Posted on 07/05/2006 7:04:50 PM PDT by Old Sarge
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*Hand in the air*
I was thinking Okinawa!!
He he he!! Thanks for posting that to all of us ML!! I love it!!
Thank you for the kind words.
Thank all of you, my brothers and sisters in harms way for service to this, OUR Great Country and Nation!!
Heart Felt Regards,
Gunner
Ok -- pardon my french, but how the heck did they get away with THAT ID number! LOL
thank you higgmeister, for your service to your country!
Ms.B
WOW -- that's GORGEOUS!!!
Better question is how the heck did I end up un that boat?
I tell ya it was intimidating L0L
But I have no regrets
Proud to have served
I joined the Navy right out of High School in 1983. I joined the Navy to get paid to learn and to travel (preferably out of Minnesota). I almost joined the Marines because some of my wrestling buds took that path.
I, somehow, passed the "nuke" test at my AFEE's station. After being told that the nuke program was "elite" I signed up for it, even though I had no idea what nuclear power was.
Boot camp in Great Lakes, Ill. Basic Elec. and Electronics and Electricians Mate "A" school in Great Lakes. Naval Nuclear Power School in Orlando, Florida. (Barely made it out of Nuke school with a 2.54 average...ouch!) Prototype training at A1W in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Assigned to the USS Memphis SSN 691 out of Norfolk, Virginia. Fell in love with the south. Endured 4 tough years. Chased some Soviet subs, made a Med run, lost lots of sleep due to maintenance and training (DINK don't cha know). The greatest thrill was becoming one of Ships SCUBA divers.
Attended Dive School in Panama City, Florida. It happened to be during Spring Break '87. HooYah! Being a diver was very fulfilling. Worked with people with alot of Espree De Corps (Spelling?). I realized that had I joined the Marines, I probably would have stayed in. I ate up the physical challenge stuff. Much easier then Nuclear Heat Transfer/Fluid Flow or Chem. Rad. Con. or Physics.
Left the Navy in 1989 honorably. This was because I couldn't change my primary NEC (From Nuke to Diver)and because I was now married and wanted to have a family that would see me more then a couple of times a year.
While I didn't exactly love all of my time in, I wouldn't trade it for anything. It provided a very unique opportunity to learn about myself, others, and topics I could never have studied on my own.
My hat is off to all those volunteers that serve today. The anti-Bush/War feelings today are not something I had to deal with. From what I can read about, the men and women of the Armed forces today, are doing an exemplary job. Good Job!
Sincerely.
Thanks for your service to your country weps4ret!
ms.B
LOL -- I'm thinking that's some luck of the draw!! He he he!
"Hello again-I went out to load up my gear into the humvee & as it turns out the trucks were overfilled. I don't know if i've told you about our newest awesome mission, escorting dump trucks filled with gravel from one camp to another camp about 20 miles away. Apparently gravel is really valuable here, what with the law of supply and demand and all. Sand is dirt cheap, but gravel on the other hand, has to be imported at a steep price. 40 Kuwaiti dinars for a cube foot, actually, which is something like 120 U.S. dollars. So three days a week it falls to Charlie company to escort these 12 or so trucks around, making sure that nobody tries to hijack one & seeing that none of the haji drivers themselves just decides to split & sell it on the gravel black market.. Because of course, one truck is worth more money than most of these guys will make in their entire lives. These guys are not native Kuwaitis, they're largely egyptions, saudis, syrians, and surprisingly a large number of indians......... At first it seemed pretty reasonable to expect a hijack and maybe even a high speed shootout chase... Until the grim reality set in that no truck packed to the gills with gravel is going to go very far very fast. The top speed of these babies is around 18 MPH. I could easily chase down one of these on a bicycle if need be. So over the course of the last few weeks the perceived need for a medic has gradually fallen, and now we are considered an expendible luxury item, which suits me just fine. Between the three of us we still have to cover ARF 24/7 plus usually about 2 ranges every week. It isn't a lot of work, but it stacks up pretty fast with only three guys.
I am very curious about how the 4th went what with Katie's mom & grandma visiting......... I'm sure that meeting with you & dad could do nothing but reflect positively on my own character. lemme know how the 4th went- and not just with Katies ma, the whole thing. I wish very much that i could have been home for it. Like i said above, it is my favorite holiday & it seems incomplete without watching a bunch of fogies play John Philip Sousa & the annual family screening of 1776.
But the good news? within one week i'll hit the official 2/3 point for the deployment, and that's assuming we leave on the last possible day. So the hump is well behind me. oh, don't tell katie of course, but i ordered up her birthday present yesterday..........ended up getting one of those felix-ish black & white cat clocks with the wagging tail & rolling eyes. It's been a staple of the American kitchen since the 30's and i think it's funny as hell..........Alright, talk to you later- "
666????
Yikes!!
LOL
Ms.B
Thank you for your service to our country!! LOVE the Panama City area!!
My bad L0L
I suppose ther are a lot of places refered to as the rock L0L
Yer so funny!
Always with the babes! ;o)
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