Is there interest in my creating a table of NAVY Veterans in honor of the Navy's specially anniversary today? TO ALL NAVY VETERANS, THANK YOU!

10/13/2025 | vanity

[umbagi]

1966-1970, GMG2, last assignment was Boat Captain of a PBR, VN.

[Allegra]

Not sure if it’s already been mentioned, but I believe our site owner is a Navy vet.

As was my dad - career Navy pilot, 28 years. ♥️

[Allegra]

NAVCOMMSTA Puget Sound

Thank you for your service. ⚓️

I went to 1st & 2nd grades in Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island. :)

[umbagi]

I met, ate, and drank with some Russian sailors in Mauritius in 1968, when we were spying on their Zond 5 splashdown (now unclassified). Not much English, but they were just folks, like us. They all wanted to trade for ballpoint pens, Zippo lighters, American cigarettes, etc., because theirs was junk.

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The  Honored Navy Service table is not complete. I'll have to proof read it at least once. Then I'll collect names on this thread and ping everyone to request that they help me proof read this by checking that I got your post in the table, and the text is correct. Please excuse me for silly mistakes and typo's. I'll make the corrections needed. I'm happy to add more names! :D

 
THANK YOU, SQUIDS!

Abecus	U.S. NAVY	1983 - 1987, QM3, USS Iowa BB-61
atomic_dog	U.S. NAVY	1974 - 1984,  EM1(SS) nuclear, USS Greenling (SSN-614) New London, Charleston USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) Norfolk, Pearl Harbor USS Omaha (SSN-692) Pearl Harbor Naval Submarine Training Center Pearl Harbor 1986-1993 LT (O-3) (Surface Warfare) USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074) Pearl Harbor
Blood of Tyrants	U.S. NAVY	1981 - 1986, Avionics Technician 2nd class, VAQ-140.
central_va	U.S. NAVY	1982 - 1986, USNR ASWO Knox class frigate 2 sea service deployment medals. 1983 Beirut Lebanon providing NGFS when the USMC barracks exploded. God bless the Marines
GMMC0987	U.S. NAVY	1969 - 1991, GMMC0987, U.S. NAVY, GMMC (Ret.) Chief Gunner’s Mate (Missile)
grayeagle	U.S. NAVY	1963 - 1985,  Retired after 22 years continuous active duty PR1(PJ) Navy Master Parachutist Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Demonstration Team SERE Instructor / DWEST Instructor
JABit	U.S. NAVY	1965 - 1986, Cryptologic Technician (Technical)
JBW1949	U.S. NAVY	DC2PO (Damage Controlman 2nd Class Petty Officer) 1967-1974... USS Puget Sound AD38...USS Yosemite AD19...
Jim Robinson	U.S. NAVY	1965 - 1969, Interior Communications Electrician. DD806, DD945, DD716
Mathews	U.S. NAVY	1988 - 2008, GMC, Ret
Mariner	U.S. NAVY	1977 - 1987, VQ-3, USS Tarawa, USS Benjamin Stoddart, NAVCAMS Westpac, NAVCOMMSTA Puget Sound, SERE Warner Springs
MNnice	U.S. NAVY	1967 - 1975,  ETN2(SS) USS Patrick Henry SSBN 599(G)
power2	U.S. NAVY	1979 - 1985, MM1/SS.. NUC MM, Leading ELT USS Flasher SSN-613 San Diego, Vallejo (Ship yard)
red-dawg	U.S. NAVY	1976 - 1980, FTG2, USS San Bernardino LST-1189, USS Sperry AS-12, USS Buchanan (WARSHIP BUCHANAN!!) DDG-14
Retain Mike	U.S. NAVY	1969 - 1972, Riverine Navy
rktman	U.S. NAVY	1967 -  USS Lester DE-1022. Newport RI. E-3 MM USS Hyman. DD-732 New Orleans. LA. IC-3 USS English DD-696 Mayport FL. IC-3 USS Waldron DD-699. Mayport FL. IC-3
Rural_Michigan	U.S. NAVY	O3 civil engineer corps
SubVet72	U.S. NAVY	SN/SS 1970-1976 USS Greenfish SS 351
The Klingon	U.S. NAVY	1981 - 2007, Career Navy O-6 Surface Warfare. USS Tarawa LHA-1, USS Hayler DD-997, USS Pensacola LSD-38 (Desert Shield/Storm, USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71, USS Harlan County LST-1196
umbagi	U.S. NAVY	1966 - 1970, GMG2, last assignment was Boat Captain of a PBR, VN.
yuleeyahoo	U.S. NAVY	1983 - 1989, MM2 USS Iwo Jima LPH2 USS Farragut DDG37

 

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Add reed13K

 

reed13k

U.S. NAVY U.S. NAVY RESERVES

1989, U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY 1989 - 1994, U.S. NAVY 1994 - 2000

[exnavy]

USN 1975-1981, USS South Carolina, FTM, E5

[rlmorel]

Nice idea-although I suspect many will be content to lurk...:)

For the USN list, include me:
US Navy 1975-1979, Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class

Served in VA-174 Razorbacks (RAG) and VA-46 Clansmen (A-7 Corsair) at Cecil Field.

Did some service on the following, in order of time: USS JFK, USS EISENHOWER, USS LEXINGTON, USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.

Grew up as a military brat in a Navy family, lived in NAVCOMMSTA Cheltenham, Subic Bay, Yokosuka, Japan, Washington DC, Newport, RI.

[rlmorel]

That’s crazy. I had it easy by comparison. We were never out more than three weeks at a time before we made port calls.

I have heard that deployment cycles are insane over the last couple of decades, and those people get to do port calls in places like Diego Garcia, if that. And they don’t go on liberty the way we used to in foreign ports.

Now, to go on liberty in many countries, you have to go with organized groups, I am told.

Sigh. Different Navy.

[meadsjn]

meadsjn — U.S. Navy — 1975-1979 Operation Specialist, USS DuPont (DD-941)