O/T NAVY HAMBers Time to muster!!

WELL THANK GOD THERE WAS SOME ONE OLDER THEN ME KATFISH.

64 Great Lakes boot
65 Great Lakes FT school. TAD USS Sierra (D&S tender) TAD USS Midway? TAD Quantanimo,USS Beale DD471, Nam bound
66 Chelsea Naval Hosp, TAD First Naval Dist.,Tad Newport RI, USS Glover AGDE 1 (spy can,yup ,the one with the turbine instead of screws)
Got clocked by a torpedo man 3rdwith a monkey fist going into dry dock. She was in for a year while they put on all the spy gear. They fiberglassed my head back together and back to duty after a month in Chelsea.
TAD USS Garcia 1 mo. at sea.
67 back in Chelsea Hosp and then they decided to retire me early.
68 back over to First ND then I got to keep a sub from sinking for a month while the paper work went through. Just me and 2 FN's 24 on 48 off and no one else except yourself onboard. Really eerie.
All that in less then 4 years!

 

great lakes
32nd st san diego
philadelphia A school
Sima pearl harbor
subbase pearl harbor
USS Fletcher DD 992
1992-1997 HT3

The further I get from these years the better they were. I try to tell the kids these days how much fun it is to drink and chase women all over the world but they just don't get it. Too bad. They are really missing out on something.

 

'58 to '61
NTC at Sandy Eggo
MR A school same place
USS Amphion AR 13 Norfolk Va almost three years
I think that makes me the oldest to post

 

I took care of you guys when I was on the Hunley and later on the Simon Lake after I cross-decked.

 

1958 t0 62 USN
61 to 62 midway island MCB 9
62 to discharge adak alsaka, real fun place. at least on midway you sun and good temps, summer in adak is still cold.
glad i didn`t stay in, damn near landed in cuba when the russian were going to put missles down there, they had us ready TO GO.

Mike Bourg

its hell to get old and have CRS sorry for the duplicate post

 

hey Mike I was in Yokosuka on the Washtenaw County LST 1166 at the time of the Cuba deal.

 

Yeah I bought some stuff from Mr H speed shop back then. Haven't thought about that place till you mentioned it. I was building the 351C in my '70 Torino. Never made it to the drag strip. I was there thru the winter. I did some cruising in the Shelby Forest park. Some cool stuff back then! -Mike

 

My father was a photo-journalist aboard USS Lexington (CV-16) ... 1955-1957 ... and
the coupe's interior was done in 1957 by C.A. HALL Auto Tops of Oakland, CA while he
was stationed at NAS Alameda:


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My younger brother was a "brown-shoe" officer aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) ... flying
C7F staff & other VIPs around in his "Sea Pig" in the late 80's & during Desert Storm:



... later he was a Helicopter flight instructor at NAS Whiting Field in Milton, Florida ... and
he ended his Navy career as the Hangar Bay and Flight Deck officer aboard USS Bataan
(LHD-5) ... during her pre-commissioning (1996-1997).
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Me ... I never served in any of our country's armed forces ... but I kinda feel like I'm in
the Navy ... since 1987, I have been working with US Navy Command & Control Systems.

As as Software, Systems, Fleet Support, & Product Deployment Engineer; I've had the
honor of traveling all over the world installing systems at US Navy sites (CONUS, Hawaii,
Europe, Japan, & Bahrain) ... and on platforms (AGF's, BB's, CG's, CV's, CVN's, DDG's,
LCC's, LHA's, LHD's, SSN's, & SSGN's) ... back in the late 80's, I even had the privilege
of performing installs & providing training aboard all four of our WWII vintage battleships
(now museums) ... USS Iowa (BB-61), USS New Jersey (BB-62), USS Missouri (BB-63), &
USS Wisconsin (BB-64).

I've also had my fair share of ship rides ... including some on now decommissioned ships
like USS New Jersey (BB-62):


... and USS America (CV-66):



Somehow, I've ridden ships on both sides of the equator, but still remain a WOG (never
crossed it) ... I've yet to experience a "Trap" on a carrier ... though I have a couple of
COD flight "Cats" to tell my grandkids about some day.

Well, that's enough about my "pseudo service" ... let me offer a sincere thank you to
all of you HAMBers that actually serve or served our country!

 

1965-Boot Camp & Dental tech A-school San Diego
1966-Navy Academy, Dental Department
1967-Dental tech C-school San Diego
1967-1969-USS Hornet CVS 12, 1968-1969 West-Pac Tour, Member Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club,
1969 Apollo 11 Recovery Ship.
Dennis

 

My boss is a retired Navy helicopter pilot (he says). If so he's the fucked up-est helicopter pilot I've ever seen and I've seen a ton of 'em....

 

New Guy to the HAMB, But love it already.

1964 Boot camp Great Lakes
1964-65 FT "A" School Great Lakes
1965 "C" School Dam Neck Va.
1966-67 USS Yarnell DLG 17 Norfolk Va.
1967-68 USS Leahy DLG 16 Norfolk Va.
1969 "B" School Great Lakes
1970-72 USS Kitty Hawk CVA 63 San Diego Ca.

 

Thats because like us soldiers the squids were never meant to fly. There not very good at it!!

Doc.

 

Another SeaBee checking in,MCB10 & MCB3 Guam,Saipan,Ulithie and Okinawa. Might be the oldest one so far. 1955-1959 LFE

 

Boot - Feb-May '72 - San Diego Drum and bugle corps
AME "A" School - Millington Summer '72
VF101 - NAS Oceana Fall '72
VF-33 - NAS Oceana late '72-Feb '76 Three Med Cruises on USS Independence, Missile shoot ops in Fallon, NV Top Gun-SD AME QA, flight deck troubleshooter
VF101KW/VF171 (Plank Holder) NAS Key West 76-78 Plane Captain, AME shop night supervisor, resident nut-case and party animal. Official squadron "tagger" at Top Gun and Operation Red Flag at Nellis AFB in AUG '77. (The Marine CO had a fit when we taggged his staff car)

Got my nickname while in the Nav. , met lots of great people.

 

Looks like we were on the Indy and at Key West at the same time... I was in the CAG seat shop on the INDY.

 

Nov '04-Jan '05: Boot Camp, Great Lakes, Il
Jan '05-Mar '05: CS"A" School, San Antonio,Tx
Mar '05-May '05: BESS-Submarine School, Groton, Ct
June '05-Sept '08: USS Minneapolis-St. Paul SSN 708, Norfolk,Va & Pearl Harbor, Hi.
Sept '08-Present: USS Wyoming SSBN 742 GOLD, Kingsbay, Ga.

 

All squids in here take a look at the Christmas HAMB thread.

 

feb 2001 boot camp, great lakes
may 2001 AM "A" school Pensacola FL
july 2001 VFA-122 Lemoore CA
oct 2003 VFA-154 Lemoore CA deployed on USS Carl Vinson as flight deck troubleshooter. reenlisted the first time on that cruise
dec 2006 AIMD Lemoore CA (seaopdet) metal shop, 51A attached to USS Abraham Lincoln. just got back from a 7 month'r
reenlist again here coming up in january (another 3 years) but its for a much welcomed shore tour.

 

this shit made me laugh so hard i was almost crying! it's funny cuz it's true. everyone was looking at me like i'm retarded. it's hard to explainee something like this to some one who has no clue.

from the looks of it everyone is a bunch of old farts.
2000 boot camp Great Lakes ILL
01 EM "A" school
01 USS Emery S Land (only there 2 months)
01 -04 USS LaSalle AGF-3 ( I actually miss that ship some times, 6 and 6 in the pit.)
04 -05 USS Ingraham FFG-61
05 got out as EM2 (SW)

 

Hay I was in the Navy Too 2002-2006 NAS Lemoore VFA-97 Aviation Structural Mechanic But I mostly ran the barricks playing on the HAMB Nick arn't you suppose to be working??

 

Add me to the list:

1983 - Boot Camp Great Lakes
1984 - EM A-School Great Lakes
1984-86 NAS Adak, AK
1986-87 USS Camden Bremerton, WA

One WESPAC and YES, I am a Shellback!

 

Sadly info from my old ship, that its going to be 'sunk'. Surprisingly I discovered it on the web several years ago. It was being made sea worthy for a naval museum. after much effort by dedicated people it had gained some progress towards that goal and was trying to obtain some monetary support from grants. While it was anchored near Rainier Ore. some crackheads were discoverd cutting it up for scrap to buy dope. damage was so bad its not feasable to restore now. google LST 1166 to read about its journey.

 

02-06 AIMD SEOPDET NASNI, USS Carl Vinson, USS John C Stennis.

Lots of fun, but I sure do miss the free JP-5 cologne, that was always so kindly included in my showers.

 

May 1973 to October 1980 and October 1981 to October 1985. Flew RF-8Gs (USS America) and F-14s (USS Constellation) out of Miramar then instructed TA-4J's in Texas and adversary flying A-4E's out of Subic. Enjoyed the flying but hated being away from the garage when I was "big, gray and underway"!

 

SF2 Morter reporting for watch. SIR
Tin can sailor '1969-72 two westpac cruises DD851 USS Rupertus
Flight ops. and shelling ground targets with our 5"ers
Midnight refueling and rearming a specialty
Fell in love several times in Subic. Shellback.
Flatheads forever.

 

DAYUM Looks like I'm the "Old Salt" according to the dates posted so far. Joined US Navy 9/60 served aboard the Oklahoma City CLG-5 out of Long Beach, Ca and last 4 months of service aboard the sister ship USS Galveston CLG-3 in San Diego. Had some good times.......

Leo MT-2

 

Ya only 'think' pukes and wingnuts are better cuz your flight line was always where ya left it.
But never fear, the Navy built a ship just for you guys...


AMS2
'88-Dec '91 Nofuck,Vagina.
HSL-34 GREENCHECKERS
Aviation Structure Mech, Aircrew, Doorgunner, Parts Thief, Wise Ass.

 

For all you Squids, thanks for your support!

 

well i guess this is one of the last pictures of my favorite ship. i had good times on her. she wasn't a bad ship just a bad chain of command.

 

Fishtank, when did the Air Force get a ship? Just like always, they built the golf course first and let the other things fit in as they can.