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Steve Routh left a comment on Enlisted's Mess
"Something is wrong here. I was on the USS Long Beach for 2 and a half years and we NEVER had a radiation problem. We all wore a TLD and had minimal exposure. I agree with David Asche on the anti-American thing."
Aug 21, 2019
Steve Routh left a comment on Recruit Training Command, RTC Great Lakes
"I had a top Rack -  when they came through one morning I rolled out as the garbage can went past and landed on the CC! He wasn't real happy with that - and made sure I regretted it!
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Aug 21, 2019
Steve Routh left a comment on Recruit Training Command, RTC Great Lakes
"Yep - That's the RTC GLAKES we all know and love!"
Aug 21, 2019
Steve Routh left a comment for Michael Emmett Rano
"Hey Mike!
I had HMC Goforth  and I cannot recall our LT's name, but he was a really Tall guy with glasses. I was in 82035, and was EPO.
Glad to hear from you!"
Aug 21, 2019
Steve Routh left a comment on Shellbacks
"Thanks, Guys!"
Aug 21, 2019
Steve Routh left a comment on Shellbacks
"I'd LOVE to have one of the caps!"
Aug 21, 2019
Steve Routh left a comment on Naval Station Norfolk
"Was on the USS John F. Kennedy CV-67 at Pier 12. We were tied up across from the Ike."
Aug 21, 2019
Steve Routh commented on Tim Weick's photo
"Not enough "butterflies" in front of it to be in Olongapo!"
Aug 21, 2019
Steve Routh left a comment on Enlisted's Mess
"I too know that feeling. I saw pics of the USS Long Beach - nothing but a flat hull now. Talked with my nephew who is now active duty navy - what a shock! He is a DC2 and I had to ask what it was - Damage Controlman. His uniforms aren't even the…"
Aug 21, 2019
Steve Routh left a comment on Yokosuka Sasebo
"Hey All! Did WestPac on the USS Long Beach CGN-9. Scored a shaft and ended up in Pearl for 3 weeks then on to Yokosuka in late Feb. of 84. Then we went to Inchon and FROZE to death! Then hit the P.I., then Perth! Loved Australia!"
Aug 21, 2019
Steve Routh left a comment on Navy Hospital Corpsmen
"Eddy, don't have one, but I sure did a LOT of interviews!"
Aug 21, 2019
Steve Routh left a comment on Navy Hospital Corpsmen
"He waits, silent  clutching his Unit One  Wondering about this time  A flash as a 'copter  drops a flare  And midnight turns to noon  And hell reaches them all  racing forward, past sanity  Insanity calls pushing him forward  Regardless of death  to…"
Aug 21, 2019
Steve Routh left a comment on Indiana Navy Veterans
"Lived in Lake Village during enlistment. From Merrillville, now in Indy."
Aug 21, 2019
Steve Routh left a comment on Persian Gulf Veterans
"Did a tour there on the USS John F. Kennedy in '82 and the USS Long Beach in '84."
Aug 21, 2019
Steve Routh left a comment on Suez Canal Veterans
"Went through it on the USS John F. Kennedy CV - 67 on our 81-82 WestPac-IO cruise."
Aug 21, 2019
Steve Routh left a comment on USS Long Beach CGN9
"Oh Man! I wish I could have seen that! Would have LOVED it! No, in '83 when I came aboard it was the standard light green bottom, white on top."
Aug 21, 2019
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