I was on leave in Ohio, from Key West (1969) The day after Christmas I married my high school sweetheart and on the 26th of this month Chris and I will celebrate our 45th anniversary! We extend our wishes to each of you for a wonderful and safe Christmas!
I was at NOPF FORD ISLAND 1982, found my first valid threat contact that midwatch. While Hawaii is beautiful, is not the place a young man from NY, wants to spend his first Christmas away from his family.
I went on Recruit Leave from RTC San Diego Company 628 in 1967. A really unique situation, I was proud to wear my Dress Blues and Pea Coat, but was shunned by my peer group when I wore it to all the old hang outs! My first experience with a new liberal attitude regarding "war monger" military stereotypes in the Vietnam era. A very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday season to all!
Argentia - 1970. I was a 2x6 USNR. I had just reported onboard in late October. I have a photo taken 2330, 24DEC1970 on Bert Campbell's Argentia1 site. I think it might be in the Photo Library here but I got a blank page again when I tried to access the Photo Library. I spent 4 Christmas' at Argentia, then 4 in Key West, then 3 at Keflavik. Merry Christmas to ALL.
My first Navy Christmas was 1967 at Recruit Training San Diego, arrived there on Dec 5th. AT&T brought in trailers with phones on them, spend 4 hours waiting in line to use phone to have no one home, so called a friend's parents to relay the message to family.
Everyone have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Wife and I celebrated 4o th Anniversary on Dec 7th.
You are like the "Pied Piper". All you have to do is post a "note" (pun intended) on the message board, and the replies from members follow in hordes! This is the longest string of responses I have seen in quite some time..... must be that magic "SOSUS dust" that you have collected all these years!
Wishing you a blessed Christmas and MANY MORE with your IUSS family.
1969...At NTC Great Lakes,Mich.,Company #673,just 3 weeks shy of Graduation,before going to Key West,Fla.,Fleet Sonar School,to become a STGSA behind the "Green Doors"! Later-on after many NAVFAC Duties,and Navy A&B&E Schools,I was Forever Graced in my Life,as both an Analyst and Maintenance OT!! The memories are Treasured,with All my Fellow Shipmates,and Duty Sta's. It is with Great Pleasure to Wish All My Fellow SOSUS/ITASS/IUSS Associates A Very Merry Christmas and/or Holiday(as some of our personnel were Jewish),and A Happy and Healthy New Year. God Bless All!!!
My first Christmas in the Navy was in 1963 and I was attending ET “A” School at Great Lakes. They were going to close the school down and we had a choice of staying there or taking leave. Decided to take leave and go home to Massachusetts so caught a train out of Chicago. You can imagine how surprised I was when I woke up the next morning, looked out the window and saw the Canadian Flag flying. During the night we had been unexpectedly re-routed due to weather.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
I was in Arg 1982. I was New to the command and like most junior sailors, I had to pull other duties before actually working in the T building. I was assigned to the galley and was working as a cashier that day! Not what I had really expected but you do the job you are given. 32 years later it seems like yesterday!