Gitmo, 1968-1969
I arrived here from Norfolk in January of 1968 and departed in August of 1969. I was a commissaryman 3rd class petty officer (cook) at Bay Hill Galley. When working the steam kettles I often had a wet towel around my neck to help stay cool. I lived in a separate barracks across from the galley for all the cooks called the “cook shack.” We had a small patio behind the barracks where we sat in the evenings and told stories and sang country music. Being a cook had some advantages as we could go…
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Memorabilia from GITMO 1962!
GITMO,1988/SLEP,USSINDEPENDENCE CV-62.I WILL NEVER FORGET.AOAN,COOK C.J.USN/DAV/PRM.2018
I just got back from a wonderful week in Guantanamo Bay. If any of you ex-GTMOites would like to join us for next year's trip to Guantanamo Bay, go to www.gitmobay.org and join the Association. Details for next year's trip should be available within the next few months. This year there were only 48 of us on the trip.
Was stationed in GTMO 63-65 at the Fleet Training Group (FTG) served under Commodore Pridmore. One of the last remaining true Commodores from WWII
Stationed at GTMO from 1969 through 1972 at Crain Hill as OS1 / AIC
CDR Sherouse was OIC.
Hated the Goats they bumed to many cigaarettes.
Spent many hours underwater with Blaze Pearson my diving partner and loved the fishing.
If everything continues to go well, members of the Guantanamo Bay Association will be going back to GTMO for a week, in March 2015. We are limited to 70 visiitors. Even though the buildings have changed dramatically, I am looking forward to this trip to a place where I was stationed at in 1960-62.
I was stationed at GITMO in 1973 as a RMCS. loved the diving.
Oh, so you were referring to the Captain of NSD, not the Commanding Officer of the Naval Station. Now I understand.
John, The NSD communications room was on the second floor of the NSD admin building by the docks. We did not have any radio gear so all messages had to be sent from the radio room in the base admin building where you were. The only way to get them there was to take the punched tape from the TTY machines and drive it over. How things have changed! I believe the actual radio communications center for the base was up in the hills behind the navy exchange.