tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post7707026312518068322..comments2024-03-08T05:30:03.420-05:00Comments on Coffeypot: Ah, The Navy LifeCoffeypothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02944074653548750642noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post-36306063800406031002008-07-29T03:35:00.000-04:002008-07-29T03:35:00.000-04:00That was f*****g funny!It was laugh out loud at ma...That was f*****g funny!<BR/><BR/>It was laugh out loud at many points.Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16344892034402472772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post-73254017062613763892008-07-28T01:27:00.000-04:002008-07-28T01:27:00.000-04:00That's right .. we were OI Division. When I made E...That's right .. we were OI Division. When I made E5, I was also assigned to our Master-At-Arms force for a few months. It was 4 duty sections instead of 3. Better chance for not having duty when we hit a port somewhere. Later .. back to 3 section duty, but anytime we hit port, even home port, when I had duty I was assigned to the local Shore Patrol. I enjoyed going to Gitmo because doing Shore Patrol there meant you got to eat dinner in the Enlisted Men's Mess Hall .. and the food was top quality. <BR/><BR/>If you were a part of the Tin Can Navy, you sure as hell knew you were at sea unless you were steaming through the Doldrums.e.Craig Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645546681555860747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post-80299456703557221362008-07-24T10:46:00.000-04:002008-07-24T10:46:00.000-04:00Thanks, coffeypot. Brings back memories.Thanks, <I>coffeypot</I>. Brings back memories.Brother Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00064468156938526884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post-7542242586501924802008-07-23T21:46:00.000-04:002008-07-23T21:46:00.000-04:00Like the one about a ten year old with sheep shear...Like the one about a ten year old with sheep shears the best....Ollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956488313345711218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post-7940094242978184172008-07-23T21:29:00.000-04:002008-07-23T21:29:00.000-04:00Pamela, I remember he was a submariner. He had cu...Pamela, I remember he was a submariner. He had curtains. <BR/><BR/>Brother Dave, go here and see some photos of you’re station. http://cbs3.com/slideshows/Johnsville.Naval.Air.20.305852.html?spid=2&rid=2#slideshowlist<BR/><BR/>Anonymous Tina, sleeping on the USS Alabama is like sleeping in a motel with an aroma. Thanks for the hats off, too. I have done that and put it over my nose after a firing exercise with the smell of cordite and gun smoke all around.<BR/><BR/>e.craig, that’s right. I remember, now. The ETs bunked with the radarmen in the OI division below the mess decks.<BR/><BR/>Ccw, I look at old WWII movies and watch the Tin Cans riding the rough seas with all the up and down, rolling right and left, and I ask myself, “Did I really do that shit?”<BR/><BR/>Rwa, thanks and me, too.<BR/><BR/>BD, I remember that saying and it is pretty much true.<BR/><BR/>Clew, baby! Where ya been? I check your space everyday waiting for your great sense of humor. I guess you are feeling better and all, so get to it, woman, and make me laugh. Bring me a beer first.Coffeypothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08601474604616163167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post-81511296381407225652008-07-23T14:45:00.000-04:002008-07-23T14:45:00.000-04:00Hi Coffeypot! I haven't been blogging nor making ...Hi Coffeypot! I haven't been blogging nor making the rounds lately but I wanted to drop by and let you know you're still my best fwiend.clewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160166319971765227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post-77928569263963813892008-07-23T13:53:00.000-04:002008-07-23T13:53:00.000-04:00I must say that for all intents and purposes my to...I must say that for all intents and purposes my tour of duty was rather unconventional as a sailor.<BR/><BR/>I do not envy anyone who was {or is) assigned to a "tin can" [destroyer]."<BR/><BR/>I do recall the ol' saying, "if it moves, salute it; if it doesn't move, paint it."Brother Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00064468156938526884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post-68515423178162320262008-07-22T23:33:00.000-04:002008-07-22T23:33:00.000-04:00Gee, it just sounds like so much FUN!I just toured...Gee, it just sounds like so much FUN!<BR/><BR/>I just toured an old railroad car ferry last week and I know what you mean bout tripping or bumping your head and about bing inside a grey dumpster!Mary Stebbins Taitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post-3929699324360985112008-07-22T17:39:00.000-04:002008-07-22T17:39:00.000-04:00you are all amazing to have lived with these condi...you are all amazing to have lived with these conditions xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post-78978609234838928882008-07-22T11:08:00.000-04:002008-07-22T11:08:00.000-04:00First, let me say thanks to all of you - coffeypot...First, let me say thanks to all of you - <B>coffeypot</B>, <B>e.craig</B> and <B>brother dave</B> - for your service to our country.<BR/><BR/>Second, I can't begin to imagine trying to live in conditions like those described in the list.Southern (in)Sanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161448234899521650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post-40088027753906328922008-07-22T10:42:00.000-04:002008-07-22T10:42:00.000-04:00I know nothing about this but oh how I laughed. Th...I know nothing about this but oh how I laughed. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for putting up with such things for our country!ccwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319415763862282537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post-18428794215062134922008-07-22T02:13:00.000-04:002008-07-22T02:13:00.000-04:00You brought back some vivid memories, Coffeypot. F...You brought back some vivid memories, Coffeypot. First off .. I was an Electronics Technician.<BR/><BR/>I recall that I had to crack my shin bone while negotiating a watertight doorway only a couple times before I developed the habit of stepping correctly through.<BR/><BR/>I had a steel beam about 9 inches above me when I laid in my rack. It was a top rack that an air vent blew onto, so I never did bump anyone for a "better" one, when I was finally able to "pull rank." When you're in the tropics on a ship without AC, that air flow is a godsend.<BR/><BR/>That 0500 reveille sounds like boot camp. You get to sleep another hour once you're out in the fleet. Fortunately, ETs didn't have to stand "underway" watches, but didn't always get to knock off ship's work at 1600 hours.<BR/><BR/>The most exciting deployment was to Gitmo during the Cuban Missile Crises. Twelve hour underway watches in CIC. The other 12 were dedicated to work and sleep. Mostly work.<BR/><BR/>And the description of Navy coffee is spot on. It could wake up a dead man.<BR/><BR/>I recall the time we steamed through the outskirts of a hurricane. Dinner that day was a "sack lunch" consisting of a PB&J sandwich and an apple. They couldn't do any hot food prep in the galley. It was a rough ride that day. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the memories.e.Craig Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645546681555860747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post-80684738967601509922008-07-21T23:57:00.000-04:002008-07-21T23:57:00.000-04:00Hee-- Is that what smelled at USS Alabama-- lube o...Hee-- Is that what smelled at USS Alabama-- lube oil in the vents?? <BR/><BR/>My Girl Scout troop spent the night on the USS Alabama-- we really got a "feel" of what it was like on the ship. Totally awesome, that yall stayed in such close quarters for so long. Hats off to yall!! Thanks to the Navy! TinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post-17744756907937498322008-07-21T23:18:00.000-04:002008-07-21T23:18:00.000-04:00Life at Johnsville Naval Air Development Center wi...Life at Johnsville Naval Air Development Center with it Aviation Medicine Acceleration Lab (AMAL) was interesting.<BR/><BR/>Our liberty cards were always in our wallets. Wednesday was "steak day" at lunch chow time. Steak was prepared to order. We never ran short.<BR/><BR/>The animal wing at AMAL had a freezer with pints of ethanol. The dispensary ethanol was under lock and key in the pharmacy compartment. It was accounted as part of the narcotics count. AMAL pints of ethanol were not.<BR/><BR/>Our astronauts did some of their training at Johnsville. AMAL had a human centrifuge, as well as a monkey centrifuge. Houston Space Center had not yet been built.Brother Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00064468156938526884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31409757.post-35870352651499833252008-07-21T20:57:00.000-04:002008-07-21T20:57:00.000-04:00I'm making sure the hubby reads this one. He's to...I'm making sure the hubby reads this one. He's told me some humerous storiesPamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404943895800549273noreply@blogger.com