Yeah, there's nothing like slipping beneath the waves hearing the hull creak as it's being squeezed like a beer can, knowing it was welded together by some pot smoking Mook in the shipyard. Good times...
Never stationed on a ship as ships company being EOD however, deployed mostly on gator freighters, LHA-5 Gulf 1, LPDs-7,9, &10. The Juneau was the most enormous pile of shit in the fleet.
32 years ago for me, but I was on a boat, nuke EM
ReplyDeleteI went to school in New London for over a month, it just wasn't what I wanted. In my opinion you bubble heads had giant brass balls...
DeleteYeah, there's nothing like slipping beneath the waves hearing the hull creak as it's being squeezed like a beer can, knowing it was welded together by some pot smoking Mook in the shipyard.
ReplyDeleteGood times...
35 years for me. Nuke ET on fast attack.
ReplyDeleteThe further away from EAOS, the better it was.
50 years ago, DDG, GMM.
ReplyDelete40 years ago. MarDet USS America.
ReplyDelete49 for me. EM on LSD34... it isn't it, but looks A LOT like that ship depicted in #2.
ReplyDelete... or I should say, looked. lol
DeleteMine was an LPD converted to a command ship AGF.
DeleteI saw your class in Little Creek before they sent me over to Italy, big mothers...
Delete1980 to 2001 on submarines. Retired and went to work at PHNSY fixing those fucking things
DeleteNever stationed on a ship as ships company being EOD however, deployed mostly on gator freighters, LHA-5 Gulf 1, LPDs-7,9, &10. The Juneau was the most enormous pile of shit in the fleet.
ReplyDeleteI got out 34 years ago next march. AX, ship's company on CV 67, airwing on CV 59.
ReplyDelete--Tennessee Budd
43 Years ago, MM1 3MMR Big John, CV-67.
ReplyDeleteGot out 35 years ago. 83-90 HSL-37 Frigates & Destroyers. Fun little flying rock the SH2F Seasprite. Great times west pack 85-86
ReplyDeleteI started out in 1986 on LSD-38 the Pensacola, SBU-20 then into Coastal warfare. BMCS Jeff C in NC
ReplyDeleteDidn't realize so many of my brother squids stopped by...
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