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re: Navy Vets- Post Some of Your Duty Stations
Posted on 7/3/17 at 9:53 am to LSUAlum2001
Posted on 7/3/17 at 9:53 am to LSUAlum2001
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I was on suggested 12 hours per week because I'm not an idiot. Sign in for ~ an hour and a half each weekday and cram in 5 hours late Sunday.
Yeah well congrats... I got good grades in all of my electrical and mechanical classes but friggin Physics killed me.
Put a piece of equipment in front of me and I could tear it down and fix it pretty easy.
Ask me to quote specs such as motor requirements or coolant temps and pressure, I'll answer it without fail
Ask me to calculate/graph the absorption rate of control rods at various insertion levels and I'm a bag of dicks
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Posted on 7/3/17 at 9:56 am to Stevo
Orlando for boot, Great Lakes, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Little Rivers, and finally Roosevelt Roads for permanent duty at AFWTF - '78 - 81' - Rosy Roads was like a year round vacation and we got to see marine and navy pilots blow up drones..... (not like today's drones - $500K per with loads of telemetry equipment) they were supposed to 'come close'
Went back a couple of years ago to Vieques and RR and the old base looks like a scene out of an apocalypse movie.....it's a shame what's become of it
Went back a couple of years ago to Vieques and RR and the old base looks like a scene out of an apocalypse movie.....it's a shame what's become of it
Posted on 7/3/17 at 9:56 am to No8Easy2
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Nothing says Navy like wearing your clothes inside out, crawling through garbage and sticking your face in a fats man hairy belly for a cherry!!
FIFY
WestPac on the Bonhomme Richard. Ship life sucked but the ports totally made up for it.
Nothing like having 10 showers but only 3 working ones for 150+ Marines. Same with the toilets. Don't think we ever had all of them working at one time. We were convinced it was the sailors just messing with us. We didn't blame them though. I'd be pissed to if I was busting arse all day working while Marines just eat sleep and workout.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:02 am to Tigeralum2008
Why were you an EM? It sounds like you should have been designated as a MM.
I was an ET.
I was an ET.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:02 am to BRIllini07
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USS La Jolla - San Diego (for about 10 days), then Portsmouth NH for 2 years, then Pearl Harbor for the remainder of my time.
Go on...
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:10 am to MSWebfoot
San Diego, CA boot camp
USS Elkhorn AOG 7, Pearl Harbor, HI. 1966-1968. 2 tours to Vietnam carrying jet fuel.
River Patrol Boat Training (PBR), Vallejo, CA
SERE training, somwhere in the woods of the state of Washington
Vietnamese language training, San Diego,CA
PBR's River Patrol Boats, Mekong Delta, Vietnam 1969-1970
USS Elkhorn AOG 7, Pearl Harbor, HI. 1966-1968. 2 tours to Vietnam carrying jet fuel.
River Patrol Boat Training (PBR), Vallejo, CA
SERE training, somwhere in the woods of the state of Washington
Vietnamese language training, San Diego,CA
PBR's River Patrol Boats, Mekong Delta, Vietnam 1969-1970
This post was edited on 7/3/17 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:12 am to Jim Rockford
Great Lakes
SanDiego - A School
Norfolk - AIC
Norfolk - USACOM
GooseCreek!
SanDiego - A School
Norfolk - AIC
Norfolk - USACOM
GooseCreek!
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:13 am to CajunPolo
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:13 am to BRIllini07
quote:
Prototype - Ballston Spa, NY (1998)
How did you like Saratoga Springs? I went to high school there.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:15 am to Broke
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Why you single out the Navy? You act like we didn't do the heavy work for you brah wtf
only because I grew a Navy brat. I love and respect all branches. I just don't know about that facilities as well, that's all.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:17 am to LSUAlum2001
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Why were you an EM? It sounds like you should have been designated as a MM.
I chose it, 20 years later I can't really explain why other than it sounded cool to run the MG's.
I'm not mad/bitter. TBH, failing that final was a crucial life lesson for me and would put me on track to have a wonderful career in telecom and now IT
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:17 am to SoBELSUFan
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Roosevelt Roads for permanent duty at AFWTF - '78 - 81' - Rosy Roads was like a year round vacation and we got to see marine and navy pilots blow up drones....
from our house, we could see Vieques, Culebra, and St. Thomas on a clear day. Dad flew H-46 for VC-8. Sole job was to pick up drones in the ocean. PR made a big mistake shutting down Vieques. Cost the island lots of jobs.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:19 am to CajunPolo
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PBR's River Patrol Boats, Mekong Delta, Vietnam 1969-1970
Dad was attached to Hal-3. I'm sure that the Sea Wolves provided you some cover, especially at night.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:26 am to Tigeralum2008
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I chose it, 20 years later I can't really explain why other than it sounded cool to run the MG's.
I'm not mad/bitter. TBH, failing that final was a crucial life lesson for me and would put me on track to have a wonderful career in telecom and now IT
I ended up with an EE degree after my stint.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:35 am to Stevo
BC Orlando
ET A school Great Lakes
C school Vallejo, CA
USS Fahrion FFG-22 Mayport, FL and Charleston, SC
Been to 17 Countries and 40 ports
ET A school Great Lakes
C school Vallejo, CA
USS Fahrion FFG-22 Mayport, FL and Charleston, SC
Been to 17 Countries and 40 ports
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:40 am to rrboy
Boot Orlando
Pensacola A & C Schools
USS Virginia
Rota, Spain
USS Kidd
USS Guam
USS Nashville
San Diego
Gitmo
Pensacola A & C Schools
USS Virginia
Rota, Spain
USS Kidd
USS Guam
USS Nashville
San Diego
Gitmo
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:42 am to Theboot32
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Goose Creek, SC (north charleston)
Everett, WA (USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72)
frickin' nuke
Mine:
NNPTC (Goose Creek, SC)
USS Nebraska SSBN 739(B) (NSB Kings Bay, GA)
This post was edited on 7/3/17 at 10:45 am
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:44 am to Tigeralum2008
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Tigeralum2008
quote:
reassigned as a Radioman
Nuke waste
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:50 am to boddagetta
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Nuke waste
And proud of it
#conerlife
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:04 am to Tigeralum2008
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What do y'all do while underway? Do you stand watches?
for me (pre internet and cell phones) most of the time was spent cleaning weapons/equipment and a shite ton of PT
after that video games maybe play some spades
the Tarawa had a small "movie theater" so that was nice
if I remember right the longest time between ports was about 3 weeks
quote:
Do you stand watches?
Yes every time the ship pulled into Pearl Harbor, nothing but respect
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