Roland "Duke" Duquette

I'm looking for fellow Opticalman who worked in the periscope shop 1979-1981. Specifically, those who remember installing, removing periscopes, cleaning periscope packing back at the scope shop and treating periscope head windows with 3-Hept. You…

Welcome aboard! May you have Fair Winds and Following Seas. We may have been at Groton together, I was at NUMI until mid to late August 77. You will remember this, the exchange was right across from Dealy Center where the bank was located along with the library and the cafeteria. I actually did two more tours on that base 82-85 at NSSF and 88-92 at NUMI (instructor this time). A lot of changes were made over the years - some for the better - like building a commissary/exchange complex that was next to the gas station - and for the worst - like taking out the cafeteria and putting a burger king in, taking the dining room in the enlisted club and making it cold sandwiches only and there was the slick move of taking the Chief's Club and turning it into a on base pizza delivery place. Then the Navy comes out and says our Sailors are fat and out of shape - DAH!

Have a good one shipmate!

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Lindsey E. Ford HMC (SW) June 22, 2013 at 12:54pm

Welcome aboard! May you have Fair Winds and Following Seas. We may have been at Groton together, I was at NUMI until mid to late August 77. You will remember this, the exchange was right across from Dealy Center where the bank was located along with the library and the cafeteria. I actually did two more tours on that base 82-85 at NSSF and 88-92 at NUMI (instructor this time). A lot of changes were made over the years - some for the better - like building a commissary/exchange complex that was next to the gas station - and for the worst - like taking out the cafeteria and putting a burger king in, taking the dining room in the enlisted club and making it cold sandwiches only and there was the slick move of taking the Chief's Club and turning it into a on base pizza delivery place. Then the Navy comes out and says our Sailors are fat and out of shape - DAH!

Have a good one shipmate!

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