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Originally Posted by Slims
You think that's bad, you should have seen what happened to morale when the power converter in my truck caught fire and we lost the sound system and coffee pot  |
It's funny. I make light of this partly because many of the guys and ladies (yes we had ladies on my ship) would complain about anything and everything. The ship I was on, The USS Cape Cod AD-43, went on a diplomatic tour right after I got on her. Hit a ton of countries in 6mos. All over Asia, Africa, Australia, a bunch of south Pacific islands. Never spent any more time at sea then necessary. Once we got to port we stayed there for a week or two. Spent about a month in Australia alone. When we were at sea every Friday was "surf and turf" i.e. steak and lobster. Guy's would complain that their steak was tough or the lobster was rubbery. I not making this up. We went from Diego Garcia in the middle of the Indian Ocean to Darwin, Australia with, gasp!, one movie for the mess decks, "The Man from Snowy River." I think some guys wrote their congressman.
We had one guy on our ship, really one of my better friends. He was older then most of us and would get pissed when people complained about BS things. One morning at quarters we were told there would be a special presentation for him at 1500. I asked him "what the hell is this all about?" "It's just a silly thing that happen years ago." That silly thing turned out to be him dragging several wounded Marines out of fire and getting shot three times in the leg in the process. Even after he got shot he went back for the last two guys. Guess he was a Navy medic in Nam. He'd never talked about it. I knew he'd been in during Nam but I kind of figured he either served else where or spent the war off shore providing support. I can't remember what else he got but they gave him a Purple Heart.
People didn't complain as much after that day. Well not around him anyway.
A bitching sailor is a happy sailor.
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Originally Posted by ametc
My father was in the Navy for 25 years. He's retired now. He's been restationed alll over the world. Places I know he's been to (deployment or stationed) are:
Virginia
New York
Hawaii
North carolina
Alabama
Washington
Italy
Japan
Singapore
Philippines (where he met my mom and I was born)
Malaysia
Hong Kong
Australia
And all that was just in my lifetime.
I'm a total Navy brat and I'm still under his Tricare health insurance. I HATE Tricare. They make everything sooo difficult sometimes.
I LOVE the Navy Exchange! Thank goodness they've added more designer brands in the last few years. Including one of my faves: Lucky Brand.  !!!<3
I grew up in military housing.. namely Murphy Canyon here in San Diego.
My dad would always send my family souvenirs from his deployments. My favorite being the awesomely priced gold jewelry from Singapore and coins!
I loved it when my dad would take me around his ship and I got to meet the captain and the captain showed me around and I got to go to the front of the ship (it was windy!). I got to go to the crow's nest and they gave me tons of ear plugs for some reason. Whenever I went there.. they'd give me more and more.
The airshows were cool, too. My dad was a Mastered Arms Chief and I got to stand next to a huge gun when they shot it. I forgot why they were shooting the guns.. I think it was a drill or something. **shrug**
What freaked me out though was when they'd raise and lower the flag. Everybody would STOP and turn towards the flag or the music and salute until the music stopped. It just creeped me out how they did it automatically like robots. XD My dad still does it if we're ever at the base or the hospital.
He tells me tons of stories of his Navy days.. a lot of them were pretty crazy, but cool. haha |
Cool story. But I think your dad might have been a Chief Master at Arms not a Mastered Arms Chief.
My kids got a bunch of stuff from all over the world, she's now old enough to appreciate it a little.