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"Retired Sep 1991. Final command was EODMU TEN, Ft Story, VA"
"Loved the YN rating. Retired as YNC(SW) in 1991 with 22 yrs. Took me 26 to get 22 due to 4 year break."
"Served on PHIBRON 8 Staff onboard Guadalcanal (LPH 7) from 77/79 as a YN"
"Decom on USS Preserver (ARS 8) 30Sep86, Little Creek, VA"
"Retired in 1991. Currently live in Lagrange, NC"
"served at nas nola nov86 - nov89. worked in bldg 20 training dept"
"did you ever serve with capt c. r. "combat chris" christenson?
I served at mineron 12 when he was the commodore. great man."
I served at mineron 12 when he was the commodore. great man."
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served on the CAMBRIA during the med cruise in 1966. I was an embarked marine back then. Got mess duty in the chiefs mess."
served on the CAMBRIA during the med cruise in 1966. I was an embarked marine back then. Got mess duty in the chiefs mess."
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Welcome aboard shipmate, May you have Fair Winds and Following Seas!
Thank you for your service.
Semper Fortis!
Don:
Was LCDR or CDR Herb Stephen ever skipper of the Preserver? When he made Captain (former QMCS and WO/CWO) and PBR skipper in the Delta. He was CO of AmphiBase Little Creek in the 1980.s or 90s.
Dick Barber
Donald:
Had a number on encounters with CDR Chris, I thought he was one of the straight-up and truthful officers in Mine Warfare. Always told it like it was or would be. I assumed he was former enlisted, but never knew for sure. Any chance if he is still living?
In 2004, I went to work for General Scientific Corp. in DC and we held a contract with the Mine Warfare people at NAVSEA. One of the old timers there asked me if I had worked with CDR Chris and he relayed some great stories about how he busted the butts of the NAVSEA folks about mine warfare.
Thanks for contacting me.
All the best,
Dick Barber, LT, USN (Retired)
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