Other Memories Had to be the easiest duty station of my 3.5 year career! As part of the USS Pickaway decommissioning crew, we lived aboard APL-9. My work routine was 5 days on and 2 days off, followed by 2 days on and 5 days off. It was like having a week of leave every other week, and with my home town only 100 miles away, that's where I headed. While on duty my work consisted of waking up the mess cooks in the morning, which they handled nicely without my assistance, and I had to take a head count of everyone passing through the mess line for chow a couple of meals a day. I think most of the crew were short timers just waiting to exit the Navy, so everything was pretty laid back.
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