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Post by fishnpinball on Jan 18, 2018 19:10:56 GMT -5
Back in 1988 I was stationed on the USS Hawkbill (SSN 666). We did a Westpac which was a 6 month deployment over towards Asia. We spent most of our time out at sea including a couple of times that we were out at sea for about 2 months. Following one of the 2 month cruises, we pulled in to Yokuska, Japan. I called my parents. The phone was disconnected. I called one of my sisters. The phone was disconnected. I called my other sister. The phone was disconnected. I ended up calling a friend of the family to find out that everyone had moved while I was out at sea! I still give them all grief about trying to get rid of me.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 18, 2018 21:17:08 GMT -5
Back in 1988 I was stationed on the USS Hawkbill (SSN 666). We did a Westpac which was a 6 month deployment over towards Asia. We spent most of our time out at sea including a couple of times that we were out at sea for about 2 months. Following one of the 2 month cruises, we pulled in to Yokuska, Japan. I called my parents. The phone was disconnected. I called one of my sisters. The phone was disconnected. I called my other sister. The phone was disconnected. I ended up calling a friend of the family to find out that everyone had moved while I was out at sea! I still give them all grief about trying to get rid of me. Man, that would freak me out! |
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Post by gmitch067 on Jan 18, 2018 21:53:25 GMT -5
They were just jealous that you were having so much fun punching holes in the water. Did they move to the West Coast to be closer to you?
DBF!!!
Glenn
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Post by fishnpinball on Jan 18, 2018 22:05:32 GMT -5
It was sure an odd feeling. Internet was not there yet, and it takes time to get the snail mail when you pull in. 2 of the moves were job related. The other was short distance but you didn't keep phone numbers back then. We sure are spoiled with our toys now. I remember having about 20 dollars in quarters to make long distance calls on the pay phones at those overseas bases. Great times though.
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Post by quartz on Jan 19, 2018 0:28:27 GMT -5
I used to work with a guy whose parents moved out on him.
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Post by fishnpinball on Jan 19, 2018 1:00:43 GMT -5
They were just jealous that you were having so much fun punching holes in the water. Did they move to the West Coast to be closer to you? DBF!!! Glenn dbf? Are you a brother of the phin? At least on a diesel boat you would never stay submerged for 2 months. |
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Post by gmitch067 on Jan 19, 2018 2:39:05 GMT -5
AGSS-318... The Baya 69-71
The only tumbling I did usually involved me falling out of the rack during storms (had to ride all of them out on the surface)... Everyone I knew said I had rocks for brains!
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 19, 2018 3:49:05 GMT -5
DH was old nuke. He went deeper.  |
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Post by fishnpinball on Jan 19, 2018 11:24:27 GMT -5
AGSS-318... The Baya 69-71 The only tumbling I did usually involved me falling out of the rack during storms (had to ride all of them out on the surface)... Everyone I knew said I had rocks for brains! We were able to ride out storms beneath the surface. If you can feel a storm a couple of hundred feet below the surface, you don't want to be on the surface. I was always amazed by the number of guys that would be seasick on the way out of port, even if I thought it was calm. The instant we submerged they were all better. Of course the shape of the modern subs is not conducive to riding well on the surface. |
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Post by fishnpinball on Jan 19, 2018 11:33:43 GMT -5
DH was old nuke. He went deeper. Did he glow in the dark too? Ah TMI. Nukes definitely stand out in my book. You can't make it through that program and be stupid. (Of course I would say something like that being a Reactor Operator.) |
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Post by MsAli on Jan 19, 2018 11:44:52 GMT -5
Your story is funny now but I bet it wasn't back then
I would of freaked out if that happened.
I was also in the Navy, so I know what it was like, I spent more $ on calling cards then anything else (well, except maybe alcohol). It sucked when I couldn't get ahold of my parents, would have to wait for the next port. God, those were some fun times though.
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 19, 2018 11:46:57 GMT -5
Had a guy back home in Montana, retire out of the Navy (32 years)..He spent most of his life under water, than he did on land..Sub Officer....Had some great stories too...
I was the odd one in the Army, I never called home, only wrote a few letters home...
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Post by woodman on Jan 19, 2018 12:01:23 GMT -5
Had a guy back home in Montana, retire out of the Navy (32 years)..He spent most of his life under water, than he did on land..Sub Officer....Had some great stories too... I was the odd one in the Army, I never called home, only wrote a few letters home... I wqasa the fourth son to go in the service. Oldest brother went in the NAvy, Mother wrote him every week, second brother went in Air Force, he got maybe two a month, Next brother went in the Marine Corp, he got maybe 1 letter a month, I went in the Army and got maybe two letters a year! I think she got tired of letter writing! I did not write much either. after one ther is notww too much to say. Couldn't tell her about the nights in the local village! |
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Post by fishnpinball on Jan 19, 2018 12:21:17 GMT -5
Your story is funny now but I bet it wasn't back then I would of freaked out if that happened. I was also in the Navy, so I know what it was like, I spent more $ on calling cards then anything else (well, except maybe alcohol). It sucked when I couldn't get ahold of my parents, would have to wait for the next port. God, those were some fun times though. My mother recently commented about her display case, that I had given her more of the items in it from my travels than she had gotten herself. But yeah the alcohol flowed pretty freely and there were some ports I really enjoyed. |
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Post by MsAli on Jan 19, 2018 12:28:54 GMT -5
Your story is funny now but I bet it wasn't back then I would of freaked out if that happened. I was also in the Navy, so I know what it was like, I spent more $ on calling cards then anything else (well, except maybe alcohol). It sucked when I couldn't get ahold of my parents, would have to wait for the next port. God, those were some fun times though. My mother recently commented about her display case, that I had given her more of the items in it from my travels than she had gotten herself. But yeah the alcohol flowed pretty freely and there were some ports I really enjoyed. Young and dumb-if I could go back and do it again, id buy more to bring home. Wasted a lot of money  |
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Post by fishnpinball on Jan 19, 2018 12:32:19 GMT -5
Had a guy back home in Montana, retire out of the Navy (32 years)..He spent most of his life under water, than he did on land..Sub Officer....Had some great stories too... I was the odd one in the Army, I never called home, only wrote a few letters home... Think this about the sea stories he can tell you. There are probably five stories he will not tell you for each one he does because of the information involved. And wow he went through the harder side of Nuclear Power School. Probably the hardest school in the nation. Not so much the material involved or anything, so much as the speed at which you must master it. The enlisted side probably qualifies as the second hardest for the same reason. You absorb the amount of technical information involved in a 4 year degree in 6 months. There was a fairly high failure rate, and the failures that did not cop an attitude were usually top performers in their fields, hence it was expected they would still do well. |
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Post by fishnpinball on Jan 19, 2018 12:33:47 GMT -5
Had a guy back home in Montana, retire out of the Navy (32 years)..He spent most of his life under water, than he did on land..Sub Officer....Had some great stories too... I was the odd one in the Army, I never called home, only wrote a few letters home... I wqasa the fourth son to go in the service. Oldest brother went in the NAvy, Mother wrote him every week, second brother went in Air Force, he got maybe two a month, Next brother went in the Marine Corp, he got maybe 1 letter a month, I went in the Army and got maybe two letters a year! I think she got tired of letter writing! I did not write much either. after one ther is notww too much to say. Couldn't tell her about the nights in the local village! More amazing that you all went into different services than the letters. Was it no one wanted to follow in the others footsteps? |
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Post by fishnpinball on Jan 19, 2018 12:36:38 GMT -5
My mother recently commented about her display case, that I had given her more of the items in it from my travels than she had gotten herself. But yeah the alcohol flowed pretty freely and there were some ports I really enjoyed. Young and dumb-if I could go back and do it again, id buy more to bring home. Wasted a lot of money Yeah I wasted a lot of paychecks in the bars. Was still great times. I guess the bonus is I burned myself out on the partying and have basically quit drinking for years. Long enough I don't like the taste anymore. |
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Post by woodman on Jan 19, 2018 12:46:03 GMT -5
I wqasa the fourth son to go in the service. Oldest brother went in the NAvy, Mother wrote him every week, second brother went in Air Force, he got maybe two a month, Next brother went in the Marine Corp, he got maybe 1 letter a month, I went in the Army and got maybe two letters a year! I think she got tired of letter writing! I did not write much either. after one ther is notww too much to say. Couldn't tell her about the nights in the local village! More amazing that you all went into different services than the letters. Was it no one wanted to follow in the others footsteps? We always went our way, in may case I looked the three years in the Army vs four in the others. |
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Post by gmitch067 on Jan 19, 2018 15:59:07 GMT -5
One of the ports I spent a day roaming around was in South Korea (no names mentioned...). Along the main dirt road of merchants were hundreds of tables displaying tumbled stones and cab jewelry. It looked like there was a mine around there and the families would go to the city and sell what they were allowed to pickup in the scrabble heaps. I could have come away with countless "treasures"... but alas...at that time I had little interest in the lapidary hobby. My loss!
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