We used to say that if the eastern meditteranean was a vast lawn,
and the Vreeland was a lawnmower,
there wouldn't be a blade of grass standing....
Derwin Lee Self |
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| Name : Mike |
03 Aug 2003
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| Rate/Rank : STG2 |
| Years Onboard : 1988 |
| e-mail : sonardog@aol.com |
Comments : Yohoo!!!!! Bridget!!! where are you :))Miss all you guys from the vern!Anyone seen Dude!!! Miss ya All
Spike
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| Name : Starr King |
13 Aug 2003
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| Rate/Rank : LCDR (SWO) |
| Years Onboard : 86-88 |
| e-mail : stephen.s.king@navy.mil |
Comments : Wow! So glad I surfed onto this site from my computer deep in the sub-basement of the Pentagon. I was the TAO who speared the Turkish fish! Good memories of my tour a Weapons Officer for
CDR T.J. Barry. Anyone remember? I drove a Sportster at the time. The name of the island in the Grenadines was Cariacou, and you all drank every beer on the island. My predecessor is still on active duty, too.
"Donde esta Bob Whitkop?" is at NAVNETWARCOM in the Norfolk area.
My favorite memory is from the south of France - Teole Sur Mer, or something kinda close. Mongo had gone ashore in the gig in full dress whites to make official "calls." The gig broke down while he was visiting the mayor of the little French Riviera town. I about freaked, but the image of Mongo, in full dress whites, standing tall and proud against gig's taffrail as it was towed out to anchor by the motor whale boat almost made up for the ass-chewing I got.
CAPT Bruce Carter (was Ops when I was Weps) is still on active duty, too. He is assigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence in Suitland.
When I was in my C.O. tour in Mayport, BMC Charlie Florida worked as a rigger for one of the ship repair firms that worked the basin.
CAPT Barry retired from the Navy in the mid-nineties. Last I heard, he was teaching Theology at Bishop Kinney High School.
Thanks for the memories, Shipmates! CAPT S. Starr King, USN CNO(N702B)
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| Name : Jeff Marshall |
12 Aug 2003
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| Rate/Rank : STG2 |
| Years Onboard : 85-90 |
| e-mail : Marshall@wpb.nuwc.navy.mil |
Comments : SonarDog...Man, good to see ya on here again. Would like to hear from you again. Drop me a line if you would please.
Jeffro
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| Name : Derwin Lee Self |
27 Aug 2003
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| Rate/Rank : ETN2 |
| Years Onboard : 72-73 |
| e-mail : derwin_lee_self@citlink.net |
Comments : We used to say that if the eastern meditteranean was a vast lawn, and the Vreeland was a lawnmower, there wouldn't be a blade of grass standing....
I was just looking for a picture of the ship when I ran into this website- Wow, what a great site! I was an ETn2 assigned upon her arrival Charleston for drydocking prior to her deployment to Desron 12 and during the first
part of the Greek homeporting- I dont know how much longer she stayed there, but my time aboard in the Med was filled with some of the best memories I have...
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| Notes of Interest : Do any of you former squids of the "Greek Era" remember the best GQ we ever had, when we woke up in Kithira anchorage surrounded by what seemed the entire Russian Navy- and the JOOD called ' GQ, this is no drill! 'when he observed the entire Russian fleet around us going to General Quarters? A
practice the Russian Navy observed as part of their getting underway routine? As I recall, Capt Snyder was REAL proud of that achievement! Though we never again did get an under one minute GQ during any drill.... |
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