"I"got" to do my mess time ( 4 months or so ) in the Chief's Mess around May '76 - Aug '76 or so...some real good food and fruits...I think we had a Phillipino chief in charge...don't remember his name...I would start my shift at 8pm or so...and get…"
"A School / Aviation Boatswain Mate / Crash & Rescue / Hoists / Fire Fighting training....we got to train on the big old foam trucks...in the big old hangar building ( with the mock up flight deck in it ) ... around October/Nov 1974 ..... "
I was assigned to chief's mess first three months on Ranger during WestPac cruise, 1972-73. I remember a phillipino chief (Larry ???) was in commissaryman in charge. Interesting stories about what added to the menu.
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Gender
Male
Location
Berthoud, CO
Rank
Seaman
Where were you or your family stationed?
USS Ranger CV-61 Nov'74 - Sep'76 V-3 Division (hanger dog, workin under "Suter" )
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After the UNREPS, we got to eat the Lobster. That was the best food I can recall.
Richard,
I was assigned to chief's mess first three months on Ranger during WestPac cruise, 1972-73. I remember a phillipino chief (Larry ???) was in commissaryman in charge. Interesting stories about what added to the menu.