NAS 1960-61
My dad was a corpsman stationed at the NAS hospital 1960-61. We lived in navy housing off base in Coronado. Where the bay bridge is today. The old photo, (and I had to fix it up), is of an evening air show on the base. That's me in the cockpit. If someone would have told me back then, that I would be in the Navy someday, (and maybe someone did), I probably would have giggled, (and I probably did giggle). Because I'm sure I thought back then- that I was already in the Navy! And being a…
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was stationed at nas n.i., home base for my squadron VAW11 , had ADS WFS and W2FS was on 3 fareast cruises from 1960-1964 wasnt too bad of a station but i found better stations i would liked to have been stationed.
Spent time at AIMD Hydraulic Shop next to transit flight line. Also went to Non-Destructive Inspection training at NARF. This was first time work along Israeli Air Force mechanics doing the same training.
Spent may weeks living in the transit barracks near the chow hall. Remeber nights when they had italian and Mexican food catered from San Diego. None of that on ship!
Was in San Diego a few years ago and could not believe how little the base has changed except how few carriers are there.
I remember go to the exchange and buying an Elgin 8-track tape player and Santana's first album "Santana". The player came in two parts, a left speaker and a right speaker which also had the player mechanism in it. I would open it up and put one side to one ear and one side to the other. I would then play "Evil ways" over and over. Good times, easy times.
Occasionally I would go to Coronado, but I don't remember why. Once was to see the Hotel del Coronado and the other was..well, your guess is as good as mine. I do remember watching the SEAL's lugging telephone poles around and some running an obstacle course in the deep sand at the beach..God love those poor souls.
I really did love that area. I wouldn't want to live there now, but I surely did back then. Wonderful duty, just too short.