O/T NAVY HAMBers Time to muster!!

I was on Carl Vinson (CVN 70, the Gold Eagle) from 1989-92. PACEX 89, WESTPAC 90 (shellback), then Bremerton shipyard for my last 2 years of active service. I'm retiring from the reserves next month after 24 years.

 

Balls! I said it like I was right!!! Congrats on the retirement, I got 8 more to go..... (too many damn ships to count, rookie mistake right??!)


BTW If we ever find the phantom shitter, lets kick him in the balls, ok?!

 

'75-'79 USS Saratoga, flight deck, fuels specialist. basically i gassed up the aircraft. real fun when they're running...........

 

I'm saving that for the dirty bugger that left the crabs on the seat in Apprentice Training school!

 

va-87 1980 to 1983 I.O. cruise and a med cruise on board the USS Independence, 1985 to 1988 A.I.M.D NAS LEMOORE, 1988-1991 USS CARL VINSON, 1991-1992 VX-5 CHINA LAKE, CA. and yes I too remember the "shower shitter" and it wasn't me.

 

Someone had to patch up the Marines

 

USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)
USS Providence (CLG-6)
USS Ranger (CVA-61)

1966-70

Member: Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club

 

I did that IO run in 83 onboard the USS Horne CG30. We did 122 day straight in the IO never even hit Deigo Garcia

 

Joined the Coast Guard.

I leave in 3 weeks as of today. Sept 21st.



Any advice????

 

NMCB 22 88-01
9NCR 01-05
NMCB 22 05-06 (Anbar Province Iraq)
1NCD 06-present
Transferring to something called NFELC (Port Hueneme) in October

CB_(Senior)Chief

 

- Boot camp Great Lakes- Sept - Nov '89

- GSM "A" school Great Lakes Dec '89 to Aug '90

- USS Vandegrift FFG-48 Aug '90 to '92 "Shellback" DAMN THOSE SHELLALIES!!! and what was that shit I crawled through???
- GSM "C" school Great lakes '92

- Pre Com USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 Bath Maine 93 "Plank Owner"

- USS Curtis Wilbur '93 - '95

 

Joined Nov 1940. left Dec 1946 as AOM1c
None of my shipmates around here I guess.

Traderjack

 

1969 - Boot camp SD
1969 - Avionics A school Millington TN
1970- 1973 Brunswick Ga NATTC Glenco
1973-TD B school
1973 -1986 San Diego
1986-1989 USS Constellation
20 years 22 days 7 hours 21 min and 13 sec
But I wasn't counting

 

1966-1967 Naval support Activity DaNang YR 70
1967-1969 USS Twining DD 540 Treasure Island. Ca'
1969=1971 USS Evans DE 1023 Seattle,Wa
1971-1972 Naval Courier Service Det. Sierra, San Diego, Ca.
1972-1975 USS England DLG-22
1975-present Com CivPac

 

Keep your mouth shut, your eyes and ears open and don't volunteer for ANYTHING!!

 

Perhaps the oldest Nuke Bubblehead on this thread:
59 - Bootcamp, EN A School, Great Lakes Ill.
60 - Sub School, Nuclear Power School Groton, Ct.
61 - S1C Prototype, Welding School Windsor, Ct
62 - 64 USS Thomas Jefferson SSB(N)618
64 - 67 USS Pollack SS(N)603
67 - 69 USS Will Rogers SSB(N)659
69 - 72 Sub School Staff
72 - 74 USS Stonewall Jackson SSB(N)634
74 - 76 ADCOP Tidewater Community College
76 - 79 USS Thomas Edison SSB(N)610
79 - 82 Submarine Squadron 1 Staff
Able to weld and glow in the dark!

 

July 1964 Great Lakes boot camp
Oct 1964 IC A school Great Lakes
March 1965 USS Ingraham Newport RI
First East coast ship (our squadron) sent to the Vietnam conflict
May 1968 back to a civilian

 

boot camp 1976 SD.
Naval weapons evaluation fac, Albuquerque Nm wtf
Gained lotsa time in F-4j there. Wadda hoot
USS Okinawa LPH-3
1975-1981. Photographer's mate
Watched 2 helos leave my flight deck to go crash in iran.
Got the Navy Expeditionary medal and my camera taken away.
3 westpacs. mojo anyone?
baskets on bugis street in singapore? whoooooooeeeeeeeee

 

Looks like I just missed you.
You were in the same canoe club, but a different Navy.

 

Today is my last day in the Navy Reserve. After 24 years, 6 active and two mobilizations I'm transferring to the the Retired Reserve.

 

Great Lakes Boot Camp Company #569.......12/64 - 03/65
Glynco NATTC ATC "A" School.......03/65 - 10/65
NAS Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada, RATCC #15.......10/65 - 04/67
Glynco NATTC GCA School.......04/67 - 07/67
NAS South Weymouth, Massachusetts, GCA #48.......07/67 - 12/68

 

No, it means I'm retired. Today was my last day.

 

did some snow watch at great lakes only wasnt much watching but a lot of shoveling

 

I'll take snow watch over the -90 windchill in February any day.

 

I think I am in the top 10 "old farts" on this thread.

Aug 1961 Boot Camp San Diego, then USS Marshall DD-676, USS Tracer AGR-15, finally USS Atlanta IX-304. Honorable Discharge Aug 1965.

Thanks for the thread....

 

11/69-2/70 Orlando boot camp 2/70-6/70 NAS JAX "A" school 6/70-7/72 VX1 NAS Key West, P3,SH3,S3 7/72-11/73 CVT16 USS Lexington-flight deck-catapult holdback.

 

Been in 16 years as of now, working on F/A18's (baby hornets) in lemmore,ca.

 

USS Bordelon DD881 1965 -1968 Sonar Technician 3rd class ( E4 ) Petty Officer. Old salt or , at least , OLD ?

 

Boot camp NTC SanDiego, California 1973, MCAS Iwakuni, Japan 73-75, USS Blue Ridge LCC-19 75-76, USS Moctabi ATF-105 76-77, US Naval Support Activity Sand Point, Washington 77-77. Sewed on my Crow as a Boatswain's Mate, but cross rated to Quartermaster. Also Assault Boat Coxswain.

 

NTC SDiego 1963, Navcomsta, Adak, Alaska, '64-'65, U.S.S. St. Paul, Ca73 Flag Crypto radio operator, T.A.D. Viet Nam, (all over) '66 & '67.