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Basic Ft. Campbell Ky.1967. AIT Ft. Knox Ky. OCS Ft Benning Ga. 3rd squadron 5th Cav. Firebase Bearcat Republic of Vietnam 1968. Redstone Arsenal Huntsville, Al. 1969 then out Jan. 1970.

Entered the AF 10 days after graduation in June 1977. Went to Lackland AFB for Basic and Sheppard for Tech School.
Moody AFB 1977- 1982
Taegue Korea 1982-1983
Back to Moody AFB 1983-1986
Okinawa Japan 1986-1990
Langley AFB 1990-1998.
No I work for the Navy and have for the past 20 years. Been blessed to be in the active military and work as a Fed employee with the active military.

Deegs53

1953 Chevy 3100

Welcome aboard, Deegs! I did 22 years as a DoN Civ (NAWC-AD) after my Marine Corps career. I'm glad *you* find working for the Squids to be a blessing ...

I retired two years ago

My brother went into the AF in 1961 unit 1984 he was an E8 then the next years until retirement at Wright Patterson AFB. I sometimes wonder if I would have stayed in the service if I had gone into the AF.

99-07 USN
Gas Turbine systems mechanical
USS Port Royal CG-73 (getting decommissioned tomorrow)
USS Hopper DDG-70
Maintenance Facility Everett Wa.

Thanks for your service, Alwayswrenchin! A Marine Corps brother of mine's (we were in 3rd MarDiv together) dad was the CMC aboard Port Royal at one time. Too bad about her grounding -- you weren't aboard at the time, were you?

Both of my parents retired from BIW and were both involved with the DDG-51 builds so they both had a part in building Hopper. I actually had the honor of meeting RDML Hopper when I was a midshipman. She gave me a "Nanosecond" -- a piece of wire the same length that an electron travels in a nanosecond (about 2 feet). I wish I still had it.... she was a fascinating lady and scary smart.

S/F
John

The grounding was after my time on the PR. RDML Hopper was definitely a scary smart lady from what little I have read on her.

She had a clock in her office that was backwards. Read time in the opposite direction. Part of her effort to inspire subordinates to "think out of the box. She *was* scary smart. She was one of several people I was blessed to meet and get inspired by while at the Severn School for Wayward Youth. I was glad they named a Bath-built DDG for her. "Bath built is best built."

You served on a good ship. I know from first hand family experience that a lot of pride went into her -- from the keel up..

USAF 1965-69. After Basic at Lackland in Texas and tech training at Chanute in Illinois I split my time between Clinton-Sherman AFB in western Oklahoma, Kadena Air Base in Okinawa and a few short TDYs (actually typhoon evacs from Kadena) to Guam, the Phillipines and Tiawan. Twisted wrenches on B-52 and KC135 autopilot and navigation systems.

US Navy STG2; 1973 - 1977
Basic in Orlando; ASW School in San Diego, then USS Coontz homeport in Norfolk, VA.