1971 | Class of 1971



TABLE OF CONTENTSContents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Foreword PAGEREF _Toc12687133 \h 3Class Post-USNA Biography PAGEREF _Toc12687134 \h 4Editor’s Notes PAGEREF _Toc12687135 \h 5Class Legacy PAGEREF _Toc12687136 \h 8SIGN OF THE TIMES – The WWII Legacy PAGEREF _Toc12687137 \h 26Mark Cooksey – I Met a Real WWII Hero PAGEREF _Toc12687138 \h 26Mark Cooksey – War Patrols with Jim Calvert PAGEREF _Toc12687139 \h 26Mark Cooksey – I Met a Pearl Harbor Notable PAGEREF _Toc12687140 \h 27SIGN OF THE TIMES – The Kennedy Assassination PAGEREF _Toc12687141 \h 28Routine Boomer Patrol, 22 November 1963 (Jerry Geil 20th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687142 \h 281ST COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687143 \h 311st Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687144 \h 32Bob Byrd - Shaken and Stirred PAGEREF _Toc12687145 \h 32Fred Klein - Anti-Climatic PAGEREF _Toc12687146 \h 33Grant Graeber - Vietnam Coastal Surveillance PAGEREF _Toc12687147 \h 34Fred Klein PAGEREF _Toc12687148 \h 35Taiwan Has a Navy, Too PAGEREF _Toc12687149 \h 36Scott W. McKenzie PAGEREF _Toc12687150 \h 37The Hillman Minx PAGEREF _Toc12687151 \h 38The Three-Man Lift PAGEREF _Toc12687152 \h 40Hank Aaron PAGEREF _Toc12687153 \h 44SIGN OF THE TIMES – The Vietnam War PAGEREF _Toc12687154 \h 46War Makes You Crazy – Hank Turowski 23rd Company PAGEREF _Toc12687155 \h 46Hi Sailor PAGEREF _Toc12687156 \h 46Gunfire Liaison PAGEREF _Toc12687157 \h 46Shock and Awful PAGEREF _Toc12687158 \h 472nd COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687159 \h 49Lawrence F Simoneaux PAGEREF _Toc12687160 \h 50The Antarctic PAGEREF _Toc12687161 \h 51A Close Encounter PAGEREF _Toc12687162 \h 53The Master Chief PAGEREF _Toc12687163 \h 55Refueling Disaster PAGEREF _Toc12687164 \h 57SIGN OF THE TIMES – Watergate PAGEREF _Toc12687165 \h 60A Question of Allegiance – Scott Mc Kenzie (1st Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687166 \h 603rd COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687167 \h 63Michael D. Marks PAGEREF _Toc12687168 \h 65Classmate Is A Special Word – Chic Burlingame was a Special Classmate PAGEREF _Toc12687169 \h 66EDITOR’S CHOICE - That Cubi Point Thing PAGEREF _Toc12687170 \h 69Tom Dussman (17th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687171 \h 694th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687172 \h 77Mark Charles Scharfe PAGEREF _Toc12687173 \h 78Ensign Scharfe Plays Ensign Pulver PAGEREF _Toc12687174 \h 79A Midnight Bomb Threat PAGEREF _Toc12687175 \h 80Robert W. Stuart PAGEREF _Toc12687176 \h 81Torpedoball PAGEREF _Toc12687177 \h 82Navy Counter Battery PAGEREF _Toc12687178 \h 82EDITOR’S CHOICE – Other Duties As Assigned PAGEREF _Toc12687179 \h 84Death Is Part Of The Job (Hank Turowski 23rd Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687180 \h 84SIGN OF THE TIMES: Post Viet Nam Drawdown PAGEREF _Toc12687181 \h 88Tom Dussman (17th Company) - BuPers and Me PAGEREF _Toc12687182 \h 885th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687183 \h 92Bill Meyers PAGEREF _Toc12687184 \h 93The First Class of 1971 Collision at Sea? PAGEREF _Toc12687185 \h 94EDITOR’S CHOICE - It’s A Small World After All PAGEREF _Toc12687186 \h 96Jim Reasoner (34th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687187 \h 96SIGN OF THE TIMES – 1971 Was A Long Time Ago PAGEREF _Toc12687188 \h 97Tempus Fugit - Carl Inskeep (2nd Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687189 \h 976th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687190 \h 98Dave Craddock and the Rescue of the EURO PRINCESS Crew PAGEREF _Toc12687191 \h 99James Bryant Waddell PAGEREF _Toc12687192 \h 101An Event That Almost Ended My Career PAGEREF _Toc12687193 \h 102Ed Welsh PAGEREF _Toc12687194 \h 104Dining Out with the British Navy PAGEREF _Toc12687195 \h 105SIGN OF THE TIMES – Women at Annapolis PAGEREF _Toc12687196 \h 107We Are All the Stronger For It PAGEREF _Toc12687197 \h 107John Lawrence Massie (27th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687198 \h 1077th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687199 \h 110Thomas W Hutson III PAGEREF _Toc12687200 \h 111David B. Miller PAGEREF _Toc12687201 \h 115UNITAS Refueling PAGEREF _Toc12687202 \h 116Michael P. Morrell PAGEREF _Toc12687203 \h 118How To Not Become An Engineer PAGEREF _Toc12687204 \h 119EDITOR’S CHOICE - Christmas Overseas PAGEREF _Toc12687205 \h 121Frank Gallagher (34th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687206 \h 1218th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687207 \h 124J Scott Burd PAGEREF _Toc12687208 \h 125SIGN OF THE TIMES – Vietnam War PAGEREF _Toc12687209 \h 126Aren’t We All Prisoners of War? (Grant Graeber 1st Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687210 \h 1269th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687211 \h 1289th Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687212 \h 130Rusty Colquit Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687213 \h 130Who Needs A Corvette Anyway? PAGEREF _Toc12687214 \h 130He Left My Chevy on the Levy PAGEREF _Toc12687215 \h 130Who Could Want More Than 4 on the Floor? PAGEREF _Toc12687216 \h 131A Matter of Degrees PAGEREF _Toc12687217 \h 131Perry James Martini PAGEREF _Toc12687218 \h 132First ‘Aide’ PAGEREF _Toc12687219 \h 133John Therrell Morris PAGEREF _Toc12687220 \h 135And Those Caissons Go Rolling… PAGEREF _Toc12687221 \h 136William E. (Bill) Yocum, Jr. PAGEREF _Toc12687222 \h 140Weight Reduction for Ensigns PAGEREF _Toc12687223 \h 141A Man Overboard Recovery Record? PAGEREF _Toc12687224 \h 144Submarine UNREP PAGEREF _Toc12687225 \h 14610th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687226 \h 149Dave Bloomer PAGEREF _Toc12687227 \h 150Not in Kansas Anymore PAGEREF _Toc12687228 \h 151No Place to Park PAGEREF _Toc12687229 \h 153Last Flight PAGEREF _Toc12687230 \h 155The President and the Lost Landing Zone PAGEREF _Toc12687231 \h 158SIGN OF THE TIMES - Evacuation of Saigon Embassy – Operation Frequent Wind PAGEREF _Toc12687232 \h 160Sea King Intercept – Bob Miller (22nd Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687233 \h 16011th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687234 \h 163Eleventh Company Classmates PAGEREF _Toc12687235 \h 164A True Sea Duty Career PAGEREF _Toc12687236 \h 164Paul Reed Smith PAGEREF _Toc12687237 \h 168The Forgotten Heroes Of Camp Fuji PAGEREF _Toc12687238 \h 169SIGN OF THE TIMES - Being A Sailor PAGEREF _Toc12687239 \h 172Submitted By: (Jeff Steelman 16th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687240 \h 17212th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687241 \h 175Jim Yeakley PAGEREF _Toc12687242 \h 176SFO And My First Incoming Loogie PAGEREF _Toc12687243 \h 177EDITOR’S CHOICE - Tell It to the Marines PAGEREF _Toc12687244 \h 179Jerry Geil (20th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687245 \h 17913th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687246 \h 18113th Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687247 \h 182Barry Boswell - Sailing Lessons PAGEREF _Toc12687248 \h 182Rick Schuknect - The Cubi Point O’Club PAGEREF _Toc12687249 \h 182Barry Boswell - Starry, Starry Night PAGEREF _Toc12687250 \h 183Rick Schuknect - Distress Channel PAGEREF _Toc12687251 \h 183Barry Boswell - Making Fleet OOD PAGEREF _Toc12687252 \h 183Rick Schuknect - Battle Group PAGEREF _Toc12687253 \h 184Barry Boswell - NASA IS More Than The Astronauts PAGEREF _Toc12687254 \h 184Barry Boswell - Historic Days for ‘71 PAGEREF _Toc12687255 \h 185SIGN OF THE TIMES – Technology Improvements PAGEREF _Toc12687256 \h 186Never Fear – We Have FLIR (John L Morris 30th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687257 \h 18614th Company PAGEREF _Toc12687258 \h 188Robert A Capra PAGEREF _Toc12687259 \h 191Keeping A Secret PAGEREF _Toc12687260 \h 192Can it Get any Worse? PAGEREF _Toc12687261 \h 193David T. Laws PAGEREF _Toc12687262 \h 195What Goes Around…. PAGEREF _Toc12687263 \h 196….Comes Around PAGEREF _Toc12687264 \h 196Almost Jumping The Shark PAGEREF _Toc12687265 \h 197Micajah Wilson Newman PAGEREF _Toc12687266 \h 199Ceremony Of The Flame PAGEREF _Toc12687267 \h 200Homesick Sailor PAGEREF _Toc12687268 \h 204Command Duty Officer PAGEREF _Toc12687269 \h 206EDITOR’S CHOICE - The Tale of the Skunk PAGEREF _Toc12687270 \h 210Jerry Geil (20th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687271 \h 210SIGN OF THE TIMES – The Cold War PAGEREF _Toc12687272 \h 211Links in the Cold War Chain (Len Smith 26th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687273 \h 21115th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687274 \h 21415th Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687275 \h 214Jim Creelman’s Arrival @ NAS Pensacola PAGEREF _Toc12687276 \h 214Jim Creelman - Be true to your School PAGEREF _Toc12687277 \h 215Jim Creelman - Best Costume Ever PAGEREF _Toc12687278 \h 21615th Company Sea Stories PAGEREF _Toc12687279 \h 218Don Williams PAGEREF _Toc12687280 \h 218Cream Pie Fight at Dirty Joe’s, Pensacola Beach PAGEREF _Toc12687281 \h 219EDITOR’S CHOICE – Training Foreign Pilots PAGEREF _Toc12687282 \h 221Tom Dussman (17th Company) - Lost And Found In Translation PAGEREF _Toc12687283 \h 221SIGN OF THE TIMES – Race Riots PAGEREF _Toc12687284 \h 225That Silly Thing Called Race (Hank Turowski 23rd Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687285 \h 225SIGN OF THE TIMES – The Challenger Disaster PAGEREF _Toc12687286 \h 230The Challenger Challenges (Dave Leestma 25th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687287 \h 23016th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687288 \h 232Jeffrey Albright PAGEREF _Toc12687289 \h 233Welcome to the Navy Ensign Albright - By the Way – You’re Going to Vietnam! PAGEREF _Toc12687290 \h 23417th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687291 \h 23717th Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687292 \h 238Chuck May - The Dude Upstairs PAGEREF _Toc12687293 \h 238Chuck May – Hot Chocolate PAGEREF _Toc12687294 \h 238Chuck May – The Shah’s Nephew Has a Hot Wife PAGEREF _Toc12687295 \h 238Chuck May – Rickover’s Reject PAGEREF _Toc12687296 \h 239Chuck May – What’s A Radem? PAGEREF _Toc12687297 \h 240Chuck May – Family Dining PAGEREF _Toc12687298 \h 241Chuck May – ASW ‘Rocks’ PAGEREF _Toc12687299 \h 241Michael S. Donnelly PAGEREF _Toc12687300 \h 242Go Navy! Go Coasties! PAGEREF _Toc12687301 \h 243Thomas R. Dussman Jr. PAGEREF _Toc12687302 \h 246That Cubi Point Thing PAGEREF _Toc12687303 \h 247Phillip J. (Phil) Keuhlen PAGEREF _Toc12687304 \h 255Dancing with the Bear PAGEREF _Toc12687305 \h 257Chuck May PAGEREF _Toc12687306 \h 260Fire At Sea PAGEREF _Toc12687307 \h 261Murphy Shows the Flag PAGEREF _Toc12687308 \h 263SIGN OF THE TIMES – The Ghost of 3 Mile Island PAGEREF _Toc12687309 \h 266Atomic "Bomb" (Hank Turowski 23rd Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687310 \h 26618th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687311 \h 26918th Company Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687312 \h 270Rob Nelson – EMS Lebanon PAGEREF _Toc12687313 \h 270Col Andrew F. Mazzara, USMC (Ret) PAGEREF _Toc12687314 \h 271Working with Pirates: The Evacuation of Saigon PAGEREF _Toc12687315 \h 272The Wind and the “Lion?” A Port Visit to Hodeida, Yemen PAGEREF _Toc12687316 \h 273Long Weekend in Mogadishu PAGEREF _Toc12687317 \h 274Bull Spratt and Other Marine Things PAGEREF _Toc12687318 \h 275Marine Artillery in Desert Storm PAGEREF _Toc12687319 \h 276Daniel George Hickey PAGEREF _Toc12687320 \h 278The Vagaries of Naval Service PAGEREF _Toc12687321 \h 279Robert E Nelson PAGEREF _Toc12687322 \h 282SIGN OF THE TIMES – Technology Changes PAGEREF _Toc12687323 \h 283The Analog to Digital Conversion (Phil Keuhlen 17th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687324 \h 28319th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687325 \h 285Bob Morris PAGEREF _Toc12687326 \h 286Into The Breech (w/ Bill Zapf 35th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687327 \h 287Under Attack PAGEREF _Toc12687328 \h 290The Rescue PAGEREF _Toc12687329 \h 291EDITOR’S CHOICE - Deus Ex Solutionem PAGEREF _Toc12687330 \h 294Larry Simoneaux (2nd Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687331 \h 294SIGN OF THE TIMES – The Mayaquez Incident PAGEREF _Toc12687332 \h 296Terry Tonkin (24th Company) – Unforgotten Valor PAGEREF _Toc12687333 \h 29620th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687334 \h 30120th Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687335 \h 302Jerry Geil - Northeastern Bank of Pennsylvania PAGEREF _Toc12687336 \h 302Jerry Geil - hou Shalt Not Disrespect the Mighty Intruder PAGEREF _Toc12687337 \h 303Jerry Geil - To Russia, With Love PAGEREF _Toc12687338 \h 304Jerry Geil - Pouncing to Recovery PAGEREF _Toc12687339 \h 306Jerry Geil - Medicine, the Navy Way PAGEREF _Toc12687340 \h 307Sanford (Sandy) K Bernard PAGEREF _Toc12687341 \h 309The Sub That Wasn't PAGEREF _Toc12687342 \h 310Ross Stephen Dessert PAGEREF _Toc12687343 \h 313Battle Damage PAGEREF _Toc12687344 \h 314James Brantley Bryant PAGEREF _Toc12687345 \h 317Atomic Horseradish, a Submarine Sailor’s Salvation PAGEREF _Toc12687346 \h 318Atomic Horseradish Beats the Seal PAGEREF _Toc12687347 \h 319Jerry Geil PAGEREF _Toc12687348 \h 321A Legendary Night Near Midway PAGEREF _Toc12687349 \h 322Carrier Flight Operations, Routine without Mercy PAGEREF _Toc12687350 \h 328Win One for the “Gipper” PAGEREF _Toc12687351 \h 330My First and Only Jet Landing PAGEREF _Toc12687352 \h 333Where the Hell is Berbera? PAGEREF _Toc12687353 \h 335Lewis Mason PAGEREF _Toc12687354 \h 338A Most Unusual Cross-Country Flight, Or Why I’m Coming Home On The Bus! PAGEREF _Toc12687355 \h 339SIGN OF THE TIMES – Good Order and Discipline PAGEREF _Toc12687356 \h 345“Do Not Promote This Officer” (Hank Turowski 23rd Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687357 \h 34521ST COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687358 \h 34621st Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687359 \h 347Joe Wargo - Encountering the Active-Duty Pay Reality PAGEREF _Toc12687360 \h 347Harry William Bashore, III PAGEREF _Toc12687361 \h 348Blueprints, Skivvies, and an Errant Ship’s Compass PAGEREF _Toc12687362 \h 349Michael Jastrab PAGEREF _Toc12687363 \h 352“To Beards or Not TWO Beards? That Is The Question” PAGEREF _Toc12687364 \h 35322nd COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687365 \h 357Arlington R (Bob) Miller PAGEREF _Toc12687366 \h 358EDITOR’S CHOICE – Community Relations PAGEREF _Toc12687367 \h 360Super Bowl – Jim Barron (36th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687368 \h 360And Hawaii? – Jim Barron (36th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687369 \h 360SIGN OF THE TIMES – Bureaucracy PAGEREF _Toc12687370 \h 362Paying Just Debts - Larry Simoneaux (2nd Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687371 \h 36223rd COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687372 \h 36523rd Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687373 \h 366Don Rockwell - Down The Tubes PAGEREF _Toc12687374 \h 366Hank Turowski - Discipline in the Barracks PAGEREF _Toc12687375 \h 366Doug Murphy - Well, That Certainly Blows PAGEREF _Toc12687376 \h 367Don Rockwell - The Great Santini Prank Backfires PAGEREF _Toc12687377 \h 368Pat Doyle – Friends in Strange Places PAGEREF _Toc12687378 \h 368Hank Turowski - Planeguard PAGEREF _Toc12687379 \h 369Doug Murphy - Dead in the Water PAGEREF _Toc12687380 \h 369Don Rockwell - It's Why They Call it The ‘Narrows’ PAGEREF _Toc12687381 \h 370Charles Alan Perkins PAGEREF _Toc12687382 \h 372Advice From A Vice Admiral About A Peanut PAGEREF _Toc12687383 \h 373Donald E. Rockwell PAGEREF _Toc12687384 \h 375An Unexpected Swim Call PAGEREF _Toc12687385 \h 376Henry J. (Hank) Turowski PAGEREF _Toc12687386 \h 378Vietnam Pseudo Combat PAGEREF _Toc12687387 \h 379Dancers On The Fantail PAGEREF _Toc12687388 \h 383Navy Goats and Mowers PAGEREF _Toc12687389 \h 387Charles E Wood PAGEREF _Toc12687390 \h 389BARCAP 1973 USS Midway CV-41 PAGEREF _Toc12687391 \h 390Jim Yeakley – 12th Company PAGEREF _Toc12687392 \h 392The Apothecary And The Brewmeister – A Fable PAGEREF _Toc12687393 \h 392SIGN OF THE TIMES – The First Gulf War PAGEREF _Toc12687394 \h 396The Grenade – Scott McKenzie (1st Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687395 \h 39624th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687396 \h 401Peter D. Brady PAGEREF _Toc12687397 \h 402“…You’re Out Of Fighters” PAGEREF _Toc12687398 \h 403EDITOR’S CHOICE PAGEREF _Toc12687399 \h 408On Adversity, The Ties That Bind, and Recovery - Phil Keuhlen (17th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687400 \h 40825th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687401 \h 41125th Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687402 \h 412Dave Leestma - ’71 And The ISS PAGEREF _Toc12687403 \h 412David Cornell Leestma PAGEREF _Toc12687404 \h 413When the Weather Outside is Frightful PAGEREF _Toc12687405 \h 414SIGN OF THE TIMES – COMPLEX TECHNOLOGY PAGEREF _Toc12687406 \h 415Configuration Control – Jim Barron 36th Company PAGEREF _Toc12687407 \h 415First Comes The Radar PAGEREF _Toc12687408 \h 415Next Come The Missiles PAGEREF _Toc12687409 \h 415Then Comes The Shooter PAGEREF _Toc12687410 \h 416But Who Lost The Admiral? PAGEREF _Toc12687411 \h 417Finally-Too Many Buttons and Not Enough Time PAGEREF _Toc12687412 \h 41726th Company PAGEREF _Toc12687413 \h 41926th Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687414 \h 420John C. Ball PAGEREF _Toc12687415 \h 421The Blimp PAGEREF _Toc12687416 \h 422Fred R. Becker Jr. PAGEREF _Toc12687417 \h 425From Sea To Shining JAG PAGEREF _Toc12687418 \h 426A Visit to the White House PAGEREF _Toc12687419 \h 427Leonard Gregory Smith III PAGEREF _Toc12687420 \h 429“Plan Alpha!” PAGEREF _Toc12687421 \h 430SIGN OF THE TIMES - ’71 In Space PAGEREF _Toc12687422 \h 43327th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687423 \h 43727th Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687424 \h 437Paul Steinke – The Supercollider PAGEREF _Toc12687425 \h 437Rex W. Settlemoir PAGEREF _Toc12687426 \h 438John Lawrence Massie PAGEREF _Toc12687427 \h 439The Dive PAGEREF _Toc12687428 \h 440Father Joe and The Christmas Shirt PAGEREF _Toc12687429 \h 445SIGN OF THE TIMES – The Fall of Iran PAGEREF _Toc12687430 \h 450A Port Visit to Bandar Abbas (John L Morris 30th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687431 \h 45028th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687432 \h 45328th Company USNA Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687433 \h 454Phil Williams - An Agent Named Orange PAGEREF _Toc12687434 \h 454Steve Purdy - How I Became a Nuclear Trained Veterinarian PAGEREF _Toc12687435 \h 454Walter Barton PAGEREF _Toc12687436 \h 455Then They Named Some Mountains After Me PAGEREF _Toc12687437 \h 456Scott Fry PAGEREF _Toc12687438 \h 458Victor III PAGEREF _Toc12687439 \h 459Phil Williams PAGEREF _Toc12687440 \h 461Once A Marine… PAGEREF _Toc12687441 \h 462SIGN OF THE TIMES – First Gulf War PAGEREF _Toc12687442 \h 464Aftermath – Hank Turowski 23rd Company PAGEREF _Toc12687443 \h 464EDITOR’S CHOICE PAGEREF _Toc12687444 \h 466Charlie Carroll (31st Company)- T.A.D. to the Holy Land PAGEREF _Toc12687445 \h 46629th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687446 \h 47029th Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687447 \h 471Bob Miller – My Post USNA Evolution PAGEREF _Toc12687448 \h 471Ray Miller - A Sterno Warning PAGEREF _Toc12687449 \h 472Ray Miller - The Great Beer-Dandelion War PAGEREF _Toc12687450 \h 472Ray Miller - Cabana To The Rescue PAGEREF _Toc12687451 \h 472Robert T Cabana PAGEREF _Toc12687452 \h 473Dancing With the Stars PAGEREF _Toc12687453 \h 474STS-41 PAGEREF _Toc12687454 \h 475Willian E. Lukens PAGEREF _Toc12687455 \h 481Collision At Sea PAGEREF _Toc12687456 \h 482Explosion In Mayport PAGEREF _Toc12687457 \h 483Glen Montgomery PAGEREF _Toc12687458 \h 484Capturing An Island PAGEREF _Toc12687459 \h 485Background PAGEREF _Toc12687460 \h 485Desert Storm PAGEREF _Toc12687461 \h 485The Busiest Day of my Life PAGEREF _Toc12687462 \h 485Under Fire From Qaruh Island PAGEREF _Toc12687463 \h 486Inbound Aircraft And Enemy Mine PAGEREF _Toc12687464 \h 486The Enemy Surrenders PAGEREF _Toc12687465 \h 487All Things Considered PAGEREF _Toc12687466 \h 488SIGN OF THE TIMES – Project 100,000 PAGEREF _Toc12687467 \h 489“Private Williams” – Frank Gallagher (34th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687468 \h 48930th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687469 \h 49330th Company Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687470 \h 494John L Morris - Oh Vietnam – The Pipes, The Pipes Are Calling PAGEREF _Toc12687471 \h 494Mitch Rowland - Area 51??? Been There!!! PAGEREF _Toc12687472 \h 494Ben Holland - A Cannoneer’s Near Miss PAGEREF _Toc12687473 \h 495Henry Wilder - Operation Linebacker PAGEREF _Toc12687474 \h 495Charlie Harris - Admiral Zumwalt’s Grooming Standards Hit Home PAGEREF _Toc12687475 \h 496Mitch Rowland - Felony Mail Call PAGEREF _Toc12687476 \h 496Henry Wilder - A Pearl Conversion PAGEREF _Toc12687477 \h 497Larry Johnson - They REALLY Don’t Like Us Over There PAGEREF _Toc12687478 \h 498Charlie Harris PAGEREF _Toc12687479 \h 500On Leadership and Rubber Ladies PAGEREF _Toc12687480 \h 501William R. (Bill) Hilton PAGEREF _Toc12687481 \h 504Boxman PAGEREF _Toc12687482 \h 505John L Morris PAGEREF _Toc12687483 \h 507Volleyed and Thundered PAGEREF _Toc12687484 \h 508Secret Sub Salvage Situation PAGEREF _Toc12687485 \h 509Ghost Sub in the Persian Gulf PAGEREF _Toc12687486 \h 509In Case You Haven’t Guessed, I Love to Shoot Things PAGEREF _Toc12687487 \h 510Gamesmanship PAGEREF _Toc12687488 \h 512Cubi Point O’Club Adventure PAGEREF _Toc12687489 \h 513Why Not Run The Ship Aground PAGEREF _Toc12687490 \h 513Philo McGiffin Sails Again PAGEREF _Toc12687491 \h 514EDITOR’S CHOICE – Pilots Fly – Pilots Die PAGEREF _Toc12687492 \h 516Tom Dussman (17th Company) – Welcome to Naval Aviation PAGEREF _Toc12687493 \h 51631ST COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687494 \h 52231st Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687495 \h 523John Meister - Spinning With The Chaplain PAGEREF _Toc12687496 \h 523John Meister - The Admiral Ditches Me PAGEREF _Toc12687497 \h 524John Meister - How Much Is This Going To Cost Me? PAGEREF _Toc12687498 \h 525Charlie Carroll, USMC PAGEREF _Toc12687499 \h 526Getting to Nam Phong PAGEREF _Toc12687500 \h 527Mare Island Follies PAGEREF _Toc12687501 \h 528Fiscal Year 1973 PAGEREF _Toc12687502 \h 528The Tri-annual Buildings Inventory PAGEREF _Toc12687503 \h 529Mercury Exclusion Area PAGEREF _Toc12687504 \h 532Trading Chow PAGEREF _Toc12687505 \h 533Sixth Army PAGEREF _Toc12687506 \h 534Fun with Engineers PAGEREF _Toc12687507 \h 535The Lighting Survey PAGEREF _Toc12687508 \h 535How to Deal with HQMC PAGEREF _Toc12687509 \h 536Staying Ready …. and Solvent PAGEREF _Toc12687510 \h 536Staying Ready …. and Legal PAGEREF _Toc12687511 \h 537Saving the Gama Goats PAGEREF _Toc12687512 \h 538EDITOR’S CHOICE – In The Name of Science PAGEREF _Toc12687513 \h 540Larry Simoneaux (2nd Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687514 \h 540SIGN OF THE TIMES – Pilots to Sea PAGEREF _Toc12687515 \h 543Ken Marks (32nd Company) - The Right Reasons PAGEREF _Toc12687516 \h 54332nd COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687517 \h 54532nd Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687518 \h 546Bruce Cole - Missile Away! PAGEREF _Toc12687519 \h 54632nd Company Sea Stories PAGEREF _Toc12687520 \h 548Tom Gorski PAGEREF _Toc12687521 \h 548Sick at Sea! PAGEREF _Toc12687522 \h 549Bos’n Humor PAGEREF _Toc12687523 \h 550It’s Not Just A Job, It’s An Adventure PAGEREF _Toc12687524 \h 551WOOPS, Wrong Ship! PAGEREF _Toc12687525 \h 552Brian Finegold PAGEREF _Toc12687526 \h 554Who Says Carrier Aviation is Not Dangerous? PAGEREF _Toc12687527 \h 555Bruce Lemkin PAGEREF _Toc12687528 \h 557No Problem! PAGEREF _Toc12687529 \h 558Dick Morawski PAGEREF _Toc12687530 \h 561Don’t Worry We’ve Got You! PAGEREF _Toc12687531 \h 562EDITOR’S CHOICE- How’s The Cow? PAGEREF _Toc12687532 \h 564Hank Turowski 23rd Company PAGEREF _Toc12687533 \h 56433rd COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687534 \h 566John W. Closs PAGEREF _Toc12687535 \h 567God’s Grace Underwater PAGEREF _Toc12687536 \h 568A Reenlistment Adventure PAGEREF _Toc12687537 \h 572Richard W. “Dick” Cooper, II PAGEREF _Toc12687538 \h 574Almost Sunken Ship PAGEREF _Toc12687539 \h 575The Great Underwater Horse Race PAGEREF _Toc12687540 \h 577EDITOR’S CHOICE – Advice to Live By PAGEREF _Toc12687541 \h 583Jerry Geil (20th Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687542 \h 583SIGN OF THE TIMES - SOUTH LEBANON PAGEREF _Toc12687543 \h 585Bob Nelson (18th Company) - My Purple Heart! PAGEREF _Toc12687544 \h 58534th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687545 \h 59134th Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687546 \h 592Jim Stratton - Saved By A Seaman Apprentice PAGEREF _Toc12687547 \h 592Bill Hatcher - Connole Lost & Found: Two Sunfish Sailboats PAGEREF _Toc12687548 \h 593Chuck Janes - Not Just An Ordinary Unrep PAGEREF _Toc12687549 \h 594Mitch Marich - Subic Bay Liberty PAGEREF _Toc12687550 \h 595Bill Hatcher - Connole Lost & Found: Russian Kashins PAGEREF _Toc12687551 \h 595Chuck Janes – Close Call in the Philippine Sea PAGEREF _Toc12687552 \h 596Jim Stratton - Oscar Overboard! PAGEREF _Toc12687553 \h 596Mitch Marich - Riding Out A Typhoon in Port PAGEREF _Toc12687554 \h 597Bill Hatcher - Connole Lost & Found: Russian Echo-Class Submarines PAGEREF _Toc12687555 \h 598Dick Cheliras - General Quarters, General Quarters… PAGEREF _Toc12687556 \h 598Tom Acton PAGEREF _Toc12687557 \h 600Mid-Pacific Ocean Rescue Mission PAGEREF _Toc12687558 \h 601Don Beckham PAGEREF _Toc12687559 \h 605That Sinking Feeling You Get PAGEREF _Toc12687560 \h 606Dick Cheliras PAGEREF _Toc12687561 \h 608A Fond Farewell PAGEREF _Toc12687562 \h 609Frank Gallagher PAGEREF _Toc12687563 \h 611Voyage of the Damned PAGEREF _Toc12687564 \h 613Randy Harper PAGEREF _Toc12687565 \h 616The FAC, Or Randy’s Hawaiian Melodrama PAGEREF _Toc12687566 \h 617Mitch Marich PAGEREF _Toc12687567 \h 622A Greenland Junket PAGEREF _Toc12687568 \h 623Kevin C. Nicolin PAGEREF _Toc12687569 \h 625Suicide Mission PAGEREF _Toc12687570 \h 62635th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687571 \h 62835th Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687572 \h 629Sankey Blanton – Two Stars on the NDR PAGEREF _Toc12687573 \h 629David Charvat – Three Cheers for Lucho PAGEREF _Toc12687574 \h 629Sankey Blanton PAGEREF _Toc12687575 \h 630Sankey Blanton Post-Navy Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687576 \h 631First I Retired From the Navy PAGEREF _Toc12687577 \h 631Then Came 9-11 and the National Guard PAGEREF _Toc12687578 \h 631National Guard; Afghanistan – NBC to Burn Bags PAGEREF _Toc12687579 \h 632National Guard; Afghanistan – ‘Beat Army’ PAGEREF _Toc12687580 \h 633David E. Charvat PAGEREF _Toc12687581 \h 635A Peruvian Navy Adventure PAGEREF _Toc12687582 \h 636William R Nevitt PAGEREF _Toc12687583 \h 639My First, Last, and Only Command-At-Sea PAGEREF _Toc12687584 \h 640A Premature Amphibious Assault PAGEREF _Toc12687585 \h 642Troy K. Pyles PAGEREF _Toc12687586 \h 644EDITOR’S CHOICE – Military Retirement PAGEREF _Toc12687587 \h 645Ken Marks (32nd Company)– Will I Ever get This Right? PAGEREF _Toc12687588 \h 64536th COMPANY PAGEREF _Toc12687589 \h 648Craig Welling - Lake Placid is Anything But - When We Are There PAGEREF _Toc12687590 \h 64936TH Company Sea Story Vignettes PAGEREF _Toc12687591 \h 652Jim Barron - The Radio Room - OP IMMEDIATE PAGEREF _Toc12687592 \h 652Jim Barron - The Radio Room – Call My Deputy PAGEREF _Toc12687593 \h 653Jim Barron - Picture Window PAGEREF _Toc12687594 \h 654Jim Barron - SWEET TOOTH PAGEREF _Toc12687595 \h 655Jim Barron PAGEREF _Toc12687596 \h 6561972 Vietnam Easter Offensive PAGEREF _Toc12687597 \h 658The Aegis Test Officer PAGEREF _Toc12687598 \h 660400 Hurts PAGEREF _Toc12687599 \h 662MISSILE Pk AND O’BRIEN’S LAW PAGEREF _Toc12687600 \h 664SIGN OF THE TIMES – September 11, 2001 PAGEREF _Toc12687601 \h 667The Morning That Changed Everything - Timothy J. Keating, (1st Company) PAGEREF _Toc12687602 \h 667IN MEMORIAM PAGEREF _Toc12687603 \h 671Arthur King Bennett III PAGEREF _Toc12687604 \h 671James Patrick Collins PAGEREF _Toc12687605 \h 672Michael Ralph Compton PAGEREF _Toc12687606 \h 672Richard Charles Hormel PAGEREF _Toc12687607 \h 673Brian Dwane Hurst PAGEREF _Toc12687608 \h 674David Anthony Knott PAGEREF _Toc12687609 \h 675William Herman Marle: PAGEREF _Toc12687610 \h 676Michael Reed Martin PAGEREF _Toc12687611 \h 676Craig Lee McFarlane PAGEREF _Toc12687612 \h 676Michael Leggett Orrison PAGEREF _Toc12687613 \h 677Granville Dexter Pullen PAGEREF _Toc12687614 \h 678Albert Arthur Schaufelberger III PAGEREF _Toc12687615 \h 678Michael Thomas Zurfluh PAGEREF _Toc12687616 \h 679 ................
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