TIME ASSIGNED TO NAVFAC CENTERVILLE BEACH 1982-1983
I WAS ASSIGNED TO NAVFAC CENTERVILLE BEACH IN FEB 1982 AFTER RM-A SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO. IT WAS SORT OF CULTURE SHOCK AT FIRST, THEN I FINALLY SETTLED IN. THEY PUT ME IN THE BARRACKS ROOMING WITH THE FAMOUS CHRIS LUND. THAT WAS INSTERESTING. WE WERE IN E LOUNGE UPSTAIRS. SOON TOM WOOD CAME TO NAVFAC AS AN RM TOO. I'M STILL FRIENDS WITH HIM HE IS A SDPD SERGEANT IN SAN DIEGO. BUT OUR CHIEF WAS RMC RAMOS, HE WAS THE BOMB. GREAT GUY THE CO WAS CDR GUSTUFSON AND XO WAS A FEMALE LCDR WEIST. GREAT…
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I was at CVB from 76-78, which was my first tour of shore duty after five years at sea. I arrived as an SH2 from USS Higbee (DD806), then began a successful conversion to OT while I was there. I lived in the Fortuna Trailer Village, then later in Rio Dell.