DECK LOGS ARCHIVE: 2009
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Posted: 2009-11-30 14:14:08
Posted By: James A Monroe
Poster Email: shapeshifterjames@gmail.com
Service & Rank: USN & STG3
Currently Located In: Portland, Oregon
Originally From: Portland, Oregon
What I've Been Up To: Business School Graduate Portland State University. Corporate Finance. Work as a securities Trader for an investment firm in Portland, OR. Married to a beautiful woman, and own an ugly dog.
Duty Stations: 94-95 FLEASWTRACENPAC San Diego, CA
95-98 USS Ingraham FFG-61 STGSN - STG2
Posted: 2009-11-24 17:44:50
Posted By: GARY E CALVIN
Poster Email: CAL.42@LIVE.COM
Service & Rank: USN & STGC
Currently Located In: SALEM, OREGON
Originally From: BORN: PUGET SOUND NAVAL HOSP, BREMERTON
REARED: COMPTON, CAL; HAWAII; MONTANA; OREGON
What I've Been Up To: Graduated OREGON STATE U 1976
Management analyst/info systems specialist -ODOT (RET. 2000)
Duty Stations: USS ORLECK DD-886 (66-67)
USS SOMERS DDG-34 (67-70)
Posted: 2009-11-24 13:45:46
Posted By: Doug Niessen
Poster Email: k6sts@yahoo.com
Service & Rank: USN & STS2 (SS)
Currently Located In: Folsom,CA
Originally From: N.VA
What I've Been Up To: Working in medical and industrial acoustics. Also have a live hydrophone in Monterey Bay,CA. Working on getting an underwater camera installed to study snapping shrimp.
Duty Stations: USS Redfin SS272
USS Argonaut SS475
USS Runner SS476
Posted: 2009-11-19 12:26:52
Posted By: Albert Conley
Poster Email: moosemuffs@aol.com
Service & Rank: USN & STC
Currently Located In: Virginia
Originally From: Ohio
What I've Been Up To: Retired. Travel the USA in Motorhome with no permanent residence. Visit east coast in summer and winter in Arizona.
Duty Stations: USS Davis (DD-937)
FSS Key West (A) 63-63
USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853)
USS Havre (PCE-877)
FSS Key West (B) 67-68
FTG GTMO 68-71
School Command Glakes 71-75
USS Caron (DD-970) 76-80
USS Stump (DD-978) 80-82
NAVMEC Norfolk 82-85
Posted: 2009-11-06 09:04:03
Posted By: Allen Ernst
Poster Email: sheridan0204@comcast.net
Service & Rank: USN & STG2
Currently Located In: Poughquag NY
Originally From: Cheyenne Wyoming
What I've Been Up To: Retired NY commercial banker.
Duty Stations: Great Lakes Book Camp 1965
Fleet Sonar A School Key West 1966
USS Hawkins DD873 1966-1959
Posted: 2009-10-30 17:04:44
Posted By: Stewart Bracken
Poster Email: stewart.bracken@navy.mil
Service & Rank: USN & STGC (SW/AW)
Currently Located In: San Dog
Originally From: GOD's Country (Colorado)
What I've Been Up To: 03/08: Retired
04/08: Grew beard
05/08: Bought Harley
06/08-PRES: Drink Beer
OH, I also work with SONAR for SWRMC.
Duty Stations: USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7)
USS Barbey (FF-1088)
USS Gettysburg (CG-64)
USS Abe Lincoln (CVN-72)
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70_
Posted: 2009-10-19 21:30:43
Posted By: Floyd (Tom) Clement
Poster Email: olpinger50@aol.com
Service & Rank: USN & STGCM (SW)
Currently Located In: North Carolina
Originally From: Army Brat born in Maryland, been on the road for the next 47 years,
What I've Been Up To: Retired from the Navy in 1998. Currently work as Training and Quality Manager for an International Company.
Duty Stations: To many to list:
FLTSWTRACENPAC 89-93 (special place)
NAVMARCORP RESCEN Greensboro, NC 93-98
It was a hell of a ride!
Posted: 2009-10-17 02:58:01
Posted By: LARRY J. GUNN ST1
Poster Email:
Service & Rank: USN & ST1
Currently Located In: SO. GEORGIA
Originally From: GEORGIA
What I've Been Up To: I OWN A GUN SHOP, AND AM A GUNSMITH
Duty Stations: USS ROWAN DD 782 1966-1971 ,USS WADDELL DDG 24 1971-1972 MADE FOUR CRUISES TO NAM.HAD ENOUGH GOT OUT.
Posted: 2009-09-14 10:09:46
Posted By: Peter Westray
Poster Email: pwestray@verizon.net
Service & Rank: USN & ST-1 (SS)
Currently Located In: Oxnard California
Originally From: Los Angeles California
What I've Been Up To: Retired Community College Professor
Duty Stations: Nav-Fac San Nicklas Isl.(SOSUS)
Nav_Fac Point Sur (SOSUS)
USS Theodore roosevelt (SSBN-600)
USS Sea Cat (SS-399) ST (Key West Fla.)
Posted: 2009-09-08 15:25:03
Posted By: David M. Williams
Poster Email: dmwilliams@dow.com
Service & Rank: USN & STS3 (SS)
Currently Located In: Midland, Michigan
Originally From: Saginaw, MI
What I've Been Up To: Analytical Specialist with the Dow Chemical Company
Duty Stations: USS George Washington SSBN 598 1970-1973
Posted: 2009-08-21 11:34:03
Posted By: Tom Sowell
Poster Email: tomsowell@prodigy.net
Service & Rank: USN & SOG-2
Currently Located In: Jenks, OK
Originally From: "Army Brat" up till USN enlistment in Charlotte, NC. Lived in Germany, Japan, California, Kansas, North and South Carolina, Massachusettts and Oklahoma
What I've Been Up To: Married 44 years, raised two boys, now Granddaughters, college, sales engineering, business owner - now trying to "retire"
Duty Stations: Home ports in Key West and Newport
Posted: 2009-08-11 17:21:19
Posted By: John Ponzo
Poster Email: ponz924@gmail.com
Service & Rank: USN & STG3
Currently Located In: Kansas City
Originally From: New York City
What I've Been Up To: Still looking for decent work!
Duty Stations: Boot camp at Great Lakes, Jan 1972
Followed by FSS 'A' school and a weapons class, then to the USS NOA DD-841 for her last Mid-East Cruise. #19 sonar at that time
Posted: 2009-08-05 00:16:34
Posted By: John Richter
Poster Email: john_richter@hotmail.com
Service & Rank: USN & GMC/SS (former STS2/SS)
Currently Located In: Idaho
Originally From: California
What I've Been Up To: Just about a little of everything
Duty Stations: SSBN 658 Gold (1991-1994) STS3/SS
SSN 701 (1994-1995) STS3-STS2/SS
MIUWU 102 (1996-2008) GM2-GMC/SS
MESD 941 (2008-Present) GMC/SS
Posted: 2009-08-03 15:28:44
Posted By: Mark Carroll
Poster Email: sonarmark@gmail.com
Service & Rank: USN & STGCS(SW/AW)
Currently Located In: San Diego
Originally From: Smithfield, NC (entered from there)
What I've Been Up To: Currently Command Career Counselor for Fleet ASW, Anticipating retirement next March. (anyone had job opening outside Sonar?)
Duty Stations: FFG-1
FF-1051
FF-1083
DD-986
CG-59
DDG-83
NAB CORONADO SECURITY
NAVAL LEADERSHIP CORONADO
FASW
Posted: 2009-07-26 20:40:39
Posted By: Larry Bell
Poster Email: Sukishort@aol.com
Service & Rank: USN & NCCS(SS) (STSC(SS))
Currently Located In: Ontario, CA
Originally From: Las Vegas, Nv.
What I've Been Up To:
Duty Stations:
Posted: 2009-07-26 17:36:51
Posted By: Bob Orta
Poster Email: bob_orta@sbcglobal.net
Service & Rank: USN & STGC/CWO3
Currently Located In: Rancho Cordova, CS
Originally From: San Bernardino, CA
What I've Been Up To: Programmer for a major insurance company and working on my 4th retirement.
Duty Stations: USS Rogers (DD-876) 66-68
FLT ASW Sch SD 68 (26CX)
USS Roark (DE-1053) 68-69
FSS KWest 69-74 taught MK 114 UBFCS
USS Barbey (FF-1088) 74-78
USS Cook (FF-1083) 78-79
FLTASWTRALANT 79-80
USS Cleveland (LPD-3) 80-83 CWO2/3
JCSE Tampa 80-81 CWO3
USS Ajax (AR-6) 81-85, retired 1985
Posted: 2009-07-22 21:17:35
Posted By: Frederick Berry
Poster Email: frederick.berry2@navy.mil
Service & Rank: USN & STGCM
Currently Located In: FLEASWTRACEN
Originally From: Boston Mass
What I've Been Up To: Currently assigned as Senior Enlisted Advisor at the STG school house
Duty Stations:
Posted: 2009-07-17 19:58:19
Posted By: Steven W. Russell
Poster Email: SRUSSELL4@stny.rr.com
Service & Rank: USN & STG2
Currently Located In: Falconer,New York
Originally From: as above
What I've Been Up To: Cleaning my garage. Found a copy of Ping Jockey from 1983 then started looking for it online. Here I am looking for some of my old buddies.
Duty Stations: U.S.S. LANG DE 1060
Posted: 2009-07-10 17:20:14
Posted By: Harold W. Crowell
Poster Email: haroldcrowell@yahoo.com
Service & Rank: USN & STG-2
Currently Located In: Sharon,Tn.
Originally From: Clay,Ky.
What I've Been Up To: Not much,disability retirement 100% as of Nov. 1996.Enjoy woodworking and photography,pistol comp.and my cats jeri and slick Jr.
Duty Stations: Boot camp Gt.Lakes 31 Mar.-6 June 77
FSS Key West 6 July-11 Oct 77,USS.CONTZ DLG-9,18 Oct.77,to 16Nov 78.FSS KW 16Dec 78.to Mar.79.Fire control,San Diego Cal.79April,79July.USS.Glover AGFF-1 79
JULY,77Mar.Retired!!!
Posted: 2009-07-05 14:27:12
Posted By: Thomas J. Hayden
Poster Email: sailortom@cox.net
Service & Rank: USN & STG-2
Currently Located In: Coventry, RI
Originally From: Green Bay, WI
What I've Been Up To: Retired Navy Reserves - 22 yrs
Retired P&G - 32 yrs
Duty Stations: USS Semmes DDG-18 2 yrs
Posted: 2009-07-03 00:31:33
Posted By: George Myers
Poster Email: jayman@cmaaccess.com
Service & Rank: USN & STG2
Currently Located In: Pahump, Nevada
Originally From: Spring Lake Michigan
What I've Been Up To: Since seperation I have been around. I did factory work for 7 years, Airport construction for 5 years, and underground cable installation for 4 years. For the last 8 years I have been a mailcarrier for the USPS.
Duty Stations: Boot camp Great Lakes 1982
"A",BE&E,"C" and OPS San Diego 82-83
TAD Subic Bay PI 1983
USS Trippe FF 1075 1983-1986
Posted: 2009-06-19 12:35:09
Posted By: Paul Andrew Hulahan
Poster Email: phulahan@hotmail.com
Service & Rank: USN & STS1(SS) Retired
Currently Located In: San Diego
Originally From: New York
What I've Been Up To: Work on SCI.(SCORE)
Duty Stations: Groton,Charleston,Goose Creek,Holy Loch,San Diego, Kings Bay
Posted: 2009-06-15 00:23:19
Posted By: Don
Poster Email: DDG176768@txun.net
Service & Rank: USN & STG3
Currently Located In: TX
Originally From:
What I've Been Up To:
Duty Stations: DDG-17
Posted: 2009-05-30 10:59:19
Posted By: Dennis Reid
Poster Email: Dennis_31059@msn.com
Service & Rank: USN & STG1(sw)
Currently Located In: Toledo Ohio, but not for long
Originally From: Columbus Ohio
What I've Been Up To: Looking for work
Duty Stations: Various
Posted: 2009-04-15 14:30:19
Posted By: Peter Bach
Poster Email: Peterpb78@aol.com
Service & Rank: USN & SoM3/c- acting SoM2/c
Currently Located In: Surfside Beach SC
Originally From: Bellaire, Queens County New York
What I've Been Up To: Television repair 25 years, Equipment Maintenance Technicianimicrochip mfgr
Duty Stations: Sampsom RTC NY
Fleet Sonar School Key West FL
Sonar Material School Key West
USS Southerland DD743
Pier 92 NY...Amphib base Little Creek VA
Posted: 2009-04-05 12:11:51
Posted By: Dionne Spears-Graham
Poster Email: dspearsgraham1@aol.com
Service & Rank: USN & OTA3
Currently Located In: Phila,
Originally From: Chicago
What I've Been Up To: Caseworker for the Commonwealth of PA
Duty Stations: Orlando Fl boot camp
OTA "A" school
Damneck, VA
NAFAV Brawdy
Posted: 2009-04-03 08:33:44
Posted By: Howard Tilton
Poster Email: tiltonh@aol.com
Service & Rank: USN & SO2
Currently Located In: Venice, FL
Originally From: Concord, New Hampshire
What I've Been Up To: Fully Retired and loving every minute of it
Duty Stations: USNTC Bainbridge Md Co.352 1st Reg. 1953-54
FSS Key West FL 1954
NAVFAC Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico 1954-56
USS Hickox, DD673 1956-57
Posted: 2009-03-20 19:38:57
Posted By: George Thoma
Poster Email: gthoma@comcast.net
Service & Rank: USN & STS2 / SS / DV
Currently Located In: Minneapolis, MN
Originally From: Wisconsin
What I've Been Up To: Presently Work for IBM
Duty Stations: USS Sand Lance SSN 660 from Aug. 1977 to October 1982
Posted: 2009-03-12 22:52:46
Posted By: kenneth harrod
Poster Email: k.harrod@sbcglobal.net
Service & Rank: USN & stg 2 e5
Currently Located In: cleveland ohio
Originally From: cleveland ohio
What I've Been Up To: Retired after 43 yrs at AT@T
Duty Stations: USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS DD 823 1961 TO 1963
US DAHLGREN DLG-12 1963 TO 1965
Posted: 2009-03-10 10:52:54
Posted By: Lonnie J. Cargile
Poster Email: lcargile@premierturbines.com
Service & Rank: USN & E5
Currently Located In: Neosho, Mo. 64850
Originally From: Goodman, Mo.
What I've Been Up To: In the Air Force,Retired working as an Electrician
Duty Stations: USS Brumby DE-1044 1968-1971
Posted: 2009-03-09 18:59:57
Posted By: Kurt M. Keys
Poster Email: kmkeys321@cox.net
Service & Rank: USN & STGCS(SW) USN ret.
Currently Located In: Santee California
Originally From: Piney Green North Carolina
What I've Been Up To: Retired 1994
worked at SAIC-electronics repair; Apple One-computer network analyst; San Diego data processing Corporation- Information Security Specialist
CLEP Tested into AA degree in "electronics" University of phoenix.
BSCS Degree NationalUniversity 1997.
Duty Stations: 1. RTC/NTC GLAKES, ILL. SN
2. SSC/NTC San Diego, Ca. BE/EP 1973 SN
3. FLTSONARSCHOOL Key West, Fl Sonar "A" school, surface 1973-1974 STGSN
4. USS Davis (DD-937)1974-1975 STGSN-STG3
5. FLEASWTRACENPAC MK-114 UBFCS SCHOOL 1975 STG3
6. USS Parsons (DDG-33) 1976-1979 STG3-STG2-STG1
7. NAVEDTRASUPPCENPAC NASTAD 1979-1980 STG1
8. FLEASWTRACENPAC FFG-7 "OLLIE CLASS" ASW SUITE MAINTENANCE SCHOOL 1980-1981 STG1
9. USS CAPE COD (AD-43)1981-1985 STG1-STGC
10. USS LEWIS B. PULLER (FFG-23)1985-1990 STGC-STGCS
11. USS FRANK REASONER (FF-1063)1990-1993 STGCS-STGCS(SW)
12. FLEAWSTRACENPAC 1993-1994 STGC(SW)-CIVILIAN U/I.
Posted: 2009-03-04 22:35:02
Posted By: David Morris
Poster Email: DAVIDEMORRIS2@AOL.COM
Service & Rank: USN & STSCM(SS)
Currently Located In: Lake Wylie, SC
Originally From: Fort Mill, SC
What I've Been Up To: Retired in late 2006 and haven't found what I want to do when I grow up.
Duty Stations: USS SIMON BOLIVAR(SSNB 641)
USS WOODROW WILSON (SSBN/SSN 624)
USS MARYLAND (SSBN 738)
USS RHODE ISLAND (SSBN 740)
USS NEBRASKA (COB) (SSBN 739)
NETPDTC (PENSACOLA)
TRITRAFAC (KINGS BAY)
Posted: 2009-02-19 21:45:06
Posted By: George Edw. Seymour
Poster Email: George.Edw@Gmail.com
Service & Rank: USN & SOA2
Currently Located In: Escondido, California
Originally From: Newark and Millington, New Jersey
What I've Been Up To: Recently retired after 32 years of Federal Civil Service at the Space & Naval Warfare Systems Center.
Duty Stations: Great Lakes: 1958
Fleet Sonar School, San Diego: 1958
HS-6 Ream Field, Imperial Beach, CA 58-62
USS Kearsarge CVS33(2 West Pacs) 1959/1961
Posted: 2009-02-18 14:46:17
Posted By: Mike Donlin
Poster Email: mdonlin1@tds.net
Service & Rank: USN & ST1
Currently Located In: Epworth Ga
Originally From: Kalamazoo, Michigan
What I've Been Up To: Worked as an Instrument Tech at The Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company for ten years. Moved to Florida in 1989 and worked for Tropicana Products as an Instrument Tech until my retirement in 2004. Moved to N/E Georgia. Enjoy riding motorcycles; own two . 2002 Honda Gold WIng and 2008 Suzuki V-DStrom 650. Return to Key West annually to visit.
Duty Stations: USS Barton DD-722
USS Hawkins DD-873
USS Edward McDonnell DE-1043
Fleet Sonar School- Key West
Posted: 2009-02-04 23:32:05
Posted By: John L. Noble
Poster Email: oneofusns@comcast.net
Service & Rank: USN & STSC(SS)
Currently Located In: Beaverton, Oregon
Originally From: San Francisco, California
What I've Been Up To: Military service: 1968 to 1976
Education BSEE : 1976 to 1982
Electrical engineering with Hewlett Packard, Agilent Technologies and Tektronix for past twenty-seven years.
Planning for retirement in a few years.
Duty Stations: FLTASWTRACENPAC
USS Haddock SSN621
USS Flasher SSN613
FLTASWTRACENLANT
COMSUBPAC
NISC - DC
FLTASWTRACENPAC
Posted: 2009-01-24 16:59:58
Posted By: Robert L Niblick
Poster Email: rrnut@dejazzd.com
Service & Rank: USN & SOG2
Currently Located In: Elverson, PA
Originally From: Eagle, PA
What I've Been Up To: Spent 26 years with IBM, was sold to Kodak for 9 years, sold to Danka for 2 1/2 years and then was down sized. 37 1/2 years doing the same job, same area and then decommissioned! Now retired and enjoying life
Duty Stations: Boot camp Baimbridge, MD (1956), Fleet Sonar school Key West, FL (1956), USS Rhodes DER 384 Jan 1957 to Jan, 1959, USS Converse DD 509/ Almirante Valdes DD43 Spanish Navy as Fleet Instructor, back to USS Rhodes DER384 Sept, 59, Released from service Jan, 1960 Inactive reserve.
Posted: 2009-01-17 12:29:23
Posted By: John Klink
Poster Email: jcknccmret@aol.com
Service & Rank: USN & STGCS/NCCM SW
Currently Located In: Long Neck Delaware
Originally From: Pennsylvania
What I've Been Up To: Retired USN 1991
Retired General Manager Laidlaw Transit
Duty Stations: RTC G/L 1971
FSS Key West 1971/72
USS Sampson DDG10 72/73
FSS Key West 73/74
FLEASWTRACENPAC 74/75
USS WAINWRIGHT CG28
NRD WASH DC
FLEASWTRACENPAC
USS BIDDLE CG34
NRD Philadelphia
NRD ALBANY NY
Posted: 2009-01-10 01:10:04
Posted By: Andrew J. Berg
Poster Email: Manzanita2227@sbcglobal.net
Service & Rank: USN & STGCS
Currently Located In: Nevada City, CA
Originally From: Lawndale, CA
What I've Been Up To: Retired Navy 4/87
Retired Electrical Engineer 4/03
Duty Stations: USNTC SDIEGO, 4/67-6/67
SSC NTC SDIEGO 6/67-8/67
FLEASWTRACENPAC 8/67-8/68
USS CHICAGO (CG-11) 8/68-5/74
FLEASWTRACENPAC 5/74-6/77
USS ALBANY (CG-10) 8/77-5/80
USS PUGET SOUND (AD-38) 5/80-6/82
FLEASWTRACENPAC 7/82-6/83
MOTU-5 6/83-4/87
Posted: 2009-01-09 23:56:05
Posted By: John Bedford
Poster Email:
Service & Rank: USN & ST1
Currently Located In: Pittsburg, CA
Originally From: Pomona Valley, California.
Hey all.... Let's get together in San Diego in October 2009.. Take a look at the reunion info. It will be great!
See you there.
What I've Been Up To: Getting ready for the next reunion
Duty Stations: Listed previously