Naval Spooks - "CT Sand Crabs"


FOOTPRINTS, PEARLS, & MEMORIES

OF OUR MEMBERS WITH LAST NAMES BEGINNING WITH THE LETTERS 

 L  -  M


KEITH LACEY-    SAT “THE LINE” AND DID SOME DF’N IN “WINTA HAABA”… YA CAINT GET THEYA FROM HEYA, NEYBAH! SPEAK “DOWNEAST AYUH!”    WENT DIRSUP IN MISAWA, 6 BOAT TRIPS AND 4 SURFACE TRIPS, CHRISTENED “LACEY DOG” BY CTI BROCKHOUSE ON THE USS HADDOCK. NAMED IN HONOR OF RM1 MEDINA’S DOG… 

LARRY F. LACHAT SAYS – HE IS LOOKING FOR GUYS WE SERVED WITH FOR A REUNION, HAVE HAD ONE WITH 13 OF US THERE AND LOOKING FOR MORE OF US FOR NEXT ONE, SEND EMAIL FOR INFORMATION

DAVE LA COURSE  - SAYS HE IS PROBABLY ONE OF ONLY A FEW CTS WHO WENT TO SEA  WITH CAPT. ED BEACH

JIMMY LA FOUNTAIN REMEMBERS - LATE NIGHT BOWLING LEAGUES, WORKING THE WORLD IN THE HAM SHACK , AND LATE NIGHTS AFTER THE FINAL EVE WATCH  .

BOB LAMPACK - SAYS HE IS REALLY PROUD TO BE A CT , AND ENJOYED THE COMRADSHIP OF THE PROPLE ASSOCIATED IN HIS SHORT CAREER .  HE STILL KEEPS IN CONTACT WITH SOME SHIPMATES  AND FRIENDS THAT HE SERVED WITH .

SAMMY F. LANE-   HAD A FABULOUS TIME AT EVERY DUTY STATION, BUT THE VALDEZ WAS THE BEST!! 

PHIL LAQUINTA – SAYS ALL THE GREAT CT'S THAT I WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS. DON'T MISS THE JOB MISS THE PEOPLE. RETIRED IN 2008 FROM NIOC FT. MEADE, MD

ANDREW LAWLOR SAYS -  BEST TIMES OF MY LIFE... SOME TIMES I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH FUN I HAD AND HOW MUCH I ENJOYED THE WORK AND THE PEOPLE I WORKED WITH. ALSO, I WISH I COULD SOME DAY FIND AUTHENTIC LUMPIA AND PANCIT.

ROSS M. LEACH SAYS - I REMEMBER ONE OF THOSE LONG MID SHIFTS IN THE COMM-CENTER WHERE WE DRIPPED ISOPROPLE ALCOHOL ALL OVER THE COMM-CENTER AND CRYPTO EQUIPMENT, TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS AND LIT IT! TRACER BLUE FLAMES SHOT THROUGH THE COMM-CENTER. TOTALLY HARMLESS BUT AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL. WHAT WERE WE THINKING?

“SNOOPY” LINDSEY-   GREAT MEMORIES, GREAT PLACES VISITED, FANTASTIC BUNCH OF NAVY FOLKS! ANYONE REMEMBER THE “Z” SIGNAL ZBM2???   B’HAVEN CT REUNION: BELLEVILLE, IL: SEPT, ‘07. 

DAVID LIVESEY - REMEMBERS LOTS OF GOOD TIMES WITH LOTS OF NEW FRIENDS  .  HE WOULDN'T TRADE HIS 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCES  FOR ANYTHING.

C.E. "CY" LOCKHART SAYS- HE SERVED AT THE SAN MIGUEL COMMSTA IN 1966 & 67  AND WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO ADAK IN 1967.  HE DID TAD ON THE USS TICONDEROGA

GEORGE T. LOGAN-  I REALLY ENJOYED MY TIME IN THE “CT NAVY”. WOULDN’T HAVE CHANGED ANYTHING! HOPE TO FIND SOME OTHERS (SHIPMATES) THAT TIME HAS LOST.

TIM S LONCZAK WANTS TO DEDICATE THIS GUESTBOOK LOG ENTRY TO CTO3 JAMES R. COON (GOOD FRIEND DECEASED IN THE LINE OF DUTY 1971--ALONG WITH FELLOW CT'S FROM NAVCOMSTAPHIL ENROUTE TAD--ON NSA CRYPTO MEMORIAL WALL

DAVID A LOWE - SAYS SUCH A LONG TIME AGO - SO MUCH BEER . WOW... JUST VISITED SABANA SECA AFTER 40 YRS.... ALL GROWN UP AND CLOSED BUT STILL MANNED AT THE GUARD SHACK. SABANA SECA IS ACTUALLY A "TOWN" NOW INSTEAD OF A CROSSROADS....COMPLETE WITH STORES, HOMES, GAS STATIONS...NO BREAK IN BUILDINGS BETWEEN SS AND LEVITTOWN..IMAGINE!!!

WILLIAM J. LUCAS - SAYS HE WISHES HE COULD DO IT OVER AGAIN.  WE O'S HAD TO BUS FROM ARLINGTON FOR MONTHS TIL THE BARRACKS WERE FINISHED  .  HE SHOULD HAVE RE-UPPED  !!!

TOM LUYSTER SAYS-  (HE) WOULD NOT TRADE THE EXPERIENCE EVER!!!!!!!!!!COMMITMENT STILL LIVES. 

ED LYNCH - REMEMBERS GOOD TIMES, AND MANY, MANY GRAND MEMORIES  . HE SAYS HE STILL KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH A FEW OF THE VN GUYS .

ED LYNCH - SAYS HE HAS GREAT MEMORIES  , KAMI HAD TO BE ONE OF THE BEST DUTY STATIONS EVER!  .

PAT LYNCH-  IT WAS A BLAST. THE TAD’S WERE GREAT, GOT TO SEE AND DO THINGS I WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED. 

CTO-3 MAHONEY SAYS HE LOVES THE NAVY!!

BOB MAJERUS- REMEMBERS LIVING IN LEVITTOWN , WHERE MANY OF THE LOWER RANKED NAVY PERSONNEL LIVED .  HE ENJOYED THE PRIVATE NAVY BEACH NEXT TO LEVITTOWN.  ( BELIEVE THIS WAS AT PUNTA SALINAS)

GREG MALONEY - REMEMBERS REVERSION RIOTS IN OKINAWA, FLOODS IN THE P.I. , 6 MONTHS IN NAM , AND 9 MONTHS IN THILAND .  PNA'D FOR 2ND PROMISED SAN VITO THEN SENT TO NAM .  FLEW OUT ON LAST DAY OF I CORP 10/23/1972 . DID 6 YEARS IN RESERVES WHEN ASKED AND DISCHARGED IN 1980 .

RICHARD E. (GENE) MANN – SAYS  HE USED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL CT SEADOGS SITE. WANT TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS ONE, BUT NOT SURE HOW TO DO IT...ALSO LOOKING FOR OLD FRIENDS FROM VARIOUS PLACES.  WELL, GENE, YOU MADE IT!!

DENNIS MARICH - REMEMBERS SO MANY GREAT FRIENDS , EMHO LOGS  .

GUADALUPE MARTIN SAYS - WANT TO FIND NSGA MISAWA PLANKOWNERS,I WAS STATIONED AT KAMISEYA AND THE WE WORKE IN THE "TUNNEL". WORD CAME THAT WE WERE ALL GOING NORTH TO MISAWA TO FORM A LARGER SECURITY GROUP ACTIVITY.IM HOPING TO FIND SOME OF THE ORININAL PLANKOWNERS.

CHUCK MAX - REMEMBERS SOME OF THE BEST TIMES OF HIS LIFE .

PAULY  MAYER-  (HE REMEMBERS) 594 TOUGH, 3M QUALIFIED (MOVIES/ MEALS/ MATRESS); WORK HARD PLAY HARD - ASK THE CHIEF TO GET YOU OUT OF IT. 

JIM McELFISH SAYS - I REMEMBER WALKING OUT TO SHOTGUN MOST EVERYDAY ON ADAK, REMEMBER GOING FOR A DONUT RUN (AIN'T NO SUCH THING"I REMEMBER BLDG 2, NSGA BREMERHAVEN, WORKING IN P&R WITH WALT FITZPARTRICKI REMEMBER NSGA AUGSBURG, THE TRI SERVICE ARRANGEMENT, THE ARMY/AIR FORCE COS FEUD, "VOLKSMARCHING"I REMEMBER THE PEOPLE THE MOST, A DEDICATED BUNCH WHO HAD A LITTLE BIT OF REBEL IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. I THINK THAT IS WHAT MADE THEM "CTS" I REMEMBER BEING TOLD CTS WERE CREAM OF THE CROP

TOM McGARRY-   I HAD A GOOD RIDE IN THE NAVY ALL 26 YEARS.  

“JAY” McMULLAN-   HATS OFF TO MY FIRST CTM DUTY STATION FES NORFOLK (90-94) - THANKS GUYS, I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU ALL.    WE CT’S HAVE BEEN ASSIMILATED - RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!! 

DON McRAE SAYS HE CAN STILL HEAR THE “DITS AND DAHS”. Don, That’s why God made BEER!

DENNIS MEDD REMEMBERS – GENTLE GUIDANCE FROM CHIEF MASHBURN.

GEORGE MEDZERIAN- REMEMBERS THE LOONEY BIN

JOHN MELANCON - SAYS HE WILL ALWAYS TREASURE THE TIME HE SPENT AS A CT .  BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE DID.

RICK MELLOTT - SAYS HE IS PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A CT(R) .

RON MEREDITH - REMEMBERS GREAT DUTY AT CLARK AFB  , HE WENT TAD ON BOTH THE REEVES (CG-24)AND THE USS ENGLAND (CG-22) . BOTH WERE DIRSUP BILLETS

JACK MERKLE – REMEMBERS GREAT TIME WORKING WB, ADAK TOUR WAS NOT A FAVORITE FOR A YOUNG SAILOR MET MANY GOOD OPS GUYS.

CHARLES F. MICHAELMAN - REMEMBERS HE SERVED WITH THE NAVY'S BEST .  THEY WERE WONDERFUL DEDICATED PEOPLE  .

GLENN MILLER SAYS – HE HAD A GREAT TIME AND LOTS OF FRIENDS AT KAMISEYA. IT'S A GOOD THING I DIDN'T HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND THERE!

TIM MILLER-   REMEMBER THE PUEBLO!!!!  

FETZER MILLS JR.-  I WAS AN ARLING AND WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE-EAST NOW HAS ME LIVING IN THE PAST.    26 YEARS AGO SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY TO ME. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND IT’S FRUSTRATING NOT BEING OVER THERE. I ALSO RECENTLY WAS AWARDED 100% SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY, SO I HAVE A MILITARY ID CARD, ALL OF MY MILITARY PRIVILEGES BACK (EXCEPT SPACE A) AND AM FREQUENTLY ON THE NAVAL STATION IN MILLINGTON. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I’M HOMESICK FOR THE CT COMMUNITY. IT’S THE ONLY PLACE I’VE EVER REALLY FELT AT HOME. 

FRANK MISAK-   FAVORITE MEMORY - BOONIE STOMPING IN GUAM. CTS, NO MATTER THE FLAVOR, WERE ALL A GREAT BUNCH OF DEDICATED GUYS. 

DAVE MOFFATT - REMEMBERS HOW HE WORKED A LITTLE , PLAYED HARD , WON THE CAPTAIN'S TROPHY  AND TRAVELED .  HE REMEMBERS THE GREAT FRIENDS , BETTER MEMORIES - ALWAYS HAVING A LAUGH USUALLY AT THE EXPENSE OF A TEAM FROM ANOTHER BASE .  LEVITTOWN PARTIES BIG RED IN THE AZORES .

RON MONDAY - SAYS ADAK WAS COLD AND LONELY . TAIWAN WAS FUN , HE COACHED HIS FIRST LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM.  HAWAII WAS FUN AND EXPENSIVE .  HE SAYS THANKS TO THE US NAVE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE HIS COLLEGE EDUCATION  . HIS WIFE CATHY AND HE SAYS "HELLO" TO ALL THEIR NAVSECGRY FRIENDS. THEY STILL REMEMBER ALL THE GOOD TIMES  .

DAN MOORE - REMEMBERS THE RUNNING OF THE BULLS IN ARCOS DO LA FRONTERA (VERRRRY STUPID ) AND SEVILLIE EVERY WEEKEND FOR FUN .  HE ALSO MISSES THE AFTER-WATCH GOLF GAMES , AND DRINKING FINO IN THE TAXI BARS .

MILTON E. (PETE) MOORE SAYS - I TAKE TREMENDOUS AND UNENDING PRIDE IN THE IMPORTANT SERVICE, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, PROVIDED THIS GREAT COUNTRY BY THE CRYPTOLOGIC COMMUNITY MEN AND WOMEN. AN APPARENT FALSE BARRACKS RUMOR THAT THE USMC WAS DISESTABLISHING THE "O" BRANCH FIELD LED ME TO CHANGE SERVICES. I NOW ALWAYS PLAY THE "WHAT IF" GAME. WONDERING HOW MY CAREER MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT OTHERWISE. REGARDLESS, MY LOVE OF THE SECGRU MISSION CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NATIONS SECURITY WILL NEVER CHANGE.

 

HOWZIE C. MORRIS - SAYS THAT THE NAVY TOOK A FARM BOY OFF AJOHN DEERE TRACTOR AND PUT HIM IN A VERY DIFFERENT AND INTERESTING WORLD . HE SAYS HE WAS PROUD TO HAVE SERVED AS A CT  .  MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS AMERICA, AND ALL WHO SERVE TO KEEP HER FREE! .

GEORGE H. MORTON - SAYS IT WAS A GREAT 20 YEARS AND HE JUST WISHES HE HAD HIT THE BOOKS MORE  AND MADE CTRC.  HE SPENT 14 YEARS OF RETIREMENT IN THE P.I. - MARRIED HIS WIFE AND CAME HOME WITH 5 KIDS , 3 HERS AND 2 OURS . HE WORKED AT WBAZ FOR ANOTHER 14 YEARS AND FINALLY RETIRED . HE IS NOW 73 YEARS AND RELISHES THE MEMORIES OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS  .

ROBERT (BOB) MORTON- LOVED THE TWO DUTY STATIONS HE WAS ASSIGNED.  SPORTS WAS TOPS AT BOTH BASES,LIBERTY IN THE PI WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD , SABANA SECA WAS REALLY GREAT  , NICE PEOPLE, ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT MY DUTY STATIONS .

ROBERT (BOB) MURCH - SAYS HE GOT TALKED INTO CT SCHOOL AT THE LAKES , BUT NO ONE WOULD TELL HIM WHAT IT WAS ABOUT . MET A GREAT FRIEND AT CORRY, SAW JAMES BROWN. OUR WHOLE GROUP GOT SENT TO FT MEADE . MET ANOTHER GREAT FRIEND (MACK) .  HAD GREAT TIMES WITH BOTH.  LIVED IN GLEN BURNIE (70-72) .

PETE MURPHY - REMEMBERS HAVING SOME WILD TIMES WITH MAMASON IN JAPAN!!, HE ALSO HAD A GREAT TIME IN NORFOLK AND PEARL . HE IS NOW HELPING RETURNING VETS , WORKING AT VETERAN'S ADMINIATRATION, ST. PAUL MINN.

ROD MURPHY-  ALL THE DIRSUP TRIPS OUR OF ROTA AND THE GO KART RACING IN SPAIN 

ROD (UNCLE P) MURPHY [2ND ENTRY] - RODE A LOT OF SHIPS OUT OF ROTA FROM 1986-1990 WHEN I RETIRED.   TOO MANY MEMORIES.        ALL GOOD