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"I worked for Lt. Reynolds, good guy and a good Navy Officer. Unfortunately we both worked for an idiot Cdr Smith, XO of NAS. It was, as you say, a very interesting job."
"Learned a lot on this tour from March 68 thru June 68. "
"First duty assignment out of MT "C" School Dam Neck Va. Originally assigned to Bancroft but had A-3 Bluebonnet missile training so was eventually reassigned to Patrick Henry. Taught sailing instruction at Special Services for about 6 months."
"In 1967 the only waves I had an opportunity to speak with called our quarters the "cock block"."
"Wonder what happened to all those "long boats". Scrapped? sold?"
"Was going to school at SFA in 67 dropped to .5 gpa, got the long yellow envelope from the army and beat feet to Houston to enlist in the navy. Best move I ever made."
"I remember fishing off the Admiral's Pier, Weapons Depot, at night under the lights using three spec rigs at a time. Usually catch three or four on each cast. Fill up a F150 Security truck with 150 lbs of ice in the bag in about three hours. …"
"My company 347 hit the deck in June 67 and we didn't "man the boats". Too bad as I'm sure it would have been hilarious with my company. All "Texans" and most had never even seen the ocean, much less a multi-oared rowboat."
"Lived in Sigsbee Park and picked up the Gilmore before her "rejuvenation" into a real submarine tender. Left her in 75 in Sardinia. Spent a lot of time at special services fishing. Bought a red/white 1934 Lightning Sailboat and sailed her from…"
"Took 4 1/2 years to make E-6. Took the Chief's exam four times after that never scoring under 94. Of course from 1972-1977 I didn't fit the Bureau's definition of "advance the minority over the majority regardless " o dem tess scos". Got out…"
"When did the Navy forget the "poop on a dick" just isn't right? Disgusting state of affairs."
"Jim, THANKS so much for that photo of TDE1!!! I spent a lot time on her in1967, enjoyed every minute of it! From north central Texas and had never seen the ocean before boot camp. Thanks again for bringing back those good memories."
"NAS Corpus was my last duty station also. I was stationed their from 1969 to 1974. I ran Discipline Office in Bldg 3 which is now the USO building. We processed an average of 200 prisonners a week since we had to take care of New Mexico, Okla, Ark,…"
"I'd almost forgotten about toting around that 03 springfield, the grinder, dungarees and boondockers"
"I was there in 68 when we decomissioned the "Observation Island" Polaris lauch ship during the initial testing phases of the Polaris program."
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