
Carrolton, GA - Aug 80 (Navy Recruiter)
Bayonne, NJ - Apr 82
USS Hunley (Scotland) - Aug 85
USS Simon Lake (Scotland) - Sept 86
Gulfport, MS - Oct 88
Retired 1990 - 28 years Son in Navy now...full Commander w/17 years.

 

I served on the "dirty D" uss detroit AOE-4 earle new jersey 1989 -1992

Dc-3 R-Div

 

Served at COMSERVPAC Headquarters Pearl Harbor in the early 60's as an SK2.

 

USS Francis Marion APA 249 62 /65 EN3

tragic 59 has it nailed down.

 

for the uss coral sea , it was ham and cheese ....or , cheese and ham depending on which day it was . and hot pineapple juice . i was fed ham , morning , noon , and night. to this day i would rather eat dryer lint mixed with toothpaste than eat a piece of ham.

 

Former HM-2

Boot Camp San Diego 1966
Hospital Corps "A" School - Balboa Hospital, San Diego 1966-7
USNH Sasebo Japan 1967-8
Field Medical Service School - Camp Pendleton, Ca. 1968
Charlie Co., 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment I corps RVN 7/68-8/68
Evacuated to USNH Yokusuka Japan 8/68 - 12/68
1st Armored Amtracs I corps RVN 12/68 - 5/69
Headquarters 11th Marines Artillery I corps RVN 5/69 - 7/69
USNH Corpus Christi, Texas 8/69
US Naval Ammuniton Depot, McAlester, Oklahoma 9/69 - 7/70
Discharged having never set foot on a commissioned ship.

 

81-86 Uss Barry DD-933. Was in the Persian Gulf during the Iran and Iraq war.
Went over to the Edson DD-946 in 82 and made a couple of Great Lakes cruises. Stationed in Newport RI. BT-2 (Boiler Technician).

 

Tragic59 that was the funniest thing I've read all week. It's really depressing because I'm still in.

jan04 bootcamp great lakes
apr04-nov05 nuc pipeline in Charleston including MM A-school, power school, prototype on the MTS 635 and ELT school. (no marf for me stevieG)
nov05-present USS West Virginia SSBN 736 out of Kings Bay Ga.

About to go on patrol in a few weeks. But I'll be back for the turkey rod run.

 

While on the Viet Nam cruise we once had chicken for 10 days straight. Chicken and eggs for breakfast, chicken salad sandwichs for lunch, and fried chicken for supper. It was years before I could order chicken and my wife knew not to serve it at home.

John

 

TRAGIC59, (ROTFLMAO),Talk about hitting the nail on the head. Brought back some good and some not so good memories.

 

USS Navarro ( apa-215).......troop transport.. 1959-1963
station in Long Beach, Calif................at least part of the time.. several west pac cruise..

 

LPD Nashville, LPD Ogden, 1969-1972, Various training exercises on my personal favorite ,the LSTs.Spent 9 months at sea, I wasn't in the Navy.

 

Hey there, good to "see" you.
We'll be sure and tip a few in your honor at the Drive-invasion.
Still driving the pickup?
Before MARF, I spent a few months replacing lagging on the S3G Prototype.
Nothing is quite as much fun as Asbestos abatement in a high radiation area.
Any USS Albany Sailors on here?

 

Damn...USS Navarro brings back memories. Lived aboard it when I got to Vietnam in '66. Took a mike boat in to Danang (White Elephant) every morning, back to the Navarro at night (when we weren't whoring around). Lived on either ham sandwiches or roast beef sandwiches for three months before we got C-ration. Even those tasted good then...well, all except Eggs and Ham, Chopped.

 

USS Savannah out of Norfolk Va. 1985-1989

 

Boot camp may 67 to aug 1
Great Lakes boiler school Sept to 12 Dec.
Dec 31 1967 to Jan. 1970 USS Norfolk DL-1 in Norfolk VA.
Jan 1970 to March 71 on to the USS Newport News (ROLLING THUNDER) best
ship in the navy.Spend caree as boiler operator in power plant.

 

CTM2

Mar to Jun 58 Boot Camp Gt Lakes.
Jul 58 to Jan 59 ETA school, TI Calif.
Jan 59 to Mar 61 NavSecGru Cheltenham Md
Apr 61 to Feb 62 11Mo 1d 8H 40 Min
NavSecGru Guam MI (I loved Guam)
Jun to Oct 62 North Am Aviation, A5C
Vigilante install/troubleshoot elect.

Sep 70 NavSecGru the Funny Farm
Ft Geo G. Meade Md.

70-83 Software support for 5
sites around the world.

Nov 76 Plank Owner Threader Sys,
Edzel Scotland.
Jan 94 Retired from the Funny Farm
Ft Geo G. Meade Md.

If I told ya any more Id hafta kill ya

 

Boot Camp San Diego 1975
Squadron 6, Norfolk, USS Hammerhead and USS Finback
Decommissioned USS Nautilus, 1980
Commissioned USS Ohio, 1982
Instructor, Bangor WA, 1982-1985

Submariners...steely-eyed killers of the deep.

Know what a leatherneck is? A gasket for a jarhead

 

Oct. '60 to May '61, Boot camp and EM'A' school Great Lakes.
May '61 to Sept. '64 USS Fulton (AS11) New London, Ct.
EM2

 

88-92 NMCB 3 SEABEES
92-95 Naval Station San Diego 1st Lt Div

Went to Guam twice... hated that place.

 

Recruit and MM"A" school GLakes 1966
USS Carpenter DD-825 Westpac 66-69
USS Oklahoma City CLG-5 Yokosuka 69-72
Sub base New London Ct. 72-74
USS Austin LPD-4 Nofuck Va. 74-75
Got out to do some drag racing
USS Midway CV-41 Yokosuka 83-86
USS Blue Ridge LCC-19 Yokosuka 86-88
CFAY Brig staff Yokosuka 89-91
USS Dubuque LPD-8 Sasebo 92-95

Retired from the Navy in Sasebo Japan 1995.

 

90-94 NMCB 14 cm1 can do

 

Navy medic - attached with U S M C 29 Palms Ca. 1972 thru 1976 - nuf said - Jaxx

 

Boot Camp NATC San Diego 9/76, -Aircraft Airframe "A" school Millington Tenn. 12/76, -NAS Pensacola VT 86 fixing A4s, T-39 Saberliners, and USS Lexington weekend widows 4/77-9/80 -Glad I did it, even gladder that I got out. -Mike

 

Hey man I was in Airframes "A" school in Millington in 73'
Did you get out to the dragstrip in Millington?
Was Mr. "H" speed shop still there?, can tell a funny story about that one!

 

I spent most of my tour at Moffet Field in the bay area of Ca..In the background you can see the world's largest blimp hanger. I use to spend 12 hours a day in one of these planes (P-3). I had to show up three hours early to preflight it.

I was in bootcamp in Millington Aug 1969
A School there until 2/70
NAS Los Alamitos,Ca
Survival/evasion school North Island
AC training Moffet
VP 40 Moffet Field,Ca.
Naha Okinawa
Aug 1972 "Free at last"

 

I miss coming off of mid-watch and having ham and cheese sandwiches on hot, fresh bread.
Fixing the cooks cars had it's perks.

 

Dec. 1963 - Nov. '67 USN ...
Boot San Diego ...
BT "A" school Great Lakes ...
USS Dennis J. Buckley (DDR 808 - DD808) for 3 years ...
USS Norton Sound (AVM 1) ( world's only guided missle seaplane tender ! ) for 3 months ... then out.
MM's & BT's that rode a 2100 or 2250 tin can just out of yard overhaul - remember 120% "wartime emergency" full power trials ? Things get pretty exciting down below at 40 + knots ...