O/T NAVY HAMBers Time to muster!!

So how many Navy/exNavy do we have amungst us? Who knows you may have an old shipmate on this board and not even know it. Where and when did you serve?

83-86 USS MERRILL(DD-976) San Diego

86-89 NMCB-5 Post Huneme HATED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!! But.. I loved Ventura and I met my Wife.

89-91 Naval Reserve Center San Diego. (staff)

91-96 USS New Orleans(LPH-11) San Diego. Did Desert Storm and Somolia on that. Both my sons were born while I was deployed.

96-99 SUBASE New London CT Running tugs

99-01 USS Zephyr(PC-8) Best tour ever. Two counter narcotics tours to the Carribean. ALOT of drinking and surfing

01-03 SUBASE New London CT. Harbor pilot

2003 RETIRE!!!!!!! BEST KEPT SECRET IN THE NAVY!

Todd

 

NMCB-18 US Navy Seabee.

2006-current

 

Port Hueneme California is the best, the seabee bar Searounders is right outside the gates and jades massage parlor is right next door

 

1996-2003
1997-99 USS Simon Lkae As-33 LaMaddellena Italy
1999-2000 USS Emory S Land AS 39 LaMaddellena Italy
2000-2003 USNR ONI Fort Sheridan Ill
Medical Discharge. Thank God for going Deaf.

 

1966-1969 USN Corpsman (Great Lakes, Bethesda, Quantico, VA)

 

USN 1974-1978 FTG-3 was on the USS Juneau (LPD-10) and the USS Brooke (FFG-1) they were stationed in SanDiego and made two WesPac cruises.

 

2000-may2008 NAVY NASlemoore (seaopdet) uss vinson 01' first attack, uss lincoln and uss stennis, time served.....

just got out and couldnt be happier!! not to mention making more money and love my new lifestyle!!

 

1964-1968 USS fortify MSO446 Long Beach, USS Desoto County LST1171 Little Creek Va.

 

80: Boot camp & MM A-school
81-82: Nuke School, Orlando; Prototype, Ballston Spa, NY
83: Plankowner, USS Florida, SSBN-728 (Blue), Groton, CT
84-87: NROTC
87-88: Flight School, Pensacola
88-92: VP-9, Moffett Field, CA
92-93: VP-31, Moffett Field, CA
94-95: NPS, Monterey, CA
95-98: USS George Washington, CVN-73, Flight Deck Officer
98-00: VP-26, Brunswick, ME
01-04: 5-sided wind tunnel, Washington DC

04-today: Still providing contract support as a "PowerPoint (TM) Mercenary"

 

1986 to 1996

1986 - 1990 USS Belleau Wood LHA-3
1990 - 1994 NWS Seal Beach
1994 - 1996 USS Ogden LPD-5

Go Navy

 

Great Lakes Boot Camp Chicago Ill. 1967
Treasure Island San Fran CA 1967
Naval amphibious base-Coronado CA 1968
RivDiv 573, Mekong River, SaDec VN 1969-1970
nuke sub base Rota Spain 1970

 

VF-211 (F-8J Crusaders) Flight deck troubleshooter aboard the USS Hancock. Naval Air Stations Miramar and North Island(San Diego Area) between Westpacs. 1971-75

 

Never served myself..Just wanted to say thanks to all of you that did..

Tony

 

dec 65- march 67 newport rhode island
march 67 - may 67 CI Training, Coronado, Ca.
may 67- may 68 NSAD Chu Lai, Vietnam ( stationed with Roger Staubach )
june 68- oct. 69 USS Fulton AS11, New London,Ct.

 

Hahahaha!!!! I was with NMCB 4, 97-99. Served 1991-99. Naval Base Port Hueneme was the Best! Sure miss it from time to time. Alot of support back then, hope it's still the same.

Ken

 

89: Boot camp & MM A-School
90-91: Nuke School, Orlando; Prototype, Ballston Spa, NY
91-95: USS Enterprise CVN 65, Newport News Shipyard refuel overhaul, Norflok Va

 

July 1987 - Dec 1991

HSL-43 North Island
(Helicopter Anti-Submarine squadron, Light)
Aviation Elictrician's mate. Made Second class in only 4 yrs & 1 month!
Was the youngest person in AirPac to be qualified QA/SO for torpedo loads on the SH-60B (18 yrs old)

 

Did my time in the Air Force, ( I know, you guys hate us....) but am living at Naval Base in Yokosuka Japan right now, wife is DODDS teacher...

 

Sep 1965-Jan 1969 USAF (SAD but TRUE JOKE)

Mar 1975-Apr 1975 NS Greatlakes OSVET school

Apr 1975-Apr 1976 USS Saratoga CV-60, IM-2, 1976 Med cruise

Apr 1976-Aug 1976 ADJ "A" school, P-3 "C" school

Aug 1976-Apr 1978 NAS Moffett Field VP-50, 2 deployments to Misawa, Japan

May 1978-Mar 1981 NMPC Dallas detachment

Mar 1981 Out of the Navy.

 

My older brother was aboard DD-686 Halsey Powell during the Viet Nam era.
He'd like to talk to other's if they were on 686 too.

 

Nov 67 to Feb 70. VAW 110,112,114,116 based out of North Island. Worked on E2 Hawkeyes, the plane with the disc on top. WestPac on the Enterprise.

 

USS Horne (DLG 30, now CG 30) 1969-1972. Introduced me to the world and San Diego, my favorite city.

 

1965 - Boot camp Great Lakes
1965-1966 NATC Memphis - ATN A School
1966-1968 VS-27 aboard the USS Randolph CVS-15
Flight deck troubleshooter
44 catapult takeoffs as aircrewman in Grumman S2E fixed wing anti-submarine aircraft
That was pretty good acceleration
1967 Med cruise
Part of a minor international incident - When we got back from the Med we heard on the broadcast radio that the Soviet Union was protesting US NAvy harassment of there subs in the Med. We were dropping PDCs (Practice Depth Charges) on there subs. Oooops!

ATN-3

 

1980 Orlando Recruit training.
1981 - 1984 USS Mississippi CGN 40
1984 - 1988 NROTC Memphis State University

 

1981 Boot Camp, Great Lakes, Co. 334
1981 MM "A" school, Great Lakes
1982 early, MDSU-2, TAD, Little Ceek Va.
1982 late, Nuke School, Orlando Fl.
1983 Prototype, Ballston Spa NY, MARF plant
1983-1985 USS Augusta SSN-710, Groton Ct.
1985-1990 USS Tennessee SSBN-734, Kings Bay Ga.
1990-1993 Nuke Repair Facility, Kings Bay Ga.
1993-1996 USS Pennsylvania SSBN-735, Kings Bay Ga.
1996-present USNR Whoo Hooo!!!!!!!!

T

 

Suspect this might be a long thread...

1981 -1983 VF-21 (F-4N) USS Coral Sea (CV-43) NAS Miramar & Alameda
1990 -1992 USS Tarawa (LHA-1) San Diego
1992 -1994 USS Ranger (CV-61) San Diego

And a bunch of other places with sand and trees, too. Later, Gary

 

1993-1994 RTC Orlando and TM A and C schools
1994-1997 MK 48 Torpedo Shop Ewa Beach, HI
1997 MN A-School
1997-2001 USS Sentry MCM-3
2001-2004 NRD Chicago
2004-2007 MCM Crew Constant ( Forward Deployed Manama, Bahrain )
2007-Pres Mine Warfare Training Center Ingleside, TX
Navy Chief Navy Pride

 

1971 ( age 16) boot san Diego company#127.door Gunner school Ft Cambell KY( army school) then uss San Jose AFS-7, Norpac 71/72/ door gunner hotel.( Shell back ) 19 months in country. Subic slut.
1973/87 U.S.Army . and too all vets welcome home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

1967-1971

Boot camp in San Diego

ASE (Aviation Ground Support) school in Memphis (Millington) inaugural class Honorman

VR-30 NAS Alameda-Grumman C1A COD Aircrew, operated on just about every Westpac boat with arresting cables

FASU (Fleet Air Support Unit) DaNang Airbase, was my last full year

 

Hello..USN..1960 to 1970..Shore Duty, Long Beach, CA.....DD 651, USS Cogswell....DLG 20, USS Richmond K. Turner..Shipfitter/Pipefitter..
Duane.