Veterans Post Your Units For Veterans Day

beerrun · Nov 11, 2023

BoatCop said:
Enlisted Compton, CA, Feb 3, 1975
1975 - Training Center Alameda, CA - Boot Camp (SR - SA)
1975 - Training Center Yorktown, VA - Machinery Technician (MK) School (SA - FAMK)
1975 - 1977 USCG Base Gloucester City, NJ - Engineering/Small Boat Crew (FAMK - MK2)
1977 - 1978 USCGC Burton Island Polar Ice Breaker - Engine Room Supervisor (MK2)
1978 - 1978 USCG Station San Francisco - Engineering/Small Boat Crew (MK2)
1978 - 1979 Boating Safety Detachment Channel Island Harbor/Lake Mohave Boating Safety Officer (MK2)
1979 - 1981 Boating Safety Detachment Parker Dam, CA - Boating Safety Officer/Unit Supervisor (MK2-MK1)
1981 - 1984 USCGC Cleat 65' Harbor Tug, Gloucester City, NJ - Engineering Officer (MK1)
1984 - 1985 USCG Air Station Barbers Point, HI - Ground Support Equip Shop Supervisor (MK1-MKC)
1985 - 1986 USCGC Munro 378' High Endurance Cutter, Honolulu, HI Auxiliary Shop Chief (MKC)
1986-1987 USCGC Point Stuart 82' Coastal Patrol Boat, Ballast Point, San Diego CA - Chief Engineer (MKC)
Oct 21st 1987 Released Active Duty-Transition to Reserve Status
1987 - 1991 USCG Reserve Group Phoenix/Colorado River Patrol, Team Leader (MKC)
1991 - 1997 USCG Sector San Diego, CA - Reserve Assist Naval Engineer MKC-MKCS)
1997 - 2002 USCG Maintenance Assist Team, 32nd St Naval Station, Reserve Chief Engineer (MKCS)
Retired Aug 2, 2002

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jetboatperformance · Nov 11, 2023

Happy Veterans Day and Thank you to all that served Hooyah

PlanB · Nov 11, 2023

Wife got me a cool mount for my Stetson.

BoatCop · Nov 11, 2023

beerrun said:
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I was at USCG Base Gloucester City, NJ when those boats came out. We had been running 40' and 30' Utility Boats. (below) When the 41 Footers were built, I, along with my crew, went down to Baltimore for a week and went through the "assembly line", learning how the boats were built from keel laying to launch. We then drove 2 of them back to Gloucester, via the Chesapeake Bay, C&D Canal and Delaware Bay & River. Awesome trip. The difference between the boats were night and day. From an open-air control station, with only a radio and depth finder, to an enclosed (heated) cabin, radar, advanced electronics, etc.