Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
Where were you or your family stationed?
RTC SAN DIEGO COMPANY 181, AWARDED THE CAPTAINS TROPHY 1980.;
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PATROL SQUADRON FORTY, 3 WESPACS 1980-84 (AD3)1 Sep 1983: VP-40 engaged in the search for survivors
and the flight data recorder of Flight KAL-007,
the South Korean airliner shot down by a Russian SU-
17 Flagon interceptor. During the search the squadron
had frequent encounters with Soviet fighter aircraft
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RE-ENLISTED UNDER SCORE PROGRAM, CROSS RATED TO OS, GRADUATED FLEET COMBAT TRAINING CENT DAM NECK VA 1985.;
USS KNOX FF1052 1985-86
USS ENTERPRISE CVN65 1987-90
Current Status with the US Navy
Honorably Discharged
Start date of your service
May 25, 1980
Comments
Looks like we were both at RTC the same time. I arrived there on the evening of 23 APR 1980 and left two months later around the 20th of June. I was in CO 919. Do you remember when you arrived they passed around question-airs to everyone asking if they had any musical ability or had ever been in a marching band ? I was in the band and orchestra all during middle school and HS which was how I ended up in a drill company. I really had a lot of fun with it and it also got us out of doing "service week" at the chow hall. Since you were there in the end of May, I'm sure you can remember the 6.8 earthquake we had on Memorial Day. It's scared the crap out of this Midwestern boy at the time.
I noticed a few copies of "The Anchor" from 1980 listed on Ebay and Amazon. One was from CO 089, CO 901 & CO 933. Didn't see any from my company. I'm retired now, live in South Florida and work for the USPS (I was a Postal Clerk in Navy life)
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