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SAILORS' SAD SALUTE
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| MARIA ALVAREZ
Posted on 12/03/2001 1:50:20 PM PST by tarawa
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:02:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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December 1, 2001 -- ABOARD THE USS BULKELEY - "Take a good hard look - freedom doesn't come cheap. This is where thousands of innocent people died. Remember this place - ingrain it in your heart and soul because it is you who will make a difference for those who died." Those were the words of Cmdr. Carlos Del Toro as the USS Bulkeley, the Navy's newest guided-missile destroyer, sailed past what was once the World Trade Center and is now ground zero.
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To say that I wish I were still "Haze Gray and Underway" is putting it mildly. I miss being overseas. I miss having a job where I made a difference. I miss the Navy. What I don't miss, though, is sleeping in a berthing quarters with 100 other guys. Ack, now that brings a shudder to the spine....
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posted on
12/03/2001 1:50:20 PM PST
by
tarawa
To: tarawa
"To say that I wish I were still "Haze Gray and Underway" is putting it mildly. I miss being overseas. I miss having a job where I made a difference. I miss the Navy." I hear ya shipmate!
Regards,
Grumpy
ISC(AW) USN(Ret)
To: grumpster-dumpster
ISC(AW)? Wow, I was an IS myself....
IS2 on USS TARAWA (hence the handle), and on USS JOUETT before she was decommisioned. I got hurt pretty badly while on the CG, then did it up a little worse on the LHA. I wanted to stay in, but was unable to do so.
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12/03/2001 2:13:39 PM PST
by
tarawa
To: tarawa
WOW! Small world! It's such a small community (IS's) we've probably met sometime. Send me NAVGRAM over Freepmail ..we can talk!
To: tarawa
Gator Navy?
USS New Orleans (LPH-11)
Aviation Boatswains Mate
1976 - 1979
To: tarawa; All
To: A Navy Vet
Sorry to jump in when the reply wasn't addressed to me (but when did that ever stop a Navy-man). I wasn't GATOR Navy, but did my more than full share of "staff" (Making a bunch of idiot "O's" look good in front of the Admiral) and did a "Bird-farm" tour and a CG (best tour I ever had!). Have spent time in every "warare" specialty the Navy has... Surace, Air, Subsurface, & Special.
Welcome aboard the thread!
To: grumpster-dumpster
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
A BTTT, and a salute to my friend TonkinGulfYatchClub!!!
To: Diver Dave; B4Ranch; Grampa Dave
To: tarawa
My husband is an STS3(SS) serving aboard the USS Hyman G Rickover (SSN 709), they are currently on 6 month deployment. He just got his dolphins last month (not bad for being in the service since March of last year huh?) and I'm so very proud of him.
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12/03/2001 2:52:49 PM PST
by
Severa
To: Snow Bunny; Mama_Bear; LadyX; COB1; RaceBannon
Navy Ping
To: Severa
"and I'm so very proud of him."
I am also!
God Bless the Navy
To: Jim Robinson; piasa; btcusn
NAVY PING
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
I've got a great picture of my ship (USS Antietam CG-54) but don't know how to post it. (Hey I may have been an "IS"...but that don't mean I'm smart...)
To: tarawa
I did a WESTPAC on Tarawa LHA-1, April '83 - November '83.
Semper Fi Shipmate!
TS
To: grumpster-dumpster
Here ya go.
USS Antietam (CG 54)
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posted on
12/03/2001 3:07:13 PM PST
by
meadsjn
To: grumpster-dumpster
Got me beat...I was air than surface. Which came first, bubblehead or airdale? I could see where you might want some fresh air.
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
USS Kirk FF-1087
Another Navy Ping!!
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12/03/2001 3:10:18 PM PST
by
IoCaster
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
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