Thank you Bruce Skach balloon ZROZRO7 – my first balloon ride. In a couple of days I will get more pictures and videos up on the website. Again, Thanks Bruce it was amazing!!!
See the October 2019 Video page to watch the first video I took during the flight. Videos are on their own page because of their size. For people living on the road data has to be watched every day. The video is 25 megs long and is the October 09, 2019 section. Video Page
Here are the pictures I took during the flight. I wanted to enjoy the flight and not spend the whole time taking pictures and videos.
I joined the Navy while I was still in high school however
October 09, 1969 was my first day of active service.
3 years, 1 month, 19 days Vietnam 11 months, 22 days
Here are some pictures I found
Boot Camp class picture, where am I?
Answer below
This picture is of me and my brother Richard, from the date it must be after leave from bootcamp and on my way to Pensacola, Florida for A School at NCTC Naval Communication Training Center Corry Field.
This is my A School class. I can only remember two names. Chief Cooper and the guy to the right of me is Kyle I don’t remember is last name. When I graduated from A School I ended up being the 20,000th sailor to graduate from the school. They made a big deal about having graduated the 20,000th sailor. The Admiral in charge of Naval Security Group NSG came to Pensacola for the class graduation.
The
next three pictures are from Vietnam
I don’t remember why this group picture was taken, however
I’m not in it because I took the picture.
This is Dean Carstens and me taken August 20, 1972 (date was
written on the back), my guess is Dean and I were going on watch. We were responsible for manning fire point
number 13 (I think that was the number) it was a short distance from our workspaces.
Again, don’t know why or when the picture was taken but it
is in front of our workspaces. The gate
is open and the gate was never left open so we weren’t there very long.
This has to be when my folks picked me up at SeaTac Airport
on my way home from Vietnam and out of the Navy.
50 years ago today I went into the Navy. 50 years sounds like such a long time ago, I guess it was a long time ago. Bootcamp – San Diego, CA A School – Pensacola, FL First Duty Station – Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, DC – CT (Communication Technician) Detailing (Duty Station) Assignment Office SERE School – Coronado, CA Fleet Support Detachment – Danang, Vietnam
Boot Camp picture – Three rows down, three in from the right
