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NAS Glenview, IL
12 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
Naval Reserve Training Air Station during the early to mid-80's. -
USS L. Y. Spear AS-36
12 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
USS L. Y. Spear (AS-36) was the lead ship of her class of submarine tenders, in service to the United States Navy from 1970 through 1996. She was named for Lawrence York Spear, a former Navy lieutenant who played an integral role in submarine…
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USS Tarawa LHA-1
12 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
USS Tarawa (LHA-1) is a United States Navy amphibious assault ship, the lead ship of her class, and the second ship to be named for Tarawa Atoll, site of a Marine landing during World War II. -
CINCUSNAVEUR, London, UK
12 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
Naval Activities United Kingdom (NAVACTUK) -
Naval Advisory Group Vietnam
11 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
U.S. Navy advisors helped transform the Vietnam Navy from a small collection of landing craft and minesweepers to the world's fifth largest navy - a modern service of 42,000 sailors and 1,500 surface vessels capable of fighting not only on the…
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LDO/CWO MUSTANG
11 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
"WE DID IT THE HARD WAY"
"WE KNOW WHAT'S IN THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE ENLISTED MEN"
LDOs perform similar tasks as those of the warrant officer (WO), but the formal definition differences are subtle and focus on the degree of… -
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan
11 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
American occupation forces landed at Yokosuka on August 30, 1945 after the surrender of Japan, and the naval base has been used by the US Navy since that time.
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Nevada Navy Veterans
11 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
Navy Veterans who call the great state of Nevada home -
FASOTRAGRULANT
11 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
Fleet Aviation Specialized Operational Training Group Atlantic -
USS Savannah AOR 4
11 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
The USS Savannah (AOR-4), a US Navy Wichita-class replenishment oiler, was commissioned October 28, 1970 and decommissioned July 28, 1995. -
SIMA Pearl Harbor, HI
11 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
USS Joseph Strauss DDG16
11 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
The USS Joseph Strauss (DDG-16), named for Admiral Joseph Strauss USN (1861–1948), was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile armed destroyer of the United States Navy. -
Idaho Navy Veterans
11 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
Any navy veteran from the State of Idaho -
USS Jesse L. Brown FF-1089
11 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
USS Jesse L. Brown (DE/FF/FFT-1089) was a Knox-class frigate of the US Navy. She was named for Jesse L. Brown, the first African-American naval aviator in the US Navy. Mrs. Gilbert W. Thorne, Ship's Sponsor. -
USS Coontz DDG-40
11 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
USS Coontz (DLG-9, DDG-40), a Farragut class guided missile frigate, was commissioned in July 1960 and soon joined the Pacific Fleet. Just over a year later, Coontz crossed the Pacific to begin the first of seven tours with the Seventh Fleet. -
Naval Air Station Lemoore, California
10 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
I graduated A school at NATTC Memphis, TN in July 1966 as an 'AT' and received orders to VA-125 at Lemoore for A4-E familiarization school. Left Lemoore October 18, 1966 for Tachikawa, Japan enroute to VA-163 which was out in the Gulf of…
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Signalmen
10 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
In the U.S. Navy, "signalman" (usually nicknamed "Flags" or "Skivvy Waver") was a job field combining both visual communications, and advanced lookout skills. While there was certainly a Signalman rating before World War II (the Signalman rating…
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Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 33 VAQ-33
10 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
On 31 May 1949, a new "Composite Squadron Thirty-Three (VC-33)" was established at NAS Norfolk, Virginia. This VC-33's mission was antisubmarine warfare.