akbeemer
SURVIVOR
Nice looking ship.
Isn't that a boat?
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Nice looking ship.
Isn't that a boat?
No I ment ship., see me up on th 0-9 level steering.
You were on the USS Albany? CG-12?
Ooops... I meant the Columbus... Albany was CG-10...
USAF Active Duty...what a great read and kudos to all the "old" guys.
ICBM's
Satellite Ops (flying GPS...and yes we fly 'em...3-axis stabilized)
Ops Planner (Europe)
Pentagon Desk Jockey
Respectfully,
BB
Nice looking ship. I served on the USS Columbus CG-12 from April 73 to decommission in Sep 75.
Any other CGr's?
CG-11 on pier side, Subic Bay, Philippines...
Wasn't the Columbus 6th Fleet? I wrangled #6 line on the pier to tie her up in Barcelona September/Oct '73. Med style, stern in.
CG-12 I am pretty sure. Big pretty 'Boat' for a DE'r like me.
Jan, almost the same thing happened to me. I went to Fort Bragg and while I was still in the in-processing center the First Sergeant asked for people who could type. I raised my hand and was sent to HQ & HQ Company XVIII Abn Corps. I stayed there two years and then processed out.US Army, '69-'71. Never went overseas. Trained in Special Electronics Repair, in the Army's way of doing things, never worked a minute in it. Was sent to Ft. Leonard Wood, figured just until shipping to Viet Nam. Inprocessing Sargent asked if I could type, had me type a few sentences, and said, "Your job here is to repair pop-up targets on the rifle range in mud up to your a$$. That guy over there is my typist, he's ETS-ing in 2 weeks, so you can fix targets or be him. "Where's my desk?", I said, figuring it was only temporary. Never went anywhere else... Joined a great off-road riding club, it was wide-open territory in Missouri then, not a fence in sight...