Best Friends
BT2 Scott Uline STG3 E.Buckner RMSN Wheeler BTFN Arno Smith MR1 Nole Fune MR3 Perry Dugay MM3 Eagling EN3 MacAvoy EN3 Brennan Tombs Jose Mangabat Pedro Magistrado Jun Cruz Pete Rose
Best Moment
1982 - Between Thailand and P.I., we rescued 12 Vietnamese "Boat People". The night before we were attacked by Vietnamese craft, 70 miles south of Con Son Island. A warrant officer was wounded in the chest, in the board room, by a .30 cal. round that pierced the bulkhead. I spent 4 hours running the high-pressure air compressor in the boiler room...not knowing if a torpedo was gonna rip thru the bulkhead or what. Pure adrenalin matey!
Worst Moment
Waking up in my bunk to see BM3 Jim Back's buttcrack, right in front of my face, as he was walking out from the showers. Yuck!
Criteria The Humanitarian Service Medal is an individual award, presented to individuals who are physically present at the site of immediate relief and who directly contribute to and influence the humanitarian... The Humanitarian Service Medal is an individual award, presented to individuals who are physically present at the site of immediate relief and who directly contribute to and influence the humanitarian action. The Humanitarian Service Medal is only awarded for service during the identified "period of immediate relief;" eligibility for the Humanitarian Service Medal terminates once (if) the humanitarian action evolves into an "established ongoing operation beyond the initial emergency condition." MoreHide
Description We rescued 12 Vietnamese "boat people", in the South China Sea, and took them to the Philippines.
They had been at sea for ten days and had run out of water for 3 days.
They left Vietnam with another b... We rescued 12 Vietnamese "boat people", in the South China Sea, and took them to the Philippines.
They had been at sea for ten days and had run out of water for 3 days.
They left Vietnam with another boat filled with 200 people that got boarded by Malaysian pirates who killed all the men, raped the women, stole all valuables, kidnapped the children and young girls for white slavery, and left the old people to die.
Their boat escaped without harm. MoreHide
Criteria The Sea Service Deployment Ribbon is awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned to U.S. homeported (including Hawaii and Alaska) ships, deploying units, or Fleet Marine Force commands, f... The Sea Service Deployment Ribbon is awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned to U.S. homeported (including Hawaii and Alaska) ships, deploying units, or Fleet Marine Force commands, for 12 months accumulated sea duty, or for duty with the Fleet Marine Force that includes at least one deployment of 90 consecutive days. MoreHide
Description Team Spirit was a joint military training exercise of United States Forces Korea and the Military of South Korea held between 1976 and 1993. The exercise was scheduled from 1994 to 1996 but cancelled Team Spirit was a joint military training exercise of United States Forces Korea and the Military of South Korea held between 1976 and 1993. The exercise was scheduled from 1994 to 1996 but cancelled in each year as part of diplomacy to encourage the Government of North Korea to disable the North Korean nuclear weapons program. The North Korea regime abandoned talks following the January 1986 Team Spirit exercises, and in late 1992, North Korea unilaterally withdrew from the South-North High-Level Talks on the pretext of the 1993 Team Spirit exercise.
Until 2007 the exercise had been called "Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration of Forces" (RSOI). As of March 2008, it is called Key Resolve. North Korea has denounced the joint military exercise as a "war game aimed at a northward invasion."... More
People You Remember
Everyone aboard the USS Turner Joy (DD-951) - In 1982, while visiting Chin-hae and Pusan, Korea.
Description Cobra Gold is an Asia-Pacific military exercise held in Thailand every year. It is the largest Asia-Pacific military exercise held each year, and is among the largest multinational military exercise iCobra Gold is an Asia-Pacific military exercise held in Thailand every year. It is the largest Asia-Pacific military exercise held each year, and is among the largest multinational military exercise in which the United States participates.
Cobra Gold was first held in 1982. It served as military training exercise to improve coordination between the armed forces of the United States and Thailand in both hostile military and humanitarian efforts. It also had the goal of strengthening ties between the U.S. and Thailand, the oldest ally of the United States in the South Asia region. More recently, Cobra Gold has served a humanitarian mission, as military personnel deliver health care to the local Thai population, and as a testing ground for new battlefield technologies such as solar powered weaponry.
Cobra Gold has three distinct activities. The first is the Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX), in which live ammunition is aimed at predetermined locations. Troops then assault a beach and landing zone while this live fire occurs. Any miscalculation in the placement, explosive power, or timing of the live fire could be deadly. The second activity is a Command Post Exercise (CPX), in which military officers engage in computerized wargames, disaster relief, or humanitarian missions over several days. The final activity is assisting the local Thai population.
Cobra Gold includes Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and other South Asian and Pacific Ocean countries.... More
People You Remember
Everyone aboard the USS Turner Joy (DD-951) during WESPAC '82.
Memories In 1982, the Royal Thai Armed Forces and the U.S. Armed Forces initiated joint training, under the nIn 1982, the Royal Thai Armed Forces and the U.S. Armed Forces initiated joint training, under the name of Exercise COBRA GOLD. At that time, the Royal Thai Navy was conducting naval, air and landing exercise with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. These included: PHIBTRAEX, SEAIAM, UNDERSEAL, and EODEX exercises under the name Cobra Gold 1982. Cobra Gold is designed to enhance mutual cooperation and regional security, as well as strengthen Thailandâ??s ability to respond to a regional crisis. The exercise includes computer-simulated and field training exercises, seminars for senior military leaders and humanitarian projects. An annual multilateral exercise held in Thailand, COBRA GOLD began as a bilateral Thai-U.S. exercise in 1982.... More
Description June 20, 1982 - Destroyers USS Lynde McCormick (DDG 8), USS Turner Joy (DD 951) and the cruiser USS Sterett were fired upon by machine guns from an unidentified vessel after returning from the U.S.-ThJune 20, 1982 - Destroyers USS Lynde McCormick (DDG 8), USS Turner Joy (DD 951) and the cruiser USS Sterett were fired upon by machine guns from an unidentified vessel after returning from the U.S.-Thai exercise Cobra Gold, '82. McCormick returned fire and the foreign vessel fled without further action.... More
People You Remember June 20, 1982 - Destroyers USS Lynde McCormick (DDG 8), USS Turner Joy (DD 951) and the cruiser USS June 20, 1982 - Destroyers USS Lynde McCormick (DDG 8), USS Turner Joy (DD 951) and the cruiser USS Sterett were fired upon by machine guns from an unidentified vessel after returning from the U.S.-Thai exercise Cobra Gold, '82. McCormick returned fire and the foreign vessel fled without further action. Here's the original story as reported in the Stars & Stripes... http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/dd951-82/index_010.htm... More
Memories 1982 - Between Thailand and P.I., in the South China Sea, we were attacked by Vietnamese craft, 70 m1982 - Between Thailand and P.I., in the South China Sea, we were attacked by Vietnamese craft, 70 miles south of Con Son Island. A warrant officer was wounded in the chest, in the Ward Room, by a .30 cal. round that pierced the bulkhead. I spent 4 hours running the high-pressure air compressor in the FWD boiler room...not knowing if a torpedo was gonna rip thru the bulkhead or what. Pure adrenalin matey!... More
Criteria The Sea Service Deployment Ribbon is awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned to U.S. homeported (including Hawaii and Alaska) ships, deploying units, or Fleet Marine Force commands, f... The Sea Service Deployment Ribbon is awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned to U.S. homeported (including Hawaii and Alaska) ships, deploying units, or Fleet Marine Force commands, for 12 months accumulated sea duty, or for duty with the Fleet Marine Force that includes at least one deployment of 90 consecutive days. MoreHide
Worst Moment
A female C.O.!? No obstacle course!? Training without M-14's!? Training without seabags!? WHO SISSIFIED MY NAVY!!!??? Finding out the real navy wasn't at all like boot camp :p
Instructors
CPO MCreedy
Other Memories
Eating a full-course dinner (2 pcs chicken, mash taters, roll, milk), in 4 seconds so i could be the 3rd man back to the barracks and be able to make a phone call home...the other two guys ahead of me didn't eat a bite!
Description A Western Pacific Cruise is a ship's deployment from her home port, usually lasting between 5 and 8 months. Ships visit different ports such as Phuket, Thailand; Salalah, Oman; Darwin, Australia, BaliA Western Pacific Cruise is a ship's deployment from her home port, usually lasting between 5 and 8 months. Ships visit different ports such as Phuket, Thailand; Salalah, Oman; Darwin, Australia, Bali, Jebel Ali, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong. The ships hosted foreign militaries, performed numerous underway replenishments-at-sea and conducted general quarters drills, fire drills and maritime patrols.
US Navy provides during these deployments provocative "freedom of navigation" operations, known as FONOPS, that send warships into the disputed areas around the world on any given year.
Any cruise is hazardous with sailors injured or killed during flight, refueling, ordnance, operations or weather; day or night. Foriegn military vessels threatening by fast approach to ramming. Often at times ships are endangered by low fly overs from hostile aircraft.
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People You Remember Our C.O. and X.O. were the worst on this cruise. http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/0595170.jpg BuOur C.O. and X.O. were the worst on this cruise. http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/0595170.jpg But some of my shipmates were the best! http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/dd951-82/index.html... More
Memories Had the best times in Chinhae, Sasebo, Hong Kong, and Pattaya. Most exciting experience - Between ThHad the best times in Chinhae, Sasebo, Hong Kong, and Pattaya. Most exciting experience - Between Thailand and P.I., we rescued 12 Vietnamese "Boat People". They had been at sea for ten days and had run out of water for 3 days. They left Vietnam with another boat filled with 200 people that got boarded by Malaysian pirates who killed all the men, raped the women, stole all valuables, kidnapped the children and young girls for white slavery, and left the old people to die. Their boat escaped without harm. The night before we were attacked by Vietnamese craft, 70 miles south of Con Son Island. A warrant officer was wounded in the chest, in the board room, by a .30 cal. round that pierced the bulkhead. I spent 4 hours running the high-pressure air compressor in the boiler room...not knowing if a torpedo was gonna rip thru the bulkhead or what. Pure adrenalin matey!... More
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