USS Vreeland Log, November 2002
Name : Jeff Marshall 6 Nov 2002
Rate/Rank : STG2
Years Onboard : 84-90
e-mail : Marshall@wpb.nuwc.navy.mil
Comments : Glad to see the site is doing well. I looked at it about a year ago and didn't recognize many names. Now I see a few names from AS division signed on that I recognize. Had some great times while on the "Mighty Vern". Did 2 Med Cruises, countless trips to the carribean. My first time to sea was a cruise to the North Atlantic in October, what a way to break in a landlubber.

Would like to hear from Mike Locker, Ron Breightmyer and Chris Iorio if you happen to see this. Anyone else that served on the Mighty Vern for that matter. Like to find out whats been going on.

I remember all of the people that Ron Breightmyer mentioned and a few more, they might have come onboard after Ron and Mike Locker left. There was Brad Stallings, Don Cadrain, Matt Stelmate (GMM), Allen Hall, Rob (My brothers a cheif) Sousie, George (ABBA ABBA) Franklin, Master Cheif Steve Diehl, Marty Sutton (OS), LCDR (Lizard) Thorgeson (Helo Pilot) and a guy we called DUDE (can not remember his name).

After I got out, I got a job in the Bahamas working at AUTEC. I spent 10 good years living on that island. Did tracking all of those years on the island and now I'm doing sensor accuracy testing for the navy as a contractor. I often wonder if I will run into anyone that I served with on the Vern.
Name : Richard S. Hansen, M.D. 14 Nov 2002
Rate/Rank : ETM 3c
e-mail : RiJaHan@aol.com
Comments : As an older (76) Richard S. Hansen, I was in World War II as an electronics technician, sailed in the Pacific and the Persian gulf on a destroyer and the US Kaskaskia (a large tanker). The Vreeland is a ship I had not heard of before this morning, 11/14/02. I hope to exchange email with the Richard S. Hansen on the ship's Gulf War roster and learn his current views on the situation in the Middle East. It is great that there is a Vreeland web site. Thank you.
Name : Bruce Smith 30 Nov 2002
Rate/Rank : BT2 (SW)
Years Onboard : 83-87
e-mail : brucepsmith@mn.rr.com
Comments : Great to find something on the ol' girl. I did a search last year and it didn't turn up much. I have a bunch of pictures in an old scrapbook that my kids were just looking at a while ago. I'll get some of them together and send them out.I too have a lot of memories from the Vreeland. There never seemed to be a dull moment. It's hard to believe it was that long ago.One thing that hasn't changed since I got out...I'm still working night shifts. I work in a power plant as a turbine engineer and work rotating shifts. I'm at work now.I was actually telling someone the other day how much I missed being out in the middle of the ocean. Did anyone think they'd ever say that WHILE they were out to sea? Enough rambling for now. That's what happens when I get all jacked up on coffee at 2 o'clock in the morning.Great to see some familiar names.
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