Hello Fellow Patriots
Wild Okie suggested i make a separate post, thank you W.O.
Welcome to the nut house.You might make a new post so all the inmates can greet you proper like.
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Originally posted by USN_Airdale
Hi Folks, just got logged in, wanted to post on the new member forum and introduce myself but there is none.
so here goes,
yes, i served in the USN joined 1955 retired/fleet reserve 1977, spent all my time as a plane Capt. and reparing those noisy jets, i hope this forum does not require a DD-214 ! i was banned from another forum for not providing one for proof of military service.
i served one cruise on the USS Randolph CVA-15 with VF-173 we had the FJ-3M's, the USS Oriskany CVA-34, VF-161 F3H-3M "Screamin Demons", (one Tonkin Gulf cruise) USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63, VF-114 F4J Phantoms (two Tonkin Gulf cruises)
and lastly USS Coral Sea CVA-43, VF-191, F4B Phantoms.
plus four tours in VF-121 at USNAS Miramar Calif.
just a little more info, i joined in Aug. 1955, went to boot camp at NTC Bainbridge Md. first duty station was NATC Patuxent River Md., Electronics test, i was very fortunate as i was "assigned" OJT, that OJT earned me a set of crew member wings, i was in the first group of ADs (Aviation Machinist Mate) to be designated ADJ (Aviation Machinist Mate Jet) in my two years stationed there i was plane captain for Scott Carpenter, Alan Shepard, i met John Glenn after his historic cross country flight in an F8U Crusader.
i flew in many Aircraft while there, one most signifigant was the R3Y Tradewind, i also helped in launching her and beaching her, the others were P5M, A3D, F3D, F9F-8T, TV-2, T2V-1, AD Skyraider (the "Guppy" version) "Willy Victor-2", ( F9F-8T, TV-2, T2V-1, these three i actuallY learned to fly, pilots were not as tight a$$ed back then some considered you an equal [:D]) while in VF-121 & VF-114 i flew back seat in Phantoms and been MACH II.
i just wish i could do it all over once more, my Navy experience was most gratifying and enjoyable untill "Peanuts" Carter started destroying the military.
i also have some good old "McHales Navy" type stories that by todays standards would have landed me in the Brig [:D]
Welcome to the nut house.You might make a new post so all the inmates can greet you proper like.
quote:
Originally posted by USN_Airdale
Hi Folks, just got logged in, wanted to post on the new member forum and introduce myself but there is none.
so here goes,
yes, i served in the USN joined 1955 retired/fleet reserve 1977, spent all my time as a plane Capt. and reparing those noisy jets, i hope this forum does not require a DD-214 ! i was banned from another forum for not providing one for proof of military service.
i served one cruise on the USS Randolph CVA-15 with VF-173 we had the FJ-3M's, the USS Oriskany CVA-34, VF-161 F3H-3M "Screamin Demons", (one Tonkin Gulf cruise) USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63, VF-114 F4J Phantoms (two Tonkin Gulf cruises)
and lastly USS Coral Sea CVA-43, VF-191, F4B Phantoms.
plus four tours in VF-121 at USNAS Miramar Calif.
just a little more info, i joined in Aug. 1955, went to boot camp at NTC Bainbridge Md. first duty station was NATC Patuxent River Md., Electronics test, i was very fortunate as i was "assigned" OJT, that OJT earned me a set of crew member wings, i was in the first group of ADs (Aviation Machinist Mate) to be designated ADJ (Aviation Machinist Mate Jet) in my two years stationed there i was plane captain for Scott Carpenter, Alan Shepard, i met John Glenn after his historic cross country flight in an F8U Crusader.
i flew in many Aircraft while there, one most signifigant was the R3Y Tradewind, i also helped in launching her and beaching her, the others were P5M, A3D, F3D, F9F-8T, TV-2, T2V-1, AD Skyraider (the "Guppy" version) "Willy Victor-2", ( F9F-8T, TV-2, T2V-1, these three i actuallY learned to fly, pilots were not as tight a$$ed back then some considered you an equal [:D]) while in VF-121 & VF-114 i flew back seat in Phantoms and been MACH II.
i just wish i could do it all over once more, my Navy experience was most gratifying and enjoyable untill "Peanuts" Carter started destroying the military.
i also have some good old "McHales Navy" type stories that by todays standards would have landed me in the Brig [:D]
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Welcome. Thank you for your service. 0 -
Welcome, USN Airdale...and thank you for your service to country. 0 -
Welcome,sir.
I'll tell you my story later...0 -
welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!! 0 -
Welcome!! 0 -
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
you all have no idea what your welcomes to me mean, please refer to my "Parkinsons" post.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, [:D]0 -
Glad to have another "Airdale" on board. I guess I'm just a pup, having served on the Ike (CVN-69) from 1981-1985. 0 -
Dittos on the welcome and thanks for your service to your country.
My dad was USN during a little dust-up they had in the Pacific 1942-45. Unfortunately he's gone now and I never learned much about his service and I don't know which ship(s) he served on.0 -
Welcome and thanks for your service........ 0 -
Welcome aboard swabbie. Former Jarhead airdale here. H-46 helo's mostly. PC'd C-9B and A-6's too. 0 -
Welcome from another old airdale (1959-68). VX-6 in Antarctica (Navigator on P2v-7's on skis, C-130's on skis, etc.). Vap 61 1962-65 Guam and Nam (Navigator on Ra3b's, on Chicken Hawk, Hancock, Ranger and Coral Maru). Also guilty of frequenting Olongapo.[:D][:I][}:)] 1965-68 Washington, D.C.[:(] 0 -
How weird is that? My Dad, God love him, was a Machinist's Mate on the Randolph as well. Was aboard ship during the Cuban Missile Blockade.
I still have a Navy era, 1960s pic of him in his uniform hanging on my wall.
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