Went to RM"A" school Bainbridge, MD 1961-1962. NAVCOMMSTA KEFLAVIK April 1962 - April 1963. Worked on Air to Ground and Ship to Shore circits. NAF NAPLES ITALY JUNE 1963 - AUGUST 1965. Made RM3 in May 1963 and RM2 IN May 1965. Released from active duty August 1965. Reenlisted for 2 years in September 1968 as RM2. Went to NAVFAC Midway Island in October 1968 and stayed there with my wife and son until September 1970. Did not stay for 20, although I should have. Loved being a Radioman. Only sea time I had was 2 weeks aboard the USS Talahatchie County AVB-2. My ears still perk up when ever I hear the code on TV. My email address is miker34@verizon.net if anyone wants to contact me. BT
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Name
Norwood R Giddens
Date
2009-01-14
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RM convertee PN2 to RM2 1964 USS Chilton APA 38 1964-1966 RM B School 1966-1967 USS Proteus AS 19 1967-1969 NAS Jacksonville FLA 1969-1971 COMTECH School 1971 NAVRADSTA Thurso Scotland 1971-1973 USS Mount Whitney 1973-1974 NAVCRUTDIST Raleigh NC 1974-1978 USS Trippe FF 1075 1978-1979 Retired RMC 6-14-1979
Name
Douglas Hawkins RM2
Date
2009-01-13
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I was in from 1967 thru 1971. NTC Great Lakes RM A at Bainbridge, MD Code school at Norfolk USS Sutter County LST-1150 We spent most of our time transporting bombs from Subic to Cua Viet and up the rivers working for the riverine force and listening to concussion grenades all nite long. USS Tolovana AO-64 We spent most of our time off the coast of Viet Nam fueling ships. It was great though, I always enjoy thinking and hearing about my time over there.
Name
RM2 Dave Lewis (Rochester NY)
Date
2009-01-06
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Boot camp - GLakes BE&E School - GLakes Training Center RM 'A' School - Bainbridge Md. Navradsta Fort Allen - Puerto Rico (Ponce) Coast Guard Station(TAD) - St. Thomas Virgin Islands USS Julius A. Furer(DEG-6) Homeport: Newport/Norfolk
Had a great time during my four years, met a lot of great guys from all over the country and still communicate with some of them. Sometimes wish I had stayed in for the entire 20. This is a great site glad I found it. Nice to hear how other RM's are doing...
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Erin (Ford) Meadows
Date
2008-12-30
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1990-1994 [RM2]: RTC Orlando, NTC San Diego, NCTS Keflavik, NCTS San Diego(ASCOMM North Island) 1995-present [LNCS, USN(RC)]
I would love to reconnect with "A" school classmates and anyone else I served with. Loving the Reserves and teh great friends I've made along the way!
You can also find me on Facebook and myspace!
Name
Jerry "Pete" Edwards RM2
Date
2008-12-28
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QRK5 website. USN 1964-1970. GLakes 1964, RM "A" Bainbridge 1965, NCS Sidi Yahia Morocco message center, USS Charles H. Roan DD-853, and USS Claude V. Ricketts DDG-5. Now retired. Feel free to contact me if we were old shipmates. jedwardsva@yahoo.com
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Bruce Gonzalez
Date
2008-12-27
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RM2 (1974 - 1978) - Boot Camp @ Great Lakes, IL (1974) - Radioman 'A' School, NTC San Diego (1974) - Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One (VQ-1), NAS Agana, Guam "Westpac World Watchers" (1974 -1978) - VQ-1 Det Atsugi, Japan (Spring-Summer 1975)
Wish I had stayed in the full 20...
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Charles G Duffy
Date
2008-12-27
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My Grandfather was a radio man on the USS Nebraska in WWI.
The ships radio was installed in his house after WW1. A very Large Ham radio operation and tower in Revere Ma.
He was good at electronics at the time and other German scientist lived with him.
Their is Much more to this story with audio tapes.
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Henry Bluing
Date
2008-12-23
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Nice website, good to see all that the RM's are alive and well.
CWO2, USN (Ret)
Name
John Rudolph
Date
2008-12-19
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I'm another RM to IT convert; retired in '00. Duty stations included:
Great Lakes IL (basic training) OT "A" School Norfolk VA RM "A" School San Diego CA USS Forrestal (CV-59) USS Sellers (DDG-11) SHAPE Belgium USS Charleston (LKA-113) NSWC Dahlgren VA USS LaSalle (AGF-3) NCTS Keflavik IC NCTS Washington DC
My book, A Squid's Cold War Story: My First Four Years in the United States Navy, is now complete and waiting for an agent. It covers my first 4 years in, what I went through, places I visited and people I worked with as a Radioman. The background covers the Cold War and the general atmosphere during those first four years and I am discussing the rate in detail and of course with a sense of humor.