OLF Whitehouse detach @Cecil Field
I was on the crash crew there in 69-70 as part of the MB5 crews We were detached from the main base and worked 24on 24off some names I can remember, Chief Piasta, Ken Vargas, Kessel,John Boggs Anthony Gebert, Al Kellner Mike Radford, Crabtree. If any of those names tease your brain, then join the discussion about Whitehouse David De Rooy I thought of some more names: Stucky, Gary Stone, Buck McLwain,…
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VA-44 68to decom 5-1-70 anybody else?
My main complaint about Jax was the traffic. Awful. Haven't been there since 1990, but I bet it hasn't gotten any better. Staying on the West side wasn't too bad, unless you drove to Orange Park during the holidays. Nothing but a moving parking lot. I liked NAS Cecil Field. It was just everything outside the gate!
Chief Ward: When I got to Jacksonville in 63 it was a Navy town. Shore Patrol Headquarters downtown, SP's walking two by two, slop shoot bars, pool halls and tattoo parlors. Shops that sold custom made blues and "seafarer jeans",
I loved it so much I stayed after I got out, bought a house in Riverside had four kids lived there for 30 years and retired from the City. I guess a city is what you make of it.
I was at NAS Cecil Field from 1981 to 1990.
VA-15 (81-84)
VFA-106 (84-87)
VA,VFA-83 (87-90)
I liked NAS Cecil Field a lot. Made CPO in 87, and loved the CPO club. It's all gone now. So sad. I hated Jacksonville itself though. Wouldn't live there if you GAVE me a house. Awful city.
AMEC(AW) Peter C. Ward, USN, (Ret.)
I WAS WITH VS32 GOT THERE RIGHT AFTER A SCHOOL DEPLOYED ON USS AMERICA BECAME A SHELL BACK DID MED AN INDIA NORTHEN WED.. AROUND AFRICA WOW SO MUCH MORE WAS A GREAT LEARNING EXP.. I WAS ON GOING ON 19 SO MUCH MORE TO SAY WILL ADD MORE LATER