Best Moment Outstanding Tour as the Senior Chief Yeoman (SS) in the Administrative Department. It was amazing to see the Navy's newest and most modern Base being built during my tour. What beautiful facilities we had.
Other Memories When Mady and I arrived at Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia we were surprised at how small the closest cities were. There were a few gas stations and auto repair shops, a couple of grocery stores, drug stores and a few small restaurants that catered to tourists. We couldn't find a vacant apartment to rent in the area and ended up renting a small apartment in Fernandina Beach, Florida about 40 miles from the base for four months while we had a new home being built. As I best recall, there was very little traffic and only a couple of traffic lights in the city back then. One of the nice things about the area was that everyone seemed real friendly and made us feel right at home. In January 1981 we were blessed with the birth of our son Mark and he quickly became the center of all our attention for the remainder of our three year tour there. We quickly found out that this was going to be a good place to retire and to raise our son. The school systems were already good here and the Navy was getting a lot of special funding sent to the area to help them build new schools and other facilities to make them even better.
