Spent 6 years in. Navy Nuke ELT 1980-1986. Initial manning on USS Henry M. Jackson SSBN 730 (Plankowner), last 18 months on the USS Georgia SSBN 729.

USNR 62-66, Naval Station Philadelphia , NAVCOMSTA San Juan, YN2

Thank you for your support of our Arm Forces.

Hello Fellow Shipmates, :bigbow:
USS America CVA-66, 1980 - 1983. Norfolk, VA. Mess Management (Cook).
I just wanted to let all my fellow shipmates know about an organization called Honor Flight. Villages Honor Flight Main Page It is a great organization that sends veterans to Washington D.C. to see all the military memorials at no cost to you. You can go to the website that I posted and fill out an application or call about it.

I know what you mean, I too was E-4 BM 4 years 1 month.:ho:

Sorry to hear that, being part of a crew aboard a ship is one of the greatest moments being in the navy.

Hi! Not a Navy guy but a Navy Nurse 1961-1965. Naval Officers Indoctrination Newport R.I. 1961. St Albans Naval Hospital, Long Island NY 1961-1963. US Naval Hospital, Quantico, Va. 1963-1965
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Howdy Sailor.
 

You don't have to be a "guy" (gender specific) to be "one of the guys" (gender neutral/generic).
Welcome aboard, sailor. Thanks for your service.

Glad you made it back.
 

Have a friend who was in the Brown Water NAVY. When we would get together to swap stories, mine were mostly fun little tales, while his were real horror stories. Glad you made it home.

Radioman....1957 - 1963

OPNAV Communications (Pentagon)

Navcomsta Adak Alaska

Thank you for your service. The link you posted was very interesting, Lottoguy. Detailed reports provide a glimpse into the events as they unfolded & make it a lot more relevant to those of us who weren’t there. It’s so important for us to learn more about our history. Living in such a confined space sounds very challenging in and of itself but having to live trapped with the brutal unrest of mob rioters must have been truly terrifying. I never would have known. Thank you.

Thank you all for serving our country. You make me feel proud and lucky to be an American. All of you who are veterans (along with our active duty armed service members) are our shining stars.

My family has had many service members and two who didn’t return home alive. One of my uncles was serving as a Navy airplane metal smith in the Aleutian Islands (off of Alaska) when he was killed by the Japanese. Another uncle was killed while serving in the army in North Korea. They died far too young. I feel especially proud of them every Veterans Day, Memorial Day & of course on the 4th. I never forget to do something in honor of them each holiday because they sacrificed everything for me/us.

Because you also sacrificed and risked everything to protect America, I am humbled & grateful to you. Thank you.

Not a guy either, but I served from 1981 to 1993: Recruit Training Command, Orlando (1981); NAS Meridian, MS (1981); Naval Justice School (1982); Naval Legal Service Office, San Diego, CA - 32nd St and Coronado Island (1982 - 1985); Naval Legal Service Office, Yokosuka, Japan (1985-1988); Staff JA Office, CNTECHTRA, NAS Millington, TN (1988-1992); USNR duty in Millington (1992-1993). The best times of my life.

I never served but have had the high honor of serving those who have served spending the last 20 of my now 42 year nursing career working for the VA as a Primary Care R.N. Case Manager.

My dear late father was career Navy and served from 1940-65 and retired with the rank of BMC. His last duty was that of skipper of the Admiral's barge at the Newport, R.I. Naval Base where I was born in the hospital on that base. During that duty my also now late mother was quite ill and hospitalized frequently resulting often in no babysitter for me as I was not in school yet. The very kind Admiral who very much liked my father allowed him to bring me to work with him on the barge in these emergency situations. When I had to go to work with Daddy I had a special little sailor dress and matching hat to wear. With that dress along with my curly mop of hair I looked very much like Shirley Temple which the Admiral I was told got a real kick out of having me onboard his barge.

My late father so loved the Navy, and he said many times throughout his adult life he was not sure what would have happened to him as a poor farm kid during the Great Depression had he not joined the Navy. In addition to the Navy providing my father a meaningful career, it allowed him to escape the poverty of his childhood and provide his own family a much better life than his parents were able to provide their family.

Anyway, hubby who is a disabled Army Vet and me still working are still unsure if we will relocate when I retire. We have a TV lifestyle visit booked for August to check out this community as a retirement location option and we will see what happens.

Great place for a couple like you
 

Make sure you tour the Eisenhower rec center. My military academy graduation chair will go there if my kids don't want it. Non military, merchant mariner

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