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"Hi Ronald..always good to get another member here..I was long gone from SIMA when you got there..STG doing reserve PMS and then worked in the transportation department.."
"Hey Tim.nice to see someone else join up here-few and far between. I pre-dated you at Sima by a few years..I was there from end of 85 to Thanksgiving of 87..I was a Sonar tech that did PMS on the reserve ships until a knee injury in June of 86…"
"I was there beginning of 86-to end of 87..ended up there in transportation. I had a good time there..shore duty was good after being on my first two ships."
"Hey Russell good to see you here..as you can tell we don't get a lot of activity here"
"Glad to see another SIMA Long Beach vet come on board. I was at SIMA from Jan. 1986- Nov. 1987. I was a sonar tech. Naval shipyard sure looks different now than back in the day. Jeff Nance"
"Yeah I remember the PT-but all I remember was the run.What else did we have to do. Thanks for the info on the site to check out. I have had some success on a site called navysite.de- in fact when I told you the other day that I had been in Long…"
"Well including me there are apparently only 4 members for this site.( At least that is what I think it says. ) If that's true then you were pretty lucky to find even one person that you knew from back then,and even I was there for part of the time…"
"I left in late Nov. of 1987-I also reenlisted there. I still live in California so I was down in Long Beach a couple weeks ago. Even though I know the shipyard closed in 1997,it was a shame to see it being used liked a storage area. I spent alot of…"
"Hello-I was at SIMA Long Beach from Jan.1986-Nov.1987. I was a sonar tech but worked with the gunners mate and fire control tech doing maintenance on the reserve ships,that is until I injured my knee and was placed on light duty. I was then…"
"I wasn't actually driving busses. We got (I believe) Chevy minivans for the Sima transportation. I mainly drove people to different piers and then picked them up for lunch and end of work day."
"Also to answer a question you gave awhile back-Yes I do remember the party's and cookouts. Yum!! Ribs,hamburgers,hot dogs. Pretty decent selection for us. I also remember the physical activities competition that was scheduled,the different divisions…"
"Yeah- I think alot of the different departments (such as yours) had their own vehicles. I mainly picked up people that had been in my division before my injury.Our guys just went to the reserve ships to do alot of their pms. So I mainly picked up…"
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