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WestWardHo · RV-Dreams Family Member

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GENECOP · RV-Dreams Family Member

Welcome to the forum, good to have you both.....

Jim01 · RV-Dreams Family Member

Welcome Sherry,

I'm sure you already know that there's a great bunch of folks here that will help you answer many of your questions.

It's tough to full-time and keep a stix and brix, but we've found that if you want to do anything bad enough, you'll find a way to make it happen. smile

Good luck with your plans.

Jim

WestWardHo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Thanks for the encouragement Gene & Jim, I've enjoyed reading your posts on here. Love the idea we might do both, Jim. Sherry

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Welcome, Sherry.

It is always good to get new active participants on the forums. New questions, perspectives and comments help us all learn.

Oh, and since you feel you know so many of us, how about loaning me $5 until Friday?

Also, we are so glad that you survived that accident without giving up on the whole idea.

Terry

WestWardHo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Terry, You bet! $5.00 until Friday....I've read many of your posts and I'd be willing to bet we'd get it back with interest!

Waggin Tails · RV-Dreams Family Member

Welcome Sherry for going public. Many lurkers become active contributors so jump in, the water is fine. From your intro, it sounds like you already are experienced. Glad you fur babies are safe from the accident you encountered a couple of years ago. Travel safe.

injunear · RV-Dreams Family Member

Hey Sherry,

Welcome to the group. I'm an old sea dog myself.

You live in one of our favorite places in the world. We've been to AZ so many time I'ts almost like going home.

Happy Trails

Wayne

WestWardHo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Hey Wayne,

Good to hear from an "old sea dog". Jesse was on nuclear subs. Maybe that's why he finds it so easy to live in a "tin can". Let us know when you're next in Arizona because it's always fun to talk to others who have been on the road. If you haven't stayed at the state campground in Cottonwood, it's wonderful. Dead Horse Ranch State Park. They have two different campgrounds and are almost never full (except during Verde River Days I think it August). Our preferred campground there is the Quail Loop as it has trees for shade. The other one is up on a hill with great views but no shade. The park is very near Old Town in Cottonwood which has fun shops and restaurants.

Sherry & Jesse

Neil and Connie · RV-Dreams Family Member

WestWardHo wrote:
Hey Wayne,

Good to hear from an "old sea dog". Jesse was on nuclear subs. Maybe that's why he finds it so easy to live in a "tin can".

I was on subs too . . .after nuclear power school I was Sonar Officer, then Weapons Officer then Navigator/Ops officer on fast attacks. Best job I ever had.

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

laubenthal wrote:
WestWardHo wrote:
Hey Wayne,

Good to hear from an "old sea dog". Jesse was on nuclear subs. Maybe that's why he finds it so easy to live in a "tin can".
I was on subs too . . .after nuclear power school I was Sonar Officer, then Weapons Officer then Navigator/Ops officer on fast attacks. Best job I ever had.

Huh....could the above be because you weren't subject to "surprise" inspections from the big brass? I'm an Army vet and we used to hate those things.

The WWII USS Batfish is 'harbored ashore' here in Oklahoma. I really need to get over there with my camera and tour that war horse.

Thanks for your service, Guys.

Terry

Neil and Connie · RV-Dreams Family Member

Terry and Jo wrote:
Huh....could the above be because you weren't subject to "surprise" inspections from the big brass? I'm an Army vet and we used to hate those things.

Oh no . . .we had our share of inspections. The worst was the annual Operational Reactor Safeguards Exam (ORSE) which was essentially our license to operate the reactor plant for another year. Team of 5 or 6 . . .they spent about 3 days reviewing paperwork and then ran a bunch of casualty drills . . .and talk about nit picky. On one of ours we failed which meant we turned around halfway out the channel and went back to the pier to get "retrained". The cause of the failure was that we failed to properly test the control rod in/out switch 5 years before. While we all agreed that was a vital test that should not have been missed after the maintenance . . .there were a couple of extenuating factors that should have gotten us off without a failure. First . . .the same switch is checked during every pre-startup precritical checkoff . . .so even though we had missed it after the maintenance we had done it 2 weeks later when the ship got underway. Second . . .we had a refueling overhaul between the missed test and the failure . . .during which the entire reactor core, the control rod mechanisms, and the switch panel were replaced and retested. It's one of those things you can never fix either . . .no matter what you do you still forgot the retest 5 years back.

The local Naval Reactors reps came down about once a month for a routine monitor watch for about 3 hours while inport . . .you never got away scot free from those either; there were always deficiencies and a lot of them were pretty petty stuff . . .but each required a written report of the corrective action back to the Pentagon.

Driving a submarine though . . .that was amazingly cool and exciting; particularly back in the Cold War days. I could tell you about it but I would have to have you shot afterwards

neil

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

laubenthal wrote:

Driving a submarine though . . .that was amazingly cool and exciting; particularly back in the Cold War days. I could tell you about it but I would have to have you shot afterwards

neil

Neil,

No, you wouldn't have to have me shot. I worked in what was known as the U.S. Army Security Agency. We had to have Top Secret clearances. Now, you might get me on the "Need-to-Know" basis, but I'm also familiar with firearms so if you try shooting me, I'm apt to be shooting back.

Maybe we ought to get together and put holes in paper sometime? I'd bet I could find some pictures of some Cold War enemy leaders we could practice on.

Terry

Neil and Connie · RV-Dreams Family Member

Terry and Jo wrote:
Maybe we ought to get together and put holes in paper sometime?

I'm not much for target practice . . .but if we ever meet up on the road we'll have to have one of those adult beverages or something . . .

Kerry · RV-Dreams Community Member

Hey Terry -

What was your MOS & where did you serve? I enlisted in Army in 76 & went to Ft Devens for schooling as a 98J (non-communications cryptologic intercept/analyst (i.e. I intercepted radars )). Got permanent duty at Ft. Hood in the 373rd ASA until it was disbanded and became the 522nd CEWI which was also disbanded and we became a Military Intelligence battalion in the 2nd AD. Thoughout all the unit changes, the job never changed - HURRY UP & WAIT!

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Kerry wrote:
Hey Terry -
What was your MOS & where did you serve? I enlisted in Army in 76 & went to Ft Devens for schooling as a 98J (non-communications cryptologic intercept/analyst (i.e. I intercepted radars )). Got permanent duty at Ft. Hood in the 373rd ASA until it was disbanded and became the 522nd CEWI which was also disbanded and we became a Military Intelligence battalion in the 2nd AD. Thoughout all the unit changes, the job never changed - HURRY UP & WAIT!

Kerry,

I enlisted in January of 1966 with basic at Fort Leonard Wood, AIT for 05K20 (non-morse intercept) at Fort Devens that fall. 1st duty station at Two Rock Ranch Station; Petaluma, CA then 19 months at USASOU #23 in Peshawar, West Pakistan after training in a new, highly classified system (can't say what that one was), then back to Two Rock Ranch Station in CA until I got an early-out in October of 1969.

Duty in Pakistan was on an Air Force base, and boy, did we pick on the "Zoomies."

Peshawar, Pakistan is now in what is called the Federally Administered Tribal Area in the NW part....al-Qaeda country.

Terry