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  David Alan Vasquez June 27, 2009 at 3:35am

  Yes i did
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  Marvin R. Lucas June 25, 2009 at 4:52pm

  thank you for responding back.
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  Marvin R. Lucas June 25, 2009 at 4:51pm

  mr. vasquez did you happen to know ams3 scott morgan he was there in vs 33 the same time you were, we served togather as part of nimitz security, he was from louisiana. he was a good freind of mine.
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  David Alan Vasquez June 24, 2009 at 10:36pm

  For Mr Lucas I was with VS-33 out of NAS North Island
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  Marvin R. Lucas June 24, 2009 at 8:38pm

  this is for mr. vasquez,
  i noticed you said you were on the nimitz with the air wing, what was your command? i was on her 92-94.i was with vf-211 out of miramar cal. that is where i retired from. and yes it was a good ship, i made alot of friends both from the airwing and ships company, alot of good memories.
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  David Alan Vasquez June 17, 2009 at 12:38am

  Best Carrier I have ever served on I had alot of great friends there even though I was just with the airwing onboard it was awesome!!!!!!!!!!! 94-96
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  Marvin R. Lucas May 30, 2009 at 8:31pm

  yes i remember this, i was on the uss constelation in the indian ocean during the iranian hostage attempt, we spent 110 days straight at sea and yes we were served two cans of beer, i sold mine for 30.00 ea because i do not drink, we got hit from the rising star it was a civilian merchant ship, i was with vf-211 tad to ima in the jet shop, i was working on the test cell testing a tf30 engine aqt night when we got hit, and then when did get liberty we went into singapore and made the front page of the newspaper because of the fights in town.that was a long cruise. made alot of friends.
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  Mitchell Speed May 30, 2009 at 3:06am

  I was onboard the USS Nimitz from Sept/1979 thru
  May/1980. The rescue attempt of the Iranian hostages occurred during this cruise. I was a member of the VA-35 black panther's old A6 squadron. We were at sea from 1/2/1979 thru 5/27/80(?) without any liberty. They actually gave us beer during this cruise. I also got my shellback card for crossing the equator during this cruise. Is there anyone out there that remembers this?
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  Marvin R. Lucas April 9, 2009 at 6:39pm

  I was on board the Nimitz during the Desert Storm War, I was with VF-211 flying F-14 Tomcats, we were the Fighting Checkmates, out of NAS Miramar San Diego Cal.The Nimitz was my last carrier to be on before I retired from the Navy. I made two Cruises on her both going into the Arabian Gulf.
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  Rick "Dutch" Wegman August 8, 2008 at 9:30pm

  I was on board the Nimitz, with VQ-2, when she got sent to Iran, during the hostage crisis. They yanked us off just as she passed the Rock of Gibraltar. We were told that if we were still on board when Nimitz cleared the Straits, we were going to stay with her all the way to Iran. Shortly after being taken off, they sent 45 of us, and 2 "Whales" with flight crews, all the way around the world to join up with the "Ike". Hmm, maybe we should have stayed on board the Nimitz. LMAO