Naval Spooks - "CT Sand Crabs"
FOOTPRINTS, PEARLS, & MEMORIES
OF OUR MEMBERS WITH LAST NAMES BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER C
DENNIS CAMLET- ANYONE REMEMBER CRAZY CHRIS IN RO TA, OR THE ONE WITH THE ONE EYE, OR THE OTHER ONE WITH THE PERMANENT FOREARM CAST?
ANDREW PRESTON CARPENTER- (HE REMEMBERS) FIRST PLACE KEFLAVIK FOOTBALL TEAM. I SHOULD HAVE TREATED TERRI M. BETTER AT SKAGGS. SCOTLAND JUST PLAIN RULES. HE REMEMBERS GETTING SNOWED IN THE OPS BUILDING FOR 72 HOURS IN KEFLAVIK PLAYED INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL IN AN EDZELL UNIFORM - IT WAS GREAT WORKING WITH THE SEA-BEES AT SKAGGS (BEST TIME IN THE NAVY ALMOST) BUT THEN HE GOT RUN OVER BY A DRUNK DRIVER AT SKAGGS IN '83 - ENDED MY SERVICE. BRAIN INJURY CONFIRMED. JUST GETTING WORSE SINCE. HE MISSES HIS DAYS AS A CT(T).
EDWARD (ED) CARPENTER - SAYS HE ENJOYED THE GOOD TIMES, AND REMEMBERS SOME BAD .
DAVID CASEY - SAYS HE WAS AT DIRNAVSECGRUPAC IN 1964 WHEN THE USS MADDOX (DD-731) GOT FIRED UPON . HE WAS THERE WHEN THE VIETNAM WAS STARTED AND WE HAD MORE MESSAGE TRAFFIC THAN EVER BEFORE FROM THAT MOMENT ON . HE SAID WE HAD THE MID-WATCH AND NORMALLY PARKED IN THE COMMANDERS AND ABOVE PARKING LOT, BUT AFTER THAT WE HAD TO PARK DOWN BELOW . EVERY LIGHT IN CINCPAC FLT WAS ON. WHEN HE GOT TOPSIDE, THE TTYS WERE QUIET . HE ASKED THE CHIEF OF THE WATCH WHAT WAS GOING ON. HE TOLD ME TO WAIT UNTIL 0400. AT EXACTLY 0400, THE TTYS STARTED RUNNING HOT AND HEAVY. HE SAW THE DD-731 HULL NUMBER OF THE MADDOX, SHE WAS HIS OLD SISTER SHIP, AND UNDER FIRE. HE SAYS HE KNEW SOMETHING BIG WAS GOING DOWN. HE SAYS - HE WAS RIGHT, IT LASTED 10 YEARS AND A LOT OF HIS CT SHIPMATES AND HE SERVED PROUDLY THEN.
ROGER (SMOKEY) CASTONGUAY- HAS TOO MANY MEMORIES TO FIT ON THIS PAGE, THAT'S FOR SURE. ANYWAY, HE REMEMBERS 2 DAYS, 2 EVES, 2 MIDS, AND AN 80 OFF SCHEDULE ...FOLLOWED BY SOME HARD DOWN-AND DIRTY SKEDDIN' AT CHINATOWN YOKOHAMA , "THE HONCHO" BAR DISTRICT IN YOKOSUKA . MANY EXOTIC PORTS WHILE DIRSUP'ING .
THOMAS (CASPER) CANAVAN REMEMBERS A 10 DAY CRUISE REST IN ROTA , THE DMZ IN 1980-81 AND 1985-86, DIRSUP WITH 12 MISSIONS (USUALLY THE ONLY MARINE ON DETACHMENT(HE WAS THE ONE THERE TO KILL ALL THE CTS). THE BUTTERFLY BAR IN ANGELES CITY, CROSSING THE LINE AS THE ONLY MARINE ON THE USS LASALLE INDIAN OCEAN CRUISE IN FEB OF 1976. RUNNING AMOK AND NOT CARING FOR 24 YEARS.
DAVID LARS CHAMBERLAIN- I REMEMBER MY FIRST TOUR IN MISAWA; LEARNING DIRSUP AND RUNNING THE ALLEY WITH JIMMY CALVERY, ANDY SHOEMAKE, CHIEF SAM GARRISON, LEW NIBERT, AND THE REST - GOOD TIMES AND GOOD FRIENDS!
TIM (TJ) CHAMBERS- HAS MEMORIES THAT ARE TOO MANY TO GET INTO , BUT HE MISSES THE JOB AND FRIENDS MADE DURING THAT TIME .
DAVE CHARBONNEAU REMEMBERS- THE GREAT DUTY WITH BOTH MARINES AND NAVY CO-WORKERS. SOFTBALL, BASKETBALL, FLAG-FOOTBALL, BASEBALL ON VIEQUES. PUBLICOS FROM OLD SAN JUAN, TOURISTAS ON THE BEACH, AND IS PROUD OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PROUD HE SERVED!
DANIEL J CHAUVIN, SR. - SAYS THAT WAS THE BEST AND MOST EXCITING YEARS OF HIS LIFE. LIFE AS AN "X" SPOOK IS A BORE.
KEN CHRISTENSEN SAYS – HE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE. HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER LEFT.
KEN CIVITELLO- GOOD TIMES IN HAWAII, KIKI. HOPE TO HEAR FROM FRIENDS.
BRAD CLARK - REMEMBERS BRILLIANT DAYS AND NIGHTS SWIMMING ON THE BEACHES, GOOD FRIENDS, GOOD SHIPMATES, GETTING GOOFY IN THE SPACES DURING THE MIDS, TRYING TO KEEP THE FLOODS OUT OF THE BUILDING
DAVID COCHRAN SAYS - HE WAS THE ONE WHO DID NOT GO ON THE USS PUEBLO . HE SAYS HE HAS ALSO FOUND DOUG WOOLEY. HE IS LIVING IN PARAGUAY.
BRUCE COLBURN SAYS – MANY GOOD TIMES AND FRIENDS STILL REMEMBERED FROM GALETA ISLAND
GARY COLEMAN- I’VE BEEN HAVING A GREAT RIDE SO FAR, BUT I STILL CAN’T DECIDE IF I WANT TO MAKE THE NAVY A CAREER. YOU CAN TAKE THE CT OUT OF THE NAVSECGRU BUT YOU CAN’T TAKE THE NAVSECGRU OUT OF THE CT. THE TAMORI WILL ALWAYS LIVE. THE JOB HAS CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY SINCE I FIRST JOINED UP. IT WAS ALL DF AND GUHOR STICKS BACK THEN. NOW IT’S ALL PURE FM TO ME, BUT IT’S STILL EXCITING. MY HAT GOES OFF TO THE YOUNG CT’S OF TODAY.
KEITH COLLIE - SAYS HE IS LOOKING FOR OLD CT'S HE KNEW IN PENSACOLA OR EDZELL. ARE YOU ONE OF THE 850 "CONVERTED" CT'S? TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE .
TIMOTHY J. CONLEY SAYS - I'VE BEEN RETIRED ALMOST AS LONG AS I WAS ON ACTIVE DUTY. ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF BOTH!
CRASH CONNER SAYS – HE WISHES HE WAS STILL IN !!
MARK CONROY- I WAS ONE OF THE LAST CTS IN SIDI YAHIA.
HOWARD COOKS - COMMENT IS "NO COMMENT!"
ROBERT B. COOMBS - SAYS IT'S A SHAME SOME BASES HAVE CLOSED DOWN , SUCH AS RAF EDZELL. CURRENT SAILORS WILL MISS THE GREAT EXPERIENCE OF LIVING IN THESE PLACES. I'LL NEVER FORGET THE MSG I RECEIVED FROM COMNAVSECGRU, SAYING I COULDN'T RETIRE WITH 13 YEARS IN THE NAVY, AFTER PUTTING IN MY RETIREMENT PAPERS. (GULP) THEY OVERLOOKED MY PRIOR SERVICE.
JIM (CORNY) CORNELIUS - SAYS HE DIDN'T CARE TO MUCH FOR ADAK. BUT KAMI SEYA WAS THE BEST DUTY EVER . ALSO, HE WENT ON TAD ON THE USS SCULPIN (1 TRIP) , AND THE USS SCAMP (2 TRIPS) . ON HIS 2ND STOP TO THIS WEBSITE, JIM REMEMBERED - THE END OF THE ROAD, CHINATOWN , THE CHO AND WORKING WITH SOME OF AMERICA'S FINEST .
CARLTON “CARL” COX- (HIS MEMORIES) ARE TOO MANY TO COUNT. AS I LOOK BACK ON MY 9 YEARS IN THE NAVY, ALL I REMEMBER ARE THE GOOD TIMES. DON’T REMEMBER WHY I GOT OUT A YEAR BEFORE I COULD TAKE THE E-7 EXAM. ENJOYED MY TIME ON THE USS VALDEZ, BUT HAD TO LEAVE EARLY DUE TO CONTRACTING HEPITITUS IN CAPETOWN. I NOW HAVE WEB SITES FOR THE USS VALDEZ, CHELTENHAM, USS JAMESTOWN, USNS MULLER (VALDEZ SISTER SHIP), USS PALM BEACH AND MY BOOT CAMP COMPANY.
STEPHEN P. COYLE – SAYS WHILE ON MID WATCH AT THE STAGING AREA CT NAVY TRANSIENT BARRACKS I MET 4 CTS WHO WERE TRANSFERRED THERE FROM THE USS LIBERTY. WHEN I TOOK ONE TO THE ROOM WHERE HE STAYED OVERNIGHT HE TOLD ME THIS "REMEMBER OUR FLAG WAS UP" THEN REPEATED IT AGAIN AS I LEFT HIS ROOM. THEN I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT I DO NOW AND WHO OUR REAL ENEMIES WERE AND ARE. READ THE BOOKS ASSAULT ON THE LIBERTY AND ATTACK ON THE LIBERTY ALSO...ONE ISRAELI PILOT DID REFUSE TO ATTACK THE USS LIBERTY AND WAS IMPRISONED AFTER RETURNING TO BASE.
MICHAEL CRABTREE- THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN A 637 (2 ROOM BOAT) WITH WLR-6, 2280 FOR A POS 4/5 R.
RICH CRAWFORD- (HE REMEMBERS) WHEN THE TURKS SHUT US DOWN, IN THE MID 70’S BUT WE STAYED, JUST IN CASE. OVER A YEAR WITHOUT A MEANINGFUL JOB. DIFFICULT. AN OFT-REPEATED LINE….”MY WORST DUTY STATION IS MY PRESENT ONE; MY BEST DUTY STATION WAS MY LAST ONE” FRANKLY, I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED EACH ONE.
LLOYD CROMER- MY BEST TOUR WAS A KAMISEYA, JAPAN (MY FIRST).
DAN CROOM- (HE REMEMBERS) HURTING MY BACK ON BOARD THE USS DACE, GETTING CARRIED OFF LA MAD BY SOME GOOD SHIPMATES, SEEING THE INSIDE OF NAPLES HOSPITAL AND FITZIMMONS ARMY HOSPITAL, IN DENVER COLORADO BEFORE RETURNING TO DUTY IN ROTA. ONE HELUVA TAD TRIP
TERRY NEIL CROUP - REMEMBERS A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE. GO NAVY, GO MARINES.
JOHN CULLEN REMEMBERS - FOUR WONDERFUL YEARS IN ROTA, SPAIN, ALONG WITH THE GREAT TIMES IN OKI AND JAPAN
RICHARD CUPKA SR. – SAYS 4 OF THE BEST YEARS OF MY CURRENT 74, ESPECIALLY WHILE ON MIDWAY KAMI-SEYA, BRAND NEW WIFE-DEE & OUR 1ST CHILD BORN AT CAMP ZAMA HATE SEEING WHAT HAS SINCE DESTROYED MIDWAY, AND SHUT DOWN KAMI SEYA. DROP ME A LINE AT RCUPKAKE@COMCAST.NET OR CALL 765-583-2563
ED (SKI) CWIKLOWSKI - REMEMBERS PLAYING FOOTBALL ON GUAM ONE SEASON AND PLAYED FOOTBALL AT HAKATA 59 & 60 . OKINAWA AND HAKATA WERE THE BEST DUTY STATIONS . THERE WERE SOME GREAT GUYS THAT I WORKED WITH AND MADE FRIENDS WITH ,. IF ANYONE OUT THERE REMEMBERS ME, PLEASE CONTACT ME . (SEE LISTING IN THE GUESTBOOK FOR THE E-MAIL ADDRESS)
LUCIAN (LOU) CZARNECKI - HAS TOO MANY GOOD MEMO RIES - AND NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO FIT THEM . HE MISSES THE MISSION AND THE PEOPLE. ALWAYS HAD A FEELING OF DOING SOMETHING IMPORTANT AND WORTHWHILE . THE PEOPLE AND THE COMRADERIE CAN'T BE BEAT.