I remember the mast crank, also sent one up to the bridge to request "permission to blow the 1LT" when we went under the bridge. Thing is, the person he asked was the 1LT. Towards the end of my time in, my buddy and I had been on the ship longer than anyone else on board. We kinda had our own "dirty deeds, done dirt cheap" business on the boat. We pranked the O's and the E's equally. We even got the Captain a few times. Usually got favors from the O's for jobs well done like duty days off, duty section swaps, etc.
Man I loved Intruder alerts, I was on the reaction team. Even in training I'd faceplant my buddies on the non-skid for "resisting", then hold them down with my knee across their neck. They'd get pissed, and I'd remind them "train like you fight, fight like you train".
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Former "A" ganger here. 91-95. USS Rhode Island SSBN-740(G) plank owner.
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1969 RTC Great Lakes IL
1969 BT "A" School Great Lakes IL
1969-1972 USS Little Rock CLG-4, Flagship 6th Fleet, home port Gaeta Italy & Newport RI.
1969 BT "A" School Great Lakes IL
1969-1972 USS Little Rock CLG-4, Flagship 6th Fleet, home port Gaeta Italy & Newport RI.
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50' of chow line, valve stretchers, relative bearing grease...
ha forgot bout the valve stretcher, they got me on that during a early morning in port fire drill. D/C boys gotta kick out of a HM running round lookin for that.
On the Briscoe Wednesday was slider day. I miss slider day. On the Thomas S. Gates the mess specialist sucked, couldn't even make bread. I'm not kidding, you could dip it in soup and it wouldn't soak it up!
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1972-Naval Air Reserve boot camp, NAS Memphis
1972-73-AW "A" School, AT "A" School, Advanced First Term Avionics School (AFTA).
1973-1976-VAQ 137, NAS Whidbey Island, WA
1976-1979-VAQ 129, NAS Whidbey Island, WA
1979-1983-VAQ 135, NAS Whidbey Island, WA
1983-1986-VT 21, NAS Kingsville, TX
I enlisted as an AW but flunked out on the swim test (I did not swim like Flipper) so I became an AT.
1972-73-AW "A" School, AT "A" School, Advanced First Term Avionics School (AFTA).
1973-1976-VAQ 137, NAS Whidbey Island, WA
1976-1979-VAQ 129, NAS Whidbey Island, WA
1979-1983-VAQ 135, NAS Whidbey Island, WA
1983-1986-VT 21, NAS Kingsville, TX
I enlisted as an AW but flunked out on the swim test (I did not swim like Flipper) so I became an AT.
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Found a good used Cherry Picker Now I just need an Engine Stand- Latest: sushi & pistols
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