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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

Posted on 10/13/2025 12:00:42 PM PDT by ransomnote

Dear Military Veterans,

In honor of the Navy's special anniversary, I would like to create a table of military service for those who served in the Navy and want to be included. 

Please look at part of a table below which I have provided as an example, and see what I have in mind. I'm open to suggestions, but this table is a quick way to get started.

If you would like to be added to the table, have a look  at the format I've created and repy on this thread to have your name added. Once I get the names, I can post the completed table in a comment at the bottom of this thread, which you can link for later reference.

I could add the other military branches too, but I would like to honor the Navy's special day, and having this thread be Navy-only would help. Once I complete the Navy table, I can post a new thread and invite another branch, complete their table, then another branch etc. I would like to create a master table of all military who wish to share so that all user names would appear in alphabetical order and be easier to reference regardless of branch of military service.

If there's no interest in this table, please accept my gratitude for your service. THANK YOU!

American in IsraelU.S. NAVY1972 - 1978
GeorgianaCavendish U.S. NAVY2009 - 2014, Nuclear Electronics Technician USS Enterprise; Last Crew
granite U.S. NAVY1969 - 1973, Ceremonial Guard, USS Massey (DD-778)


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To: ransomnote

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


61 posted on 10/14/2025 8:58:24 PM PDT by umbagi (Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. [Twain])
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To: ransomnote; Jim Robinson

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. ♥️


62 posted on 10/14/2025 9:04:23 PM PDT by Allegra (Thank you for your attention to this matter.)
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To: Mariner
NAVCOMMSTA Puget Sound

Thank you for your service. ⚓️

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

63 posted on 10/14/2025 9:08:49 PM PDT by Allegra (Thank you for your attention to this matter.)
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To: ransomnote

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.


64 posted on 10/14/2025 9:11:41 PM PDT by umbagi (Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. [Twain])
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To: ransomnote
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!

AbecusU.S. NAVY1983 - 1987, QM3, USS Iowa BB-61
atomic_dogU.S. NAVY1974 - 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 TyrantsU.S. NAVY1981 - 1986, Avionics Technician 2nd class, VAQ-140. 
 central_vaU.S. NAVY1982 - 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
GMMC0987U.S. NAVY1969 - 1991, GMMC0987, U.S. NAVY, GMMC (Ret.) Chief Gunner’s Mate (Missile)
grayeagleU.S. NAVY1963 - 1985,  Retired after 22 years continuous active duty PR1(PJ) Navy Master Parachutist Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Demonstration Team SERE Instructor / DWEST Instructor
JABitU.S. NAVY1965 - 1986, Cryptologic Technician (Technical)
JBW1949U.S. NAVYDC2PO (Damage Controlman 2nd Class Petty Officer) 1967-1974... USS Puget Sound AD38...USS Yosemite AD19...
Jim RobinsonU.S. NAVY1965 - 1969, Interior Communications Electrician. DD806, DD945, DD716
MathewsU.S. NAVY1988 - 2008, GMC, Ret
MarinerU.S. NAVY1977 - 1987, VQ-3, USS Tarawa, USS Benjamin Stoddart, NAVCAMS Westpac, NAVCOMMSTA Puget Sound, SERE Warner Springs
MNniceU.S. NAVY1967 - 1975,  ETN2(SS) USS Patrick Henry SSBN 599(G)
power2U.S. NAVY

1979 - 1985, MM1/SS.. NUC MM, Leading ELT USS Flasher SSN-613 San Diego, Vallejo (Ship yard)

red-dawgU.S. NAVY1976 - 1980, FTG2, USS San Bernardino LST-1189, USS Sperry AS-12, USS Buchanan (WARSHIP BUCHANAN!!) DDG-14
Retain MikeU.S. NAVY1969 - 1972, Riverine Navy
rktmanU.S. NAVY1967 -  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_MichiganU.S. NAVYO3 civil engineer corps
SubVet72U.S. NAVYSN/SS 1970-1976 USS Greenfish SS 351
The KlingonU.S. NAVY1981 - 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
 umbagiU.S. NAVY1966 - 1970, GMG2, last assignment was Boat Captain of a PBR, VN.
 yuleeyahooU.S. NAVY1983 - 1989, MM2 USS Iwo Jima LPH2 USS Farragut DDG37

 


65 posted on 10/15/2025 12:08:01 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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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

66 posted on 10/15/2025 9:42:20 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: ransomnote

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


67 posted on 10/18/2025 12:14:01 AM PDT by exnavy (See article IV section 4 of our constitution.)
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To: ransomnote

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.


68 posted on 10/18/2025 7:04:27 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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To: central_va

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.


69 posted on 10/18/2025 7:11:42 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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meadsjn — U.S. Navy — 1975-1979 Operation Specialist, USS DuPont (DD-941)


70 posted on 10/20/2025 2:14:10 AM PDT by meadsjn
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