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"I started in repair on a sub tender till they realized I was supposed to be in the pit. Spent 4 years in the Enginerooms and then got an AC&R school and went A-Gang. I too knew more about the Enginerooms than most pit snipes and did more repairs on…"
"Did world cruise onboard USS Stien FF-1065 in 1988. Was the throttleman."
"Did the ditch during world cruise in 1988 as the throttleman onboard the USS Stien FF-1065. Did it again in 2005 or 2006 onboard the USS Tarawa LHA-1 doing excersises in the MED, went through and back."
"Yeah, I agree. I knew a couple of odd people in the Navy. Odd being thier sexuallity. I didn't care so much because it wasn't in the open. I know that I earned all my awards. When I got my ESWS, it wasn't mandatory. I actually had to do all the…"
"If you actually looked up what the ribbons are for you would realize that they are easy to get. Deployment ribbons, gun quals, most deployments get ribbons on top of ribbons. Sea service with Asian Pacific, with armed forces expeditionary, blah blah…"
"Enlisted warfare are now a requirement to get. They have reduced the actual knowledge it takes to get them. They have developed training and have streamlined the qualification. ou dont even have to do half the stuff you had to do before."
"The new Navy is going the way of training operators and not technicians. If something breaks they are trained to start other equipment and shut the broken equipment down, tag it out and wait till they get in port to have a contractor fix it. The…"
"BTW they reported the sailor was a female. I still don't think blue camo's at sea is a good idea. Cause of death "Drowning by failed leadership"."
"My first ship from 1983 to 1985. Was in Repair till they found out the Master Chief that was on watch when I reported had sent me to the wrong department. He was an old shipmate of my brother who was with me when I reported. I ended up in the Engine…"
"Can't believe they sunk her. Was also on the Anchorage which they sunk in the same sinkex."
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Didn't catch your drift abt a "button", but figured you were trying to do a search, and drawing a blank.
Try this (if links will work inside this site's programming) http://navyvets.com/group/ussflintae32
I added it aftr a search came up dry. This site is a little more cumbersome than Facebook, but it's more restrictive, so you don't read advertisements for what game applications all your Friends are wasting time on.
L8r.