19DEC2022 HOWDY SHIPMATES.
HOPE ALL ARE WELL. MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR CITIZENS. REMEMBER OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN UNIFORM AND LET'S FOREVER REMEMBER THE ONES LOST AND THEIR FAMILIES.
TO MY RETIRED SHIPMATES AND MARINES THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
\19JUN2022 LOYALITY DOES NOT MEAN CONFORMING TO BAD IDEAS.
29APR2020 LET'S BE BETTER HUMANS.
21JAN2020
ANOTHER YEAR ON THE PLANET DOWN AND STILL HERE. HOPE ALL IS WELL SHIPMATES.
PICK YOUR FRIENDS WISHLY.
21JAN2019
WE START ANOTHER YEAR. HAVE THE BEST YEAR EVER, TO ALL!! HOPE EVERYONE IS WELL.
21DEC2017
�??WISHING EVERYONE A MERRY XMAS AND A PEACEFUL NEW YEAR. BEST OF LUCK IN THE NEW YEAR.
30JULY2017 SEMI-ANNUAL UPDATE
SO FAR BEEN A GOOD YEAR. HAD A VISIT FROM KEVIN LAUGHRUN (GUITARRO SHIPMATE AND FRIEND) DOWN FROM COLORADO. HAD A GREAT VISIT. HAVING THE USUAL WEATHER IN OKLA. OLDEST SON (IN ARMY) IS TRANSFERRING TO GA. IN AUGUST. WE ARE GOING TO VISIT YOUNGEST SON (AIR FORCE) IN DELAWARE BEFORE HE GOES TO TURKEY FOR A YEAR.
HAVING BACK SURGERY IN AUG. HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL AND IN GOOD HEALTH. STAY IN TOUCH SHIPMATES.
DON'T FORGET THE GUITARRO REUNION!!!
10MAY2017
�??MOTIVATED. HOPE EVERYONE IS WELL!!
24DEC2016
ALL IS WELL. WISHING A MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY SHIPMATES PAST AND PRESENT. ALL THE BEST IN THE NEW YEAR, GET OUT THERE AND MAKE THINGS BETTER WHERE EVER YOU ARE.
\R DOUG
21APR2016
ALL IS WELL. HOPE MY SHIPMATES ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR NAVY. TO MY RETIRED SHIPMATES HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES.
24MA42015
ALL IS WELL. LIFE ON THE OLD HOME PLACE IS QUITE AND PEACEFUL. TIME TO GET THE GARDEN STARTED. TO ALL MY OLD SHIPMATES, HOWDY. BE SAFE OUT THERE. DOUG
HAVE ENTERED THE CIVILIAN WORLD!!!
THANX TO ALL THE SAILORS WHO MADE THE NAVY A GREAT LIFE!!!
THANX TO ALL THE BUBBLEHEADS, AIRDALES, CIVILIANS AND
ESPECIALLY THE RIVERINES WHO MADE THE NAVY AN OUTSTANDING
PLACE TO SERVE!!!
TO FELY WHO I WAIT TO RETURN TO FINISH OUT A GREAT LIFE!!!
THANX TO MY DAD AND MOM WHO HAVE PUT UP WITH ME ALL THESE
YEARS!!!
LAST BUT NOT LEAST TO CONNIE WHO STOOD BY ME IN GOOD TIMES
AND BAD!!! REST IN PEACE MY DEAR!!!
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Since you all asked I did survive the Okla fire.
Be safe out there Shipmates.