WestPac
 

I sense “Visions of Olongapo” circulating in many of your brains.:icon_wink:

COMDESDIV32, Yokosuka, Japan, Oct 68-Jul 69, but rode many different types of ships, USS New Jersey to destroyer escorts. Base ship was USS Waddell, DDG-24

Navy Vets
 

Hubby was on the USS Hornet in 68/69 in Vietnam.

Haven't seen any Seabees yet.
USNMCB 74....79-81 active, Gulfport-Atsugi / Misawa Japan...Rota Spain...81-83 reserves
Best time of my life and would do it all over again in a heartbeat.
I thank everyone that served, and all who still are.
Steve

US Navy - 1968-1972 - Fire Control Technician
USS Wasp (CVS-18) Aircraft Carrier out of Quonset Point, Rhode Island
3 North Atlantic / European and 2 Mediterranean cruises.
- "Blue Nose" from chasing Russian Subs into the Arctic -
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..... Pictured below back in 1970 - 50 Years ago!
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OLONGAPO !!!!!
Oh, yeah...….Jeepneys, monkeymeat on a stick, kids diving for quarters in that thing they called a river......pickpockets, and other great things.

Oh, and the 5 cent slot machines on Grande Island.

Olongapo!
 

Green San Miguel! Food off the ... wagons. And, ah, oh, lot of other stuff also. I think you know.

Navy vet's living in the Villages
 

I was in 66/70. After radiomen school and electronics school I boarded the USS Fiske DD-842. Spent the rest of my hitch touring the world. Ended up in Nam bring the USS Forestal back home from her big fire.

I was 19 years old and stationed at Cubi Point. It was like being a kid in a candy store.. lol

USS Coral Sea 1973-1977 MM2 , 2 westpac's, Worked in engine room #1 on first tour, 1 year in Long Beach dry dock, worked in AC&R division on second tour, Discharged out of Yokosuka Japan Sept. 1977, credit my whole career with what I learned in those 4 years and the GI Bill for college. GO NAVY!!!

Home of the Free because of the brave. Thank you all for your service. You are what makes me proud to be American, not this crap that is going on today!!

USN 1968-1972. Served at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington, then on board the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) on a Wespac Cruise, and finished up at Naval Station Newport, RI on the staff at the Naval Destroyer School. My very first liberty port outside the USA on the Westpac cruise was Subic Bay/Olongapo City, Luzon of the Philippines. To this 19 year old sailor, it was way better than Disneyland. I loved my service in the Navy, and to this day it was the best experience of my life.

I did TAD on the Saratoga and the FDR back in 71. Also served on the Independence, Forrestal, Seattle, and two years in Rota Spain as a Communications Tech. Longest tour on a ship was the Kitty Hawk at the end of the Viet Nam war. Was onboard too when they had the famous race riot in October 1972.

Race riot at sea — 1972 Kitty Hawk incident fueled fleet-wide unrest

Ohhh yeah, I remember it very well. That river you had to cross to get into town was crazy!

USN 1965-69 USS Greenwich Bay, Middle East cruise; radarman Class A school 1966; 1967-July 1969 Swift Boats Vietnam, Qui Nhon & Cat Lo . Brown Water River Rat