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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
I know it is pretty short notice, but if you happen to be in or near San Diego, CA in April 2016, the USS Hancock and all squardons are invited to attend the semi annual reunion.
To attend you must be a member of the USS Hancock association, and memb