OT: Manning the rails

[bigboxes]

Getting underway from Pier 4 Norfolk Naval Station in 1993. The destination was the Mediterranean in support of the Sixth Fleet. USS Sylvania (AFS-2)

 

[HUSKERFAN66]

Getting underway from Pier 4 Norfolk Naval Station 1992. The destination was the Mediterranean in support of the Sixth Fleet.

Cool

 

[bigboxes]

YN3 Burch, SH3 Burnett, DK3 Buchanan

 

[Jarhead Red]

Hey boxes? I believe that's the USS Saipan in the background - correct?

Good pics!

 

[Jost Van Dyke]

Very nice!

 

[Wasnt-drunk-didnt-troll]

Thank you too all service members. Your sacrifice is appreciated.


(Iowa sucks) ya ya.

 

[bigboxes]

Hey boxes? I believe that's the USS Saipan in the background - correct?

Good pics!

Yessir and thank you. Decided to digitally archive my photos. Haven't had a whole lot of free time. Will be adding to this thread pictures of my first Med Cruise.

On a side note, my nephew is scheduled for a May deployment (USMC). I'm excited for him. I sure hope he ends up in Japan and not Afghanistan. I'm sure he'll serve honorably, regardless.

 

[HUSKERFAN66]

Thank you too all service members. Your sacrifice is appreciated.


(Iowa sucks) ya ya.

Right on both!!!

 

[bigboxes]

Tugboat leading us out of Chesapeake Bay

 

[bigboxes]

QMSR Chevalier on the port bridge wing

 

[bigboxes]

SA Mims in Personnel

 

[bigboxes]

FC1 Gray

 

[bigboxes]

HM3 Clayburn, HM2 Poole in Medical

 

[bigboxes]

Forktruck passageway

 

[bigboxes]

Chow line

 

[bigboxes]

SR Birchard in the scullery. Upon arriving at their first permanent duty station, recruits have to spend 3 months working in the mess deck; otherwise known as mess cranking.

 

[bigboxes]

SM2 Leath standing watch on the signal bridge. Also, SM1 Bay, SM2 Paulk.

 

[bigboxes]

DK1 King in Disbursing

 

[bigboxes]

Gibraltar with a cloud covering the peak. Too bad I didn't have a better camera. Still cool.

 

[wcbrooks]

I love these pictures, I remember manning the rails on the USCGC Confidence as we came into Vancouver, BC in ‘72, blaring “Burning Bridges.” It was a rush even though it wasn’t even a burp on the locals. All of us in our Donald Duck outfits, it was cool.

 

[Sinomatic]

Dungarees!!!

 

[Jarhead Red]

Yessir and thank you. Decided to digitally archive my photos. Haven't had a whole lot of free time. Will be adding to this thread pictures of my first Med Cruise.

On a side note, my nephew is scheduled for a May deployment (USMC). I'm excited for him. I sure hope he ends up in Japan and not Afghanistan. I'm sure he'll serve honorably, regardless.

Yes I thought that was an LHA....I served some time aboard her sister ship the USS Nassau (LHA-4)

A Semper Fi shout-out to your nephew!!

 

[bigboxes]

All of us in our Donald Duck outfits, it was cool.

Pants were optional?

 

[bigboxes]

Lt. Wolf doing helo maintenance

 

[huskerdrb]

Where is Segal?

 

[bigboxes]

Helo refueling. I've done that before.

 

[bigboxes]

Vertical replenishment

 

[bigboxes]

Sub station @ La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy

 

[HUSKERFAN66]

Geez Boxes. You sure none of these pictures are classified?? Hate to lose you from this board.. Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

 

[bigboxes]

Many of us had collateral duties, other than our main duties, while certain operations were underway. Here's DK Buchanan doing some study in his down time. He was acting as a hose handler in case of a crash. It's one of the many collateral duties that I did as well.

 

[bigboxes]

Over 25 years ago... I'm giving away state secrets on the supply chain!

 

[bigboxes]

PC3 Scott (sound powered phone talker) and LtJG Kittleson

 

[HUSKERFAN66]

Over 25 years ago... I'm giving away state secrets on the supply chain!

Had to give you a hard time. I think your pictures are great and thank you for your service.

 

[tro80]

While your service is greatly appreciated, I have to say I remain partial to the yoga pants thread.

 

[HUSKERFAN66]

While your service is greatly appreciated, I have to say I remain partial to the yoga pants thread.

It's all those years at sea!!

 

[8675309husker]

No pics of Boatswains Mates. The best rate on the ship.

 

[bigboxes]

No pics of Boatswains Mates. The best rate on the ship.

I'm slowly getting there, swabby.

 

[bigboxes]

While your service is greatly appreciated, I have to say I remain partial to the yoga pants thread.

You're a true American!

 

[Larry Hagman's Liver]

Great pics, bigboxes. Thanks for your service.

 

[romanman]

Getting underway from Pier 4 Norfolk Naval Station in 1992. The destination was the Mediterranean in support of the Sixth Fleet.

I was station on the USS Orion a sub tender around that time frame.