[swh_longhorn]

1966 - 1971 MM2(SS)
USS Clamagore SS 343
USS Nautilus SSN 571
USS John Adams SSBN 620
USS Von Stuben SSBN 632

[GKC1]

As my signature line says: 1969 to 1973.

I enlisted in 1969, and went to basic training and hospital corps school in San Diego. I did my internship on the Burn ward, and that was one incredibly awful experience. Following that, I went to OR Technician school in Corpus Christi, Texas (which was one year OJT.) Following that, I went to Optician Technician school for six months in Williamsburg, VA. That completed the first two years of my enlistment, and then the Navy decided it was time for me to go to work. I spent the last two years of my enlistment at Cherry Point, NC, where I was POIC of the Eye Clinic, and I also stood night/weekend duty in the ER.

There were about 10,000 grunts on the base at that time, and about 9,999 of them got drunk and fought every weekend...so we got to see and repair a lot of them in the ER. When we pulled ER duty, we were on watch from 1700 on Friday until 0800 on Monday, and in theory we were supposed to be able to sleep sometime during those hours...however, most of the time we were seeing patients non-stop during those hours. I've sewed up or otherwise patched up many a drunk Marine, and almost all of them were incredibly grateful for me just doing my job.

[sig83]

92-96
Gunners' Mate
USS Ticonderoga CG-47

A few weeks ago I found out there is no more GM "A" School. So do FC's fire the 5in54s or are those guns obsolete too?

[hawkeyenfo]

1997 - present

Flight Officer (as the name says)
currently spending money and pushing papers at the Pentagon.

[Chesafreak]

'88 - '08, AE1(AW)
I started out working on P-3 Orions, and spent the rest of my career on H-60 Seahawks. I spent my last three years working in IT which set me up for my new career.

[51skcret]

From 70-74, Midway Island and USS Severn (AO-61). From 78-95 USS Vogelgesang (DD-862), NRC Cadillac MI, RedCom13, USS Esteem (MSO-438), Adak AK, USS Arkansas (CGN-41), Navy Resale HQ Pacific NW, NROTC Texas Tech.

[bdcremer]

Originally Posted by sig83

92-96
Gunners' Mate
USS Ticonderoga CG-47

A few weeks ago I found out there is no more GM "A" School. So do FC's fire the 5in54s or are those guns obsolete too?

No more "A" school? Every Gunner's Mate should have to experience the big green glass building and buffing concrete.

[GotFour]

ATN3 '67 Tonkin Gulf Yacht club....HS-2 "Big Mothers"

[Miles42]

USN 1961 to 1965
CVA 60 Saratoga 1963 to 1965 ETN2

[RPVG]

Well, I was in the Marines (a Department of the Navy) from '66 to '74. (RVN '67, 68, 69.) Does that count?

[edcrosbys]

96-00
LHD-5 Plankowner
IT-2

[LordDemon]

USS Nimitz CVN68
1988-1992 MM3 A-Division
Bremerton, Washington

[nostalgiaguy]

1986-1990 Vaw-116 NAS Miramar . Deployed with USS Ranger. PR3

[ElectricMonk]

'85 - '92 (AE2)
HC-11 Gunbearers
NAF Atsugi AIMD

[KI0HO]

Tm....1962-1970

[rdbjr57]

Active Duty 1975-1979 CTT2
Active Reserves 1981-1983

RTC Orlando 1975
RTC Orlando (Blue-roper) 1976
CTT A School Corry Field, Pensacola 1976-1977
NSGD Pearl Harbor 1977-1979
TAD to 3 Submarines
TAD twice to FOSICPAC at CINCPACFLT

Two years Active Reserves at Dallas Naval Air Station, Grand Prairie

[Seriously?]

NCS Yokosuka and NCS Guam 1965-1969.

[neilsmth]

Geez I feel old. '57-62. Held for a year due to a dustup in the Caribbean.

[Texas2Va2013]

Mmcs(ss) 1978-1994.

[JWolfe]

1989-2000 HSL-46, NAS Cecil AIMD, VP-16.

[Delmonte67]

Doc8404,
I had best friend from high school on the Biddle from 87-90.

[Astro14]

Active duty from 1986-1997. Reserve from then til now with 5 years of Active Duty recall. Fighter pilot.

[10 fan]

1972-1975 AS-37 USS Dixon ,EM3

[datatech2550]

1984 -1994 AT2

CVN-70 ET3, forced converted to AT (Critical Billett)
NAS Whidbey Island
CVN-68
CV-63
CVN-65
NAS Fallon (another critical billett)

Didn't want to go unacompanied to Yokuska (another critical billett) or I would have re-upped.

[Happypuppy]

Early '70s. I was a corpsman at Balboa