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Re: Question for Director

Apparently you can't stand haircuts or new starters for 71 Challengers Canady or Mills or LaPrade or alot of things......maybe it's just Jack....

Love.....Nick

Re: Question for Director

Irv,

I sent you a personal response by e-mail.

Best regards, Jim

Re: Question for Director

Yeah I kinda want to know who this guy is that always puts his name as director. always kinda mysterious who that guy is. ;)<<

Re: Question for Director

Oh, you are the funny one Hal! lol

Re: Question for Director

I'm not sure why my real-world name means anything in a board where not one person knows me ... or why having gone through this before it's needed to do again... but for the record:

Rubber Ducky = John Byron. Plankowner CVB. Chief Sonarman. Captain USN, retired 1993 after 37 years continuous active duty, former CO USS GUDGEON (SS-567) and of Naval Ordnance Test Unit Cape Canaveral. After shipping over at CVB in 1959, I then served in 5 submarines and a cruiser, attended and taught at The National War College, was the Diesel/SWS head detailer, did stints in the Polaris/Poseidon/Trident program office, and served as Frank Kelso's EA on SecNav's staff.

Rubber Ducky was the name given GUDGEON by submariners on the waterfront in San Diego in the mid-'70s when she was covered with anechoic tiles as part of CNO Project 699 (USS BATFISH was the other boat in the trial). In the tradition of boat hails in which a small boat carrying a skipper would call out the name of that person's command when meeting another Navy small craft, Rubber Ducky is a proper handle for a GUDGEON CO.

And the practice of using handles rather than names is widespread around the internets. As I post in a few other forums I have carried here the same moniker I use elsewhere. Clear enough?

Re: Question for Director

nice career... I bet your family and friends think so too.

JB

Re: Question for Director

I for one would like to congratulate Rubber Duckey on a impressive career. I appreciate him sharing his career with the rest of us.
Thanks
Marshall

Re: Question for Director

Captain,

Not sure either but thanks. My oldest son is a former bubblehead, guess u can't be all bad.

Re: Question for Director

That's a fair enough question, I suppose, and this is in way meant as criticism!

I've been reading Rubberducky's comments on a few blogs (this one, http://bubbleheads.blogspot.com/) for several years. Although I never knew who he was, I never really cared either. I inferred from his posts a lot about his background, and his comments are always very informed, thought-provoking, and definitive.

Re: Question for Director

Rubber Ducky,

I too had often wondered who you were, but figured since my career was short, due to a knee injury, I probably wouldn't have met you. It was great to read your response - what a career. Hopefully, we'll have a chance to meet at the next IUSS reunion.

Dawn

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