he Hospital's combined medical and dental staff of over 400 supported the Naval Training Center and other military installations in the Central Florida region, as well as dependents and retirees.

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  • David B. Murphy May 27, 2014 at 7:07pm

    DT2 at NAVHOSPORL from May 1968 - Aug 1970. I was stationed down the road at Sanford NAS and got orders to Orlando when Sanford closed. When I got there it was still Orlando AFB and since they initially sent more Dental Techs than Corpsman I wound up working for MSGT Hunt in the pharmacy filling perscriptions as a Dental Tech. Chief Charette was our Educational PO and got me started on the road to my college degree. Anyone remember the time we started blowing up dozens of surgical gloves from the helium tanks stored in the dental repair section?  I confess I started the whole thing since I was working in dental repair at the time with Art Eady. Still have my plank owner certificate. Memories....

  • Frank Morelli May 24, 2014 at 4:44pm
    Crazy times but the best time of my tour .Blue Parrot a high light and Club Juana .Week ends at Cocoa Beach sand dunes .Chow hall Mess officer gave us food for the week end .Hamburg Hot Dogs the works .
    I drove that big stake truck to Jax .Picked up an AC unit , Turned the corner in Casselberry the dang thing flipped resting on the stakes .Emrr lights the rest of the way .Pulled in the back parked against the Wall .We got it off early the next day .Last day backed the Ambu up in the ER front fender clipped the newly placed guard around the fire
    SP said I was going to have stay until a complete investigation was made Send me a bill I am out of here Chief Fennell ring a bell ? great guy .
  • Joseph Pelot May 24, 2014 at 4:10pm
    I went in in May 1970 but didn't go to Nam. Packed out a couple of times with 1/12 in Kaneohe, Hi, but always cancelled. I drove those gray Pontiac Metropolitan ambulances, made a few life an death ones out in town until we got the vans. Went to Daytona once to pick up an overdosed/drunk Marine. He was sedated when we put him in the Metro, and restrained. On the way bak, he broke the restraints, kicked the crap out of the attendant, and busted the windows in the back. When we got back, i told the doc, if he wanted him out of the amb., he could do it himself or find someone to shoot him.. Made the runs to the bb in orlando too. Looks like we covered some of the same ground.
  • Frank Morelli May 24, 2014 at 10:44am
    Joe ,I scrolled to a post of the "grey ghost " We had 3 rolled one .Had a Dodge and used a Chevy pu truck with a red light no siren to make
    Emergency Blood Runs to the Blood Bank ..Scary times driving Thst .
    My First Am run pu a civilian kid at Herndon Ap shot himself in the
    Head .Still alive .Hit the reverse middle lane on South Blvd to Orange ave .100 mph .PT still alive score one for the home team .
    Need to figure out how to scan pic .have the Ambul and Softball team barracks 3129 still standing .I was in the PO barracks near The golf course.A lot of laughs last week meeting three of The guys !!
  • Frank Morelli May 24, 2014 at 10:24am
    Joe I have pictures don't know how to post .Most of us were discharged Oct 31 '69 .Rob Atwood rolled the new Pontiac Ambulance .We Also drove the Chrvy pu red light for Blood Runs to the Blood Bank at Orange Memorial .I live on the west Coast of Fl
    Go to Orlando frequently .Our time we as Nam Vets left a legacy .
    A lot of laughs last week pictures of us etc ,
  • Joseph Pelot May 24, 2014 at 9:30am
    My first tour there, i didn't get there till Dec. 71, worked the ortho ward. Went to transportation around 1973. The name rick Souza rings a bell but all these years, i cant place anyone without a picture. Later in life, second tour, 1976-77, was at the Recruit Dispensary. We had a softball team. Cant remember all their names either, Larry Brown, Frank Farris, myself and ? Stormin' Norman ?
  • Frank Morelli May 24, 2014 at 8:46am
    Our Champion Softball Team Hm3 Frank Morelli .Hm3 Steve Cox ,
    HMC Gordon Moreland ,HM2 Jim Hodge ,HM3 Dennis Scheuerman
    HN Johnson ,HM2Sullivan,HM3 Zimmerman,HM3 John Cully
    HM2Hoody HM3 Rick Souza ,HM3Robert Atwood ,HM3 Johnson
    HM3 Brennan Dr Robert Kraupolis , Capt W..G.Lawson Honary
    Coach 15-6 Record 5 straight play off wins
  • Frank Morelli May 24, 2014 at 8:30am
    I served at the Hospital Sept '68 discharged Oct 31,1969
    My wife who I met there served June '69- thru Juky 70
    I worked in transportation my wife worked in OB .We married June '70
    I was on the hospital softball team winning the Championship in '69
    Captain Lawson and Commander Wells were our superior Officers .
    We had ten 'Nam Vets among us .May 2014 four of us re-united plus my wife who had recently retired as an RN after 32 years .
  • David King February 6, 2014 at 6:32pm

    Greg, if we thought you crapped on the group, silence would have NOT been our response.  :)

  • Randall L. Bruns February 6, 2014 at 6:19pm

    I stayed in the medical field.  I got my first EMT license in FL in 1978, then my WI EMT license in 1980, then my WI Paramedic license in 1990 while in the USNR.  I worked over 30 years in WI EMS.  Working as a Paramedic was as close to working as a Corpsman that you could get without being a PA/NP/MD.  Had to retire because my back finally said "DONE !!".  2 fusions and 3 surgeries so far, with at least two more to come.

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