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  • James L. McCalla October 22, 2009 at 11:54pm
    I'm sure you will do well. What state are you going to be working in? Just don't give up. You will learn more from experience that you will in real estate school. They will teach you how to pass the test in the school, then experience will teach you how to close a deal. It was about a year before I make my first commission check. Like learning how to make a mold in the class room, you learn a lot more from actually ramming up the mold, nothing like experience.
  • James L. McCalla October 22, 2009 at 11:02pm
    Real estate is a good profession if you get with the right broker. I did this for three years in San Diego after I left the schools. The broker I worked for had thirteen years in the Navy and they wouldn't let him reenlist because he was a seaman. He now owns a home in L.A. with a large water fall in his living room and three caretakers just to keep his yard and shrubbery in good shape. He also has several offices in L.A. and San Diego. He said the only good thing the Navy ever did for him was making him get out.
  • James L. McCalla October 22, 2009 at 10:26pm
    Hello Craig, Good luck on finding a job. I worked in a few foundries after I retired from the USN, not the same. These civilians are interested in one thing and that is how much can you produce and how can it be done for less money. One foundry had 10 shell molding machines that would make 2000 molds in an 8Hr shift and the company thought they should be making twice that amount. That is when I went to work for a trash company in outside maintenance and did this for 23 years. Now I am the chauffeur on call for my grand kids. Don't know how I found time to work.
  • James L. McCalla October 22, 2009 at 8:26pm
    Hello Craig, In the picture the closest one is probably Doug Paxton, The second one is Beneventi, (not sure of the spelling) The third one is Steve Parker and I believe that is you next to the wall. I found a couple more pictures I will get up soon. One is what I looked like back then and what I look like now. A few short years makes a big difference.
  • James L. McCalla October 19, 2009 at 4:48pm
    Hello Craig, check out the pictures I just put up. Is that you by the wall with glasses? This was the crew I had at DATC with the exception of ML1 Paul Sims. He was either off that day or hadn't started there yet. He came in the Navy as an ML1 and went straight to shore duty
  • Martin Rodriguez October 5, 2009 at 12:03pm
    Yes, his name was Bill McGrath. He was a good man. He and Chief Winningham saved my butt on several occasions when I had to go see the Old Man.
  • James L. McCalla October 5, 2009 at 11:05am
    I was an instructor at ML-A from 9-68 to the last of 69 then was moved to ML-B for the duration of tour. I was also in DATC from 76 to 11-77 when I retired. A lot of students went thru ML-A while I was there, hard to remember them all. Later
  • James L. McCalla October 5, 2009 at 12:05am
    Hello Craig. MLCM Devonshire sent me the address of this web site. I can't remember if you were in A school or DATC at the same time I was. Long time ago. Later
  • Martin Rodriguez October 4, 2009 at 3:04pm
    I believe you were assigned there when Gunner, Reid and myself were sent back to the foundry. The last I remember about you was that you were walking with a limp at the time because you injured your leg or something like that.
    SIMA was great and there was a bunch of good people there and many great memories.
  • Martin Rodriguez October 4, 2009 at 1:43am
    Craig Lami how are you doing? Don't know if you remember me but we served together at SIMA San Diego back in 77-78
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