Rick Gamber left a comment on Naval Hospital, Bethesda
"Hey Lindsey, Do you remember the little Master Chief that was our senior enlisted in outpatient records?  Called himself La Cockaroacha?  Also HM2 Mike Maloney?  Seen him in Naples Italy in 1985..He was an HM1 then.  Who else while my memory is…"
Aug 21, 2019
Rick Gamber left a comment on RTC San Diego
"Another sea sick story.  I spent 3 years on the Iwo Jima and didn't even come close; even those days when you took 3 steps left, 3 steps right and 1 step forward to get down a passageway.  When I was at NH Newport RI I worked in Industrial Hygiene…"
Aug 21, 2019
Rick Gamber left a comment on Enlisted's Mess
"When I was on the Iwo in the mid 80s we had a young airdale who discovered the holy grail in Norfolk.  The first time he was treated for a simple UTI.  The second time for the big G and the third time I saw him for the same symptoms I,…"
Aug 21, 2019
Rick Gamber left a comment on RTC San Diego
"I did just 3 months working in Outpatient Records at NNMC Bethesda.  I developed a huge sense of admiration for the civilian employees that worked there.  I met my first Admiral (MC) while working the morning shift checking out medical records.  He…"
Aug 21, 2019
Julie (Beam) Jones commented on Rick Gamber's blog post VA Home Loans
"Did the VA itself tell you that you're ineligible? Request they reconsider. You earned this benefit thru your service. I think there are way too many "VA mortgage companies" that don't have clue what they're doing. You are correct in working with a…"
Aug 21, 2019
Rick Gamber left a comment on USS Recruit TDE/TFFG-1
"I went to boot camp 7/72.  company 72-227.  Funny how 40 yrs later I still remember that.  I do remember my CC saying that "you will remember your company number for the rest of your ******** lives!!!!".  CC was EN1 Contreras."
Aug 21, 2019
Rick Gamber left a comment on Navy Hospital Corpsmen
"Comment for Jim - Was this tunnel you speak of at Bethesda?  The one that ran from the main bldg (?) to the training bldg?  I have some memories of that tunnel.  Some good and others not so.  I think I must have ran a buffer up and down that tunnel…"
Aug 21, 2019
Rick Gamber left a comment on USS Iwo Jima LPH-2
"HM2(SW) onboard from 11/83 to 12/86.  It's an interesting thing how the majority of your memories are good things.  I remember some bad things that happened, but the professwional responses to those incidents still make me feel proud that I was part…"
Aug 21, 2019
Rick Gamber left a comment on Enlisted's Mess
"During Service Week in San Diego back in the summer of 72 I made jello.  We made jello in the afternoon for the next day.  In the mornings I cut jello into little squares, prepped it by putting that little square of red or green or yellow jello on a…"
Aug 21, 2019
Rick Gamber left a comment on Navy Hospital Corpsmen
"After I got out (the 1st) I became an EMT in FL (1975), a paramedic (1978), went back in the Navy in 83, got pissed off because I had to do a shore duty rotation and when my detailer told me I could'nt go back to sea as a junior HM1 I got out again…"
Aug 21, 2019
Rick Gamber left a comment for Herbert K. Wild
"Herbert, I was reading your profile and saw that you were stationed at Sampson Naval Training Base.  My Dad went to basic there in the the later years of WWII.  I was really surprised to see you live in Punta Gorda.  I grew up there (60's and 70's),…"
Aug 21, 2019
Rick Gamber left a comment on Naval Hospital Corps School, San Diego, CA
"I was there Sept to December 1972.  A lot of fond memories.  Our barracks was at the top of the hill by the helo pad.  Go down the hill, cross the road to the helo pad, down a big flight of concrete steps and you found yourself at the front door of…"
Aug 21, 2019
Rick Gamber commented on Jim Decota's blog post Little Known Tidbit of Naval History! It may explain a few things about our heritage!
"Do the math.  Works out to 2.6 gal/day."
Aug 21, 2019
Rick Gamber commented on Jim Decota's blog post Marine Sgt Dakota Meyer
"SGT Meyer had applied to FDNY and was supposed to take the entrance exam which is given every four years.  He missed the exam date because it was the same day of his MOH award ceremony.  He was offered an extension and an opportunity to test but…"
Aug 21, 2019
Rick Gamber left a comment on Naval Hospital, Bethesda
"I was there from Jan 73 to Dec 74.  Worked various places in the Outpatient Dept.  Lot of good memories.  Several favorites, one was being there to see the returning Navy and USMC POW's from Viet Nam; another was being assigned to escort an MOH…"
Aug 21, 2019
Rick Gamber left a comment on Enlisted's Mess
"Some more movies - Sands of Iwo Jima and Midway."
Aug 21, 2019
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