GUYS FORM SUPPLY TAUGHT ME MORE THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD EVER CARE TO KNOW ABOUT MILSTRIP/ MILSTRAP AND ALL THAT BOX-KICKER STUFF. I FORGET THEIR NAMES, BUT EVEN THE SKSN WHO SPENT A FEW HOURS WITH ME ON MY SECOND DAY THERE (AND KEPT MUTTERING "HOLY SH!+! HOW DID HE KEEP TRACK FO THINGS? AND THIS IS MEDICAL... SUPPOSED TO BE THE NEATEST PLACE ON THE SHIP". GOOD GUYS ALL!
Worst Moment HAD ALL FOUR THIRD MOLARS (WISDOM TEETH) EXTRACTED AND DEVELOPED ALVEOLAR OSETITIS (DRY SOCKET) IN TWO OF THEM. I WAS MISERABLE... FOR TWO DAYS, I JUST LOCKED MYSELF IN THE SUPPLY OFFICE PLAYED MILSTRAP/MILSTRIP MASTER AND TURNED OUT ALL THE STOCK RECORD CARDS, STANDARD STOCK REQUISITIONS AND LOG -- BY HAND. DIDN'T HAVE TO TALK TO ANYONE AND TOLD THE JUNIOR HM TO CALL ME IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY. I GUESS I WAS A BIT CRANKY OR JUST DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING AFTER MUSTER ON ONE DAY AND HE DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME WHEN KNOCK OFF SOUNDED. I GOT UP FROM THE CHAIR WHEN MY BACK AND BUTT WERE SORE AND IT WAS CLOSE TO 2200. HADN'T EVEN CALLED THE WIFE AND SHE JUST FIGURED I HAD STUFF TO DO (THE LIFE OF AN IDC...)
Chain of Command WON'T NAME MY IMMEDIATE CHAIN OF COMMAND - THE WERE RELIEVED FOR CAUSE AND I DON'T REMEMBER OTHER NAMES...
Other Memories TAD THERE FOR A MONTH WHILE IN DRYDOCK AND OUT OF YARDS. PREVIOUS IDC RELIEVED FOR CAUSE -- 'CAUSE THE PLACE WAS TRASHED! TOTALLY UNSAT... WE TURNED IT AROUND IN 3 - 4 WEEKS. TWO OF US WERE NOMINATED FOR A NAM (I ENDED UP WITH A "NICE LETTER" FROM THE C.O. - THE HM3 WHO WAS ASSIGNED SHIP'S COMPANY GOT THE NAM).
Hull number AFS-2
