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Titanic expedition 1986
Not a war story and one of my fond memories, Spend 22 days in “M.O.D. lock” in direct support of the mission. The post Titanic expedition 1986 appeared first on MyServicePride.com.
View ArticleThree stories of 1991, The Burning, The Shaker and The Crack
I went through boot camp in 1991 RTC/NTC San Diego… when I was a boot there were stories of riots taking place in LA but we were kept out from the real world because training came first. I became a...
View ArticleI WOULD TRADE HIM
A Korean War Veteran told me that the Navy didn’t do anything and he ate C rations and slept in a hole.I was on a Destroyer for two and a half years. Nineteen months in the combat zone where escorted...
View ArticleFrist Class Diving School
While attending first class diving school, at Naval Diving School, Panama City, Fl. In 1983. We were studying to become diving supervisors. We would start early in the morning from Monday thru Friday,...
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Naval Aviator
Went through Pensacola in 1964 and received my Naval Aviator wings, and served two combat tours over Vietnam. WHY DON’T YOU OFFER NAVAL OFFICER WINGS FOR COFFEE MUGS. I ordered a mug with my ribbons,...
View ArticleScaring the Shipyard Workers at Southwest Marine, San Diego
Before Desert Storm, our ship was sent to Dry Dock in San Diego at Southwest Marine. So it was effectively up on blocks, engines pulled out. We had a whole crew of Shipyard workers who were kind of...
View ArticleOnly Locksmith in the fleet
I was just about finished with my correspondence courses for Locksmithing. I was stopped by the XO on the hanger deck, one day and asked if I had been pursuing that knowledge and he asked me if I would...
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JUST GETTING THERE
As a new member of the crew onboard in August 1967, I did not know what to expect. We got underway for Vietnam in October 1967 and sailed to Gitmo for underway training and onto Nam Operation Market...
View ArticleThe Chief
I was having a discussion with one of my fellow chiefs, and he related this story: It seems that there was a certain Chief Petty Officer walking down a passageway at the NSA at Ft Meade, MD. As he...
View ArticleHonesty
I have many memories aboard the New Jersey, one in particular stands out in my mind. At the time I was a 19 year old Hospitalman (E-3). The ship did an exchange of troops for a day……..some of my...
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