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"wow,I remember you Chief.Believe it or not haha. I used to have a video of that day when we shelled that platform,and i had 3 shell casings from that day.I think I made ash trays of two of them."
"Many of you vets make me feel like I am still in the cradle,hahaha. Thank You for all your dedication and service shipmates! BROTHERS WE ALL ARE"
"Where are all our shipmates,lol? I was an MSSN and left an MS2, from 85-88. Capt. Jerry Lyall,awesome skipper.Worked in the wardroomand enlisted mess.Loved repair 3,and the snipes.Used to bake fresh bread and take it down to CCS all the time.Cooks…"
"I became a shellback in 85,while it was still the "real un-cut" and not the doctored,politically correct sissy ones.hahahahah"
"I was in the galley as asst. watch captain,and then barracks,supply back in 88-89.I loved that base.Awesome times..Joined the North Island Color Guard and did a few parades.Later,when stationed on the Kitty Hawk there,we had a group of us that had…"
"I was a stew burner from 83-2003.Served on USS John Young,Merrill,Kitty Hawk,Benfold,Princeton,and several San Diego Shore stations. Loved the enlisted mess.Many stories and fun times."
"Hey all. I wasn't your average stew burner.I love the rating.Even learned advanced food art(flowers out of everything,swans,you name it I carve it).Worked in the wardroom on 5 destroyers,and the USS Kitty Hawk main crew's mess. I've got some…"
"I loved the Benfold.1st ship retro-fitted for women,I think.I missed being a plankowner by a few days,hahaha. Great crew.Command Master Chief was a little quirky,lol. Awesome CMDR-skipper.I was THE cook on board,lmao."
"Stationed on the Kitty Hawk 93-94,S-5 and S-2 Division.MSCM (AW) E. Francisco was the best master chief ever! Great ship,great crew. Bad crash on deck on 94 cruise,F-14 hit the round deck on approach.Shown on tv still to this day."
"WE MAY NOT BE THE ELITE OF THE FLEET
BUT WITHOUT THE COOKS,THE ELITE DON'T EAT!"
BUT WITHOUT THE COOKS,THE ELITE DON'T EAT!"
From the time I enlisted to the day I left,I realized that I am pretty low key in terms of normalcy or should I say AB-normalcy.The people we meet that we serve with,the things they have done and still do astounds me to tears of laughter,and…
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Welcome aboard! May you have Fair Winds and Following Seas!
Thanks anyway...He may be gone by now... Nice Guys though.
Hi Brad Welcome aboard. Do you happen to know a Jerry Fisher in Kerrville? He would be in mid to late seventies now..I think, at one ,time he had a pool hall/bar or something like that. I knew him in Houston when we worked together at a wholesale drug company in Bellaire..