Right after the US Navy - worked for and later retired from TandyCorp.
Besides my Hobbies, I have a"myself only" lawn mowing/trimming
service in my local neighborhood, which I retired from in 2013.
Other Comments:
1. My daughter April was born in Naples Italy. My son Chris was born in
Lisbon Portugal.
2. Sailor Of The Quarter: NavalCommunicationsStation Keflavic Iceland.
3. Sailor Of The Quarter: NavalCommunicationsDetachment Sigonella
Sicily Italy - twice.
4. Sailor Of The Year: Naval CommunicationsDetachment Sigonella
Sicily Italy - once.
5. Letter Of Commendation 19Feb1975 Commander In Chief U.S.
Naval Forces Europe - Adm H.E. Shear.
6. I am a Weather Spotter for the local buro of the National Weather
Service in NewBraunfels Tx. Reporting radio-net Ham-repeater is in�
Satler Texas.
7. Member 280 and NetControl: TinCanSailors HamRadioNet on
14.255MHz USB every Sunday afternoon at 20:00utc. If you are active
duty, retired, or othewise & an X - Tin Can Sailor plus a Ham Radio
Operator - please check into the Radio Net and ask for the paperwork
by mail to become an active member of the TCSailors Ham Radio Net.
I am the administrator "on this Navy-TWS Web-site" for the Tin Can
Sailors Radio Net - "Special Interest" group�in the�"Military Asso
Membership section.� If you have any questions or need help on listing
the TCS Radio Net on your Navy-TWS web-profile in the Military Asso
Membership section of your profile, please contact me at the Private
Email address above.
7a. Member & ChiefStaffOfficer:: �National Association Of Destroyer
Veterans -- Texas Desron-Two located in San Antonio Texas.
8. Member of the American Radio Relay League.
9. Member of Kendall Amateur Radio Society(KARS) Boerne Texas, which I resigned from on 12 Apr 2016.
10. Founding contributor�of�The VietNam Veterans Memorial "The Wall"
in Washington DC.
11. Recipient of the "US-ROC Mutual Defense Commemorative Badge
from Taiwan ROC - Ministry Of National Defense Mr. Tang Yiau-ming"
for service�on 3 - 15 Jan 1973 - Taiwan.
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12.�My Dad was in the US Army AirCorps during WW-2. Tail-gunner and
bombardier on B-17's flying from Ipswich England over Germany. He
Passed in 1984. Dad has a brick in memory of -�in the sidewalk of The
Japan Peace Garden at the Adm Nimitz Museum in Fredricksburg Tx.
13. My Uncle(dad's brother)�was in the Army Signal Corps during the
Korean War. He passed in 1960.
14. My�dad's 2nd Cousin was in the US Navy WW-2 on the BattleWagon
USS Tenn - a gunners-mate. He passed in 2001.
15. Mom's dad Fred K.�was in the US Navy 1913-19�& during WW-1
was on the USS Olympia Cruiser No6. Spent time before and after the
USS Olympia on 7 other surface craft, uncluding the USS Bainbridge
Destroyer No1 &�USS Palos Gunboat�No16�on the Yangtze Riv in China.
He passed in mid 1930's. Gramps was a steam-engine mec, welder, &
shoveled coal in the engine room. A PO 2/C and later made PO1/C
on board the USS Olympia. His job on the USS Palos was the same
as Steve McQueen in the movie "The Sand Pebbles" - a classic... He
died early in life(after his Navy duties)�as a result of asbestos and coal
dust. He never had shore duty. All duties were on 8 diff USN WarShips.
16. My brother's son is currently in the US AirForce - expects to stay
until retirement. One tour so far in the Iraq Theater of Operations.�
Chain of Command Come to find out, Alan King AA7ZI RMCS(Ret) was assigned to Mare Island, at the crypto repair school, as the Chief In Charge of the AN/SGA-3(KLB-47, HL-1, & HL-2) repair program. Alan arrived in mid summer of 1972. Alan is a fellow shipmate on the Tin Can Sailors Ham Radio Net also. It's a small world for sure.
Other Memories Several of us took off one Sat morning early for NAPA County to go "check out the taste of several wine factories." We were in my 1968 Ford XL-500 2dr HT Fastback. By the time three or four wine-makers were visited, we were feeling pretty good. Upon arrival at wine-maker nr-4(Christian Bro's), I locked my keys in the Ford. Didn't even know it, until we all wondered back out to the parking lot. No keys in my pocket. One of my running mates said, "look in the ign." I did, and presto there they were stuck. Now was the problem, to get into the car and leave for the next wine-makers location on our detailed map. Someone came along, who was also in the parking lot. Him and his wife had a coat-hanger in the trunk. After about 10 minutes, I manged to get the pass door unlocked. Presto, we were on our way to the next vino-maker. By the end of the day, we had visited about 10 or so of those places. Not sure why we were never stopped for weaving all over the road. Ha Ha. By the time we hit up the last place(a small family run outfit) anything we drank tasted really really really good. It was so good, I bought 3 bottles for our trip back to the base at Mare Island. By Monday evening, I had those bottles all chilled out. Several of us were shooting pool. I figured we needed some nice chilled vino for the occasion. I had some paper cups from the Master At Arms office's coffee mess. I had my genuine Swiss Army Knife with a cork screw. Un-corked the first bottle and we shared it. That was the worse crap we ever got our taste buds wrapped around. Poured it down the drain and got the second bottle out. Same crap and then the third was the same crap tasting. Well, we/I had no idea what vino-factory we had bought that stuff from, but they must have seen us coming or weaving. Ha Ha. Sold me a bill of goods for sure. Crazy Sailors got the good stuff to taste(at least we thought it was the good stuff at the time.) We only did that once during the stay there at our Crypto Repair School/Class. The nice part about that class was "NO HOMEWORK." Ha Ha..