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steveagoins Offline
#1 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 8:53 AM EST
Joined: 08-06-2020
Posts: 3
Hey all,

I just wanted to introduce myself. I am new to this site, and reading through the boards a bit, ya'll seem like a fun and surly group.

I am retired Navy, from Kentucky, living in Florida now.

Steve
CarsonTheCat Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 8:58 AM EST
Joined: 05-16-2020
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Welcome to the animal house, brother! We ARE a fun and surly group, which you will soon find out first-hand. Prepare yourself for the ensuing hazing!

Thank you for your service. My grandfather was a Navy man, and I had the great pleasure of being a very close friend to a WWII Navy fighter pilot veteran, who passed away early this year at the age of 97. Boy, did he ever have some stories to tell....
MACS Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 8:59 AM EST
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Retired Navy, eh... we already have one of those.

Rank, rate and duty stations, boot.
steveagoins Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 9:05 AM EST
Joined: 08-06-2020
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CarsonTheCat wrote:
Welcome to the animal house, brother! We ARE a fun and surly group, which you will soon find out first-hand. Prepare yourself for the ensuing hazing!

Thank you for your service. My grandfather was a Navy man, and I had the great pleasure of being a very close friend to a WWII Navy fighter pilot veteran, who passed away early this year at the age of 97. Boy, did he ever have some stories to tell....



Thank you. Yes it is always a pleasure to talk with WWII and other vets. Sadly very few remain as time marches on.
steveagoins Offline
#5 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 9:08 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Retired Navy, eh... we already have one of those.

Rank, rate and duty stations, boot.


CTR1

FT Meade MD
Rota Spain
FT Gordon, GA
USS Briscoe
Sugar Grove WV
Stuttgart Germany
Whidbey Island,WA
USS Carl Vinson VAQ-134
Afghanistan VAQ-135
Pensacola FL
CarsonTheCat Offline
#6 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 9:15 AM EST
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Posts: 522
steveagoins wrote:
Thank you. Yes it is always a pleasure to talk with WWII and other vets. Sadly very few remain as time marches on.


Absolutely, and it's very sad to see that generation disappearing. My friend was stationed on the USS Bunker Hill in the Pacific, and had taken off with his squadron shortly before it was hit by two Kamikazes.
Gene363 Offline
#7 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 9:35 AM EST
Joined: 01-24-2003
Posts: 30,781
Welcome to the asylum.

Thank you for your service.
Notthe1 Offline
#8 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 9:40 AM EST
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Posts: 860
To determine who you are and decide upon your forum worthiness, please answer the following simple questions:

Pancakes or waffles ?
Do you like long walks on the beach ?
Daisy Mae or Ellie Mae ?
Do you like camping by the river ?
Cello on or cello off ?
Ginger or MaryAnn ?
David Lee or Sammy ?
Warner Oland or Sidney Toler ?
Have you been in a Turkish prison ?
Do you like gladiator movies ?
dogs or cats ?
Men or women ?
Wad or fold ?
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TP or bidet ?
Do sad movies make you cry ?
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Pancho or Cisco ?
Notthe1 Offline
#9 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 9:41 AM EST
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NINE... is alot!!
izonfire Offline
#10 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 10:20 AM EST
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Takes a helluva man to be in the Kentucky Navy...
Steel Talon Offline
#11 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 10:45 AM EST
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Posts: 32
Hello and welcome....
Steel Talon Offline
#12 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 10:45 AM EST
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Posts: 32
Hello and welcome....
Steel Talon Offline
#13 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 10:45 AM EST
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Posts: 32
Hello and welcome....
Steel Talon Offline
#14 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 10:47 AM EST
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Triple tap! Lol...
streetrod Offline
#15 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 11:38 AM EST
Joined: 08-16-2007
Posts: 2,110
Thank you for your service.
Welcome to the nut house. Enjoy your stay & don’t take anything to serious😂.
delta1 Offline
#16 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 12:28 PM EST
Joined: 11-23-2011
Posts: 28,772
welcome new guy...your name would be more interesting with a precisely placed "r"
tonygraz Offline
#17 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 12:57 PM EST
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Posts: 20,221
You beat me to it, Delta.
JadeRose Offline
#18 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 2:01 PM EST
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Posts: 19,525
Welcome Pat MaGroin!
Callewis Offline
#19 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 2:16 PM EST
Joined: 08-05-2020
Posts: 22
Thanks for your service and welcome
Palama Offline
#20 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 2:41 PM EST
Joined: 02-05-2013
Posts: 23,597
steveagoins wrote:
Thank you. Yes it is always a pleasure to talk with WWII and other vets. Sadly very few remain as time marches on.


Aloha from Hawaii and mahalo for your service.

Back in ‘91, for the 50th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, I was the English voiceover for one of the Japanese pilots. Zenji Abe. While all I did was read the transcript, it felt like I was sitting in the interview. I learned for the first time that when they returned to Japan, the attackers were NOT considered heroes by the Japanese people. The sneak attack went against the Bushido Code thus they were thought to be cowards.

I tried once to talk to my FIL about his WWII experience (...he was an interpreter during the Okinawa campaign...) but all he would say was “You see things you never want to see again.” And that was all he would divulge.
Stogie1020 Offline
#21 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 2:46 PM EST
Joined: 12-19-2019
Posts: 5,291
Welcome, thanks for your service!

What kind of cigars do you like?
CelticBomber Offline
#22 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 4:02 PM EST
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Posts: 6,786
Steel Talon wrote:
Hello and welcome....



I'm sorry but, you've got to pick a new name..... Every time I see the name Steel Talon I picture Mark Wahlberg as the replacement singer for your cheesy 80's hair band.
Stogie1020 Offline
#23 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 4:05 PM EST
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CelticBomber wrote:
I'm sorry but, you've got to pick a new name..... Every time I see the name Steel Talon I picture Mark Wahlberg as the replacement singer for your cheesy 80's hair band.

We all die young....
Palama Offline
#24 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 5:02 PM EST
Joined: 02-05-2013
Posts: 23,597
CelticBomber wrote:
I'm sorry but, you've got to pick a new name..... Every time I see the name Steel Talon I picture Mark Wahlberg as the replacement singer for your cheesy 80's hair band.


Sheesh, sounds like your promotion is going to your head! Telling people what to do...like you’re king now! ram27bat
Mcdanielsamuel Offline
#25 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 5:43 PM EST
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Welcome to the nicest place on the internet.
crgcpro Offline
#26 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 6:37 PM EST
Joined: 04-27-2012
Posts: 7,867
I thought this was going to be a Lionel Richie thread!
Whistlebritches Offline
#27 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 6:42 PM EST
Joined: 04-23-2006
Posts: 22,128
steveagoins wrote:
CTR1

FT Meade MD
Rota Spain
FT Gordon, GA
USS Briscoe
Sugar Grove WV
Stuttgart Germany
Whidbey Island,WA
USS Carl Vinson VAQ-134
Afghanistan VAQ-135
Pensacola FL



Well I'll be damned.....we have our first spook.

Welcome aboard shipmate.MA1 with 10 years service,another 6 contracting for Uncle Sam's finest down in Panama and Columbia.
ZRX1200 Offline
#28 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 7:05 PM EST
Joined: 07-08-2007
Posts: 60,558
Wrong we have Jonsie......he’s a spook ninja.

I love Navy guys, they’re great taxi drivers for Uncle Sams crayon eaters and they’re fun to camp with.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#29 Posted: Thu, Aug 13 2020, 8:45 PM EST
Joined: 08-11-2017
Posts: 14,647
Welcome navy guy. Hope you enjoy the ride
CelticBomber Offline
#30 Posted: Fri, Aug 14 2020, 11:11 AM EST
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Posts: 6,786
crgcpro wrote:
I thought this was going to be a Lionel Richie thread!


This really made me laugh. I had 80's flashbacks.
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