I was attached to YR 70 Oct 66 worked on LCU's along side YR, worked on E&R ramp nights on Pusher Boats for about 3 months I went to Cauviet as repair team on Mike 8's left Cauviet Oct 67.
A gorgeous French actress named Didi (Elke Sommer) has become more famous for commercials involving bubble baths than for acting. Fed up with the situation, she winds up running away for a while to Oregon, where sh
Hope you fine Vets can help me out here. My wife served in the Navy as a Corpsman who served at Oakland Naval Hospital and with the Marines at MCAS El Toro. She died recently and I want to put a plaque on her urn honoring her military service. She
Was anyone stationed at NRMC Camp Pendleton in 1978 and remember a Marine stabbing two patients to death with large scissors? I'm trying to verify this actually happened, because the NCIS looked into it and could not find anything. Any help would b
Disturbing! How does one get 7 rows of ribbons, without any combat? Oh, she showed up for work most of the time (4 rows), is female (2.5 rows), and possibly a minority (.5 rows). Did I get that right? Admiral Michelle Howard, U
Ahoy Shipmates. My Name is John Boatwright Jr and went to "Boot" in San Diego from Aug - Oct 1978. I was in the Drum and Bugle Corp. The problem I am having is locating any photos of the company. I don't remember the Company Number. I am trying to lo
On April 1959, I joined the Navy in Corpus Christi, Texas. I was sent to boot camp at San Diego. From there, I went to Hospital Corps school at USNH Balboa. I was there from July 1959 through November 1959. I was then sent to USNH Portsmouth, VA
As an interesting aside note, when I applied for Medical Laboratory School, I did not have enough time left in the service to get the school. I needed to extend my enlistment for a year. However, through a series of screw ups, the extension was ne
Within a few years after leaving the Navy I became a civilian recruiter, and I've been doing that ever since. I have a very interesting assignment for a retired E-6 or above who served on a Virginia Class boat as TMOW and Conventional Weapons Handler