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"I saw the decommissioning of the USS Nassau which my brother and I were stationed aboard together. We were never better friends and brothers than while on the Nassau. He also was the best corpsman that ever worked for me. We both were broken…"
"I didn't see enough sea duty to devote enough time on SWQ; my main focus was on getting the CC's done to get Special Ops Med quals so I could get stationed at Quantico's HMX-1 flightline and the presidential reaction team. But to this day I have…"
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Every one that did time in any military branch, from time to time misses it. For those of us that got to travel, we saw places that most people only dream about. An example was the 81-82 Westpac, we were selected to represent the US at the Battle of the Coral Sea Celebration down under. We got Brisbane, Hobart, Tasmania, the island kingdon of Tonga and Wellington, New Zealand. Nothing like getting rocked to sleep by the gentle sway of a cruiser at sea.
It was like having my heart ripped out looking at that!
We all miss the sea duty part, you can take the sailor out of the Navy, you can not take the Navy out of the sailor. I saw pictures of the USS Truxtun CGN-35 when Puget Sound was tearing her apart. I spent almost 25% of my career on her (2 different tours 80-82 and 85-88) that is where I got my Surface Warfare qual.
Welcome aboard shipmate, May you have Fair Winds and Following Seas!
Thank you for your service.
Semper Fortis!