{"id":7520,"date":"2024-11-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/?p=7520"},"modified":"2024-11-20T22:19:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T03:19:57","slug":"180-my-best-3-days-in-the-navy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/180-my-best-3-days-in-the-navy\/","title":{"rendered":"#180\u2014My Best (3) Days in the Navy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Trivia Questions (Answers @ end)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Who said, <em>\u201cThe beauty of love is that in giving it away, you are left with more than you had before.\u201d<\/em>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In what movie (and who said it) did we hear, <em>\u201cLife moves pretty fast. If you don\u2019t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.\u201d<\/em>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In what song (and who sang it) did we hear the following:<br><em>You&#8217;re my bread when I&#8217;m hungry<\/em><br><em>You&#8217;re my shelter from troubled winds<\/em><br><em>You&#8217;re my anchor in life&#8217;s ocean<\/em><br><em>But most of all you&#8217;re my best friend.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in my consulting days (1990\u20132015), I seem to recall a plethora of \u201clists\u201d type articles. You know, lists like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cThe Best Six Ideas for Christmas Gifts\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Eight Ways to Attract New and Paying Clients&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Top Ten Places to Visit the Northeast During Fall\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThree Things to do Now to Lose Weight\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeah, the lists went on and on. <em>And<\/em> they continue today. It was a trend that never stopped. And a fun fact&#8230; they&#8217;re called &#8220;listicles,&#8221; and are the most popular &#8220;marketing&#8221; type articles today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To honor the \u201clist\u201d era back in my day, here\u2019s a list of <strong>my three best days in the Navy<\/strong>. Note that \u201cjoining the Navy\u201d is <em>not<\/em> one of them, though I\u2019ll admit, that turned out to be one of the best decisions I\u2019d ever made. It was a cornerstone of my journey through life. Also note that \u201cleaving the Navy\u201d is not one of them\u2014that\u2019d be too easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know many of my shipmates had different experiences\u2026 we all did. Feel free to share them in the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sewing on \u201cthe Crow\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actually, this would be two different days, but for purposes of this post, I\u2019ll count them as one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NAS Agana, Guam,<\/strong> was my <a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/53-you-always-remember-your-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first duty station<\/a>. I was there from November 1973 (fresh out of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/35-navy-a-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABH \u201cA\u201d school<\/a><\/strong>) until February 1975. Fifteen months, working one day on and one day off in the Crash &amp; Rescue Division. Back then, we had two sections: Port &amp; Starboard. I was in the Port section. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guam was great duty and, being a scuba diver, it was \u201cparadise.\u201d I also learned to fly (Single engine, land) while in Guam.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Guam-LawBorne_fb.jpg?resize=600%2C425&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Glenn Law, Gary Borne - NAS Agana, Guam (1974)\" class=\"wp-image-660\" style=\"width:677px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Guam-LawBorne_fb.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Guam-LawBorne_fb.jpg?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Glenn Law, Gary Borne (R.I.P.)<br>NAS Agana, Guam 1974<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I took the Third-Class Petty Officer exam when I became first eligible in August 1974. The results came back in November: I passed and would become an ABH3 on November 16, 1974. My good buddies, <strong>Gary Borne<\/strong> (R.I.P.) and <strong>Glenn Law<\/strong> also passed. It was a big day for us. We went down to the local PX and bought standard Navy issue ABH3 patches for both our utilities and whites, ready to sew them on at midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It took a while to adjust to being a petty officer. I mean, I was now \u201cin charge\u201d of guys I\u2019d hung around with for the past year: guys I\u2019d trained with weekly during \u201chot drills;\u201d guys I\u2019d spent many hours in the Crash truck out on the alert spot talking about anything and everything; and guys I\u2019d been out drinking with (many times) in downtown Agana, Guam.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bremerton-DryDockAnchor.jpg?resize=800%2C574&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-645\" style=\"width:784px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bremerton-DryDockAnchor.jpg?resize=1024%2C735&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bremerton-DryDockAnchor.jpg?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bremerton-DryDockAnchor.jpg?resize=768%2C551&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bremerton-DryDockAnchor.jpg?w=1132&amp;ssl=1 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andy Adkins<br>Bremerton Shipyards Drydock &#8211; 1976<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I sewed my second-class crow onto my uniforms on June 16, 1976. We were still in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/30-uss-kitty-hawk-bremerton-shipyards-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bremerton Shipyards <\/a><\/strong> in dry dock. I\u2019d made ABH2 in less than three years. That one-year stint at <strong>Florida State University<\/strong> (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/99-dismissed-for-academic-reasons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismissed for academic reasons<\/a>\u201d) paid off. The Navy &#8220;counted&#8221; by college time, even though I&#8217;d flunked out with a 0.7 G.P.A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My pay would increase by $50, meaning I would be making $516 every two weeks. I was making the big bucks now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Glacier Flight<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work aboard the carrier in the shipyards was boring for me. I was the Training Officer, the First Aid Officer, and the Yeoman. Believe me when I tell you, they\u2019re just titles\u2014not a lot of work. But then again, we weren\u2019t working 16- to 18-hour days or around the clock, so that was good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the time, I would be working in the office doing whatever a Yeoman was supposed to do, which was a lot of paperwork and a lot of typing. We had a new division officer, <strong>Lt. Richard Lockram<\/strong>, who had been an <strong>F-4 Phantom<\/strong> RIO (Radar Intercept Officer). He was a good guy, and we got along well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now and then, something just comes along that blows your socks off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had been known as one of the division \u201cscavengers,\u201d finding things we needed to help do our job better. I wasn\u2019t the only one, though I was one of the few who confessed. I was looking for some special metal containers for Crash and could not find them anywhere on the ship and none of the yard birds I had been dealing with could find any either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I located some at <strong>Naval Air Station Whidbey Island<\/strong>. It was a bit far to drive from Bremerton, but I made arrangements to hitch a ride in a <strong>CH-46<\/strong> helicopter which was heading up that way the following day. I got to the flight early enough and was expecting a flight of about thirty minutes, but I was in for the ride of my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It turns we had an Admiral on board and the helo pilot decided to take a little side excursion over the <strong>Olympic Mountains<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day was one of those bright, blue, clear, and crisp days\u2014you know the kind. My mom used to call them \u201cChampagne Days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pilot took off on time and headed northwest to fly over the Olympics. I swear there were times when I felt like I could reach out and touch one of the glaciers, we were flying so low. It was breathtaking to say the least. The flight up took about two hours, and I didn\u2019t mind at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glad to have the Admiral onboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Philippines<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I made the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/49-westpac-75-after-six-months-were-coming-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Westpac \u201975<\/a><\/strong> cruise, my one and only US Navy cruise, aboard <strong><em>USS Kitty Hawk<\/em><\/strong> (CV-63). Looking back, I wish I\u2019d made at least one more, but I chose to go with <em>Kitty Hawk<\/em> to the Bremerton Shipyards for a year. That was a good choice for me, but still\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subic Bay Navy Station in the Philippines was our overseas home port (&#8220;Forward Deployment&#8221;), meaning we would head out to various places in the South China Sea conducting naval training exercises, but would return to Subic Bay in between. PI is a country of 7,000 islands that are peaks of a partly submerged mountain chain, only 6.5% of which are larger than one square mile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the ship neared the pier, several tugboats took over, gently nudging <em>Kitty Hawk<\/em> toward the pier. The Boatswains Mates and civilian contractors worked their magic to secure the ship, so we (many of us first-timers) could experience <a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/20-port-call-philippines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">liberty in PI<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How would I describe PI? San Miguel beer, Jeepneys, baluts, grilled monkey meet, Shit River, and martial law. Oh yeah\u2026 cheap hookers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was 20 years old at the time, about to embrace (literally) many new and different experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Miguel beer was the local beer, and I cannot tell you how many times I walked into a bar in Olongapo City right after work, ordered a San Miguel beer, and someone handed me one caked in a thick layer of ice\u2014always cold and tasty, especially on hot and humid days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baluts were, well, in my humble opinion, the most disgusting thing you could ever think of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a fertilized chicken egg and bury it in hot sand on the beach and leave it for a few months. Dig it up, remove the top and of the egg, and eat it raw. Considered a delicacy by Filipinos (and a few Navy guys), but I can tell you without batting an eye, this sailor never got close to one.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jeepney.jpg?resize=720%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Philippines Jeepney\" class=\"wp-image-1608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jeepney.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jeepney.jpg?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Philippines Jeepney<br>Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeepneys were old WWII jeeps refurbished by local Filipinos. They still had the same engines, but had extended open rear end cabs, comfortable enough to carry a half dozen or more passengers. They were all flamboyantly decorated with different colors, flowers, and whatever else their owners could put on them. They were everywhere and the most common method for public transportation in Olongapo City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>First Liberty in PI<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We arrived in Subic Bay on June 19, 1975, docking about 1000. Apparently, right before entering port, every department head gave a lecture on VD and what to do to help protect yourself. Back then, there was no AIDS to worry about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get to Olongapo City from the Naval base, you had to first cross over what was commonly called, \u201cShit River.\u201d I\u2019ll spare you the details, but it smelled as bad as it sounds. There were usually several small boats or canoes with a guy paddling and a cute kid, usually a young girl, standing on the bow, holding out a basket for you to throw money.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OlongopoCityBridge-2.jpg?resize=750%2C509&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shit River, Olongapo City\" class=\"wp-image-2642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OlongopoCityBridge-2.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OlongopoCityBridge-2.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Olongapo City Bridge &#8211; 1974<br>Photo credit: Douglas Arnold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The streets looked pretty dingy, and bars and restaurants lined the sidewalks. Almost every bar had a live band, and there were streets with rock bands, streets with soul bands, and streets with country bands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you walked into a bar, several young ladies instantly surrounded you (or, as I described to my parents in a letter, \u201csocial entertainers.\u201d) Sailors often called them \u201cNavy Relief,\u201d each vying for your attention <em>and <\/em>your wallet. The ratio of women to men in these bars was three women to one sailor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My main hangout was a country bar called the <em>Country Caravan<\/em>. They played all my favorites. My buddies and I would sit for hours drinking San Miguel beer and listening to the old country classics, like Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Merle Haggard, and Loretta Lynn. Good times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeah, like I said earlier, my first liberty in PI was quite an unforgettable experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until we meet again,<br>Andy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-10d081ebe197b3146b6e17e4a62b6c33 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000030\">Andy Adkins is a\u00a0<strong>US Navy veteran<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201973-77) and the author of several books (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azadkinsiii.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.azadkinsiii.com<\/a>), many of which are free downloads (PDF, eBook format).\u00a0He is currently retired and lives in Gainesville, Florida with his wife and life-long soulmate, Becky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Previous Blogs mentioned in the Post:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/53-you-always-remember-your-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#53\u2014You Always Remember Your First\u2026<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/35-navy-a-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#35\u2014US Navy \u201cA\u201d School (ABH)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/30-uss-kitty-hawk-bremerton-shipyards-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#30\u2014USS Kitty Hawk @ Bremerton Shipyards, Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/99-dismissed-for-academic-reasons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#99\u2014Dismissed for Academic Reasons<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/49-westpac-75-after-six-months-were-coming-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#49\u2014Westpac \u201975: After Six Months, We\u2019re Coming Home<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/20-port-call-philippines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#20\u2014Port Call: Philippines<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Answers<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>David Simon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Ferris Bueller\u2019s Day Off<\/em><\/strong> (1986), Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>You\u2019re My Best Friend<\/em><\/strong> (1975), Don Williams; written by Wayland D. Holyfield.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Back in my consulting days (1990\u20132015), I seem to recall a plethora of \u201clists\u201d type articles. You know, lists like: Yeah, the lists went on and on. And they continue today. 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