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Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 30-10-2009, 19:06
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
This is great!!! Made my day....I nearly fell...

This is great!!! Made my day....I nearly fell out of my chair laughing...read it to my wife and she did the same!!! Thanks!
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 22-08-2009, 19:01
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
I'm glad you made it! Given that, the visual of...

I'm glad you made it! Given that, the visual of hanging on to the pelourus IS funny! ;)
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 22-08-2009, 11:01
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
Yikes! and only 2 years after a complete refit! ...

Yikes! and only 2 years after a complete refit! Well, I'll bet the Admin compartment floor held up ok!:D

On our return to San Diego from Yokosuka, Japan we were in moderately bad weather (no...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 18-08-2009, 03:39
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
pirate Here's a picture of the USS Dixie AD-14, site of...

Here's a picture of the USS Dixie AD-14, site of some of the funny stories, as she lay at anchor in Hong Kong Harbor in 1971:
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 14-07-2009, 16:54
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
USS Dixie AD-14

'It was the best of times; it was the worst of times':rolleyes:
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 14-07-2009, 16:47
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
Originally Posted by markpj23...

Originally Posted by markpj23 https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/../ugala/forums/images/buttons/viewpost.gif...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 13-07-2009, 10:27
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
Wild! In four years in I never heard it...

Wild! In four years in I never heard it announced as anything else and that includes Westpac and stateside. Some times it was really brief though like 'RoachCoach' so maybe it didn't get noticed. ...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 12-07-2009, 16:16
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
Ok that isn't self explanatory. We ordered them...

Ok that isn't self explanatory. We ordered them not issued so they would already BE sharp. Part of the macho drill was that before the parade each team sent a couple of guys around to visit the...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 12-07-2009, 15:38
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
That's the way they came, never issued, got them...

That's the way they came, never issued, got them special so they would gleam in the sunlight, :cool: we just polished them ... carefully. :D
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 12-07-2009, 15:16
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
Ok this is a long one so get a beer: ...

Ok this is a long one so get a beer:

After getting out of Navy Boot Camp and Basic Electronics and Electricity School I was stationed for 16 weeks at Radioman ‘A’ School, Naval Training Center...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 11-07-2009, 21:40
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
NCS Guam was one of the 'intermediate duty...

NCS Guam was one of the 'intermediate duty stations' for Marines returning from Nam. We had about 80 of them on base. The apparent reason for them being there was that they performed guard duty and...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 11-07-2009, 21:18
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
Thumbs up Thank you and welcome home! With your attitude...

Thank you and welcome home! With your attitude I'm sure you were a positive force. Civvie or service it's always just a few that cause the problems. Sometimes they provide good stories though! :) In...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 11-07-2009, 19:55
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
One duty station was NAVCOMSTA GUAM. Six of us...

One duty station was NAVCOMSTA GUAM. Six of us were taking a commercial flight from Guam to CA with one stopover but not a plane change in Honolulu. We were flying 'international' so drinks were...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 11-07-2009, 17:40
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
Compared to when I was 19 years old I am now 'one...

Compared to when I was 19 years old I am now 'one laid back MF'. :pHowever I NEVER went looking for trouble. But if someone, anyone, wanted to show me how big an @_s hole he was I always obliged by...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 11-07-2009, 17:18
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
Now if you want to go here, and you don't ;),...

Now if you want to go here, and you don't ;), start another thread in the Off topic area and call it The Rant. Disobeying a lawful order from a senior (officer or not) is punishable by, as a...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 11-07-2009, 14:53
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
As a Radioman (RM) in the late '60s early '70s we...

As a Radioman (RM) in the late '60s early '70s we used 1800 ft open reels of paper tape about an inch wide punched with 5 holes across the tape. Various combinations of holes equated to letters,...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 10-07-2009, 11:43
Replies: 112
Views: 16,643
Posted By cosmosmariner
Funny Things I Did in the Navy

When I was in the Navy We had an obnoxious Chief who insisted we make a pot of coffee every morning. At that time I had stopped drinking coffee for a while and didn't want to make it for him. So...
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