Naval Spooks - "CT Sand Crabs"

FOOTPRINTS, PEARLS, & MEMORIES

OF OUR MEMBERS WITH LAST NAMES BEGINNING WITH THE LETTERS  P - R

WILLIAM (WILLY) PARDUE’S UNCLASSIFIED COMMENT IS  “ STILL CLASSIFIED”.

JIM PARKS-    HE WISHES HE COULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. 

JOHN M PARKS JR-   ITS HARD TO BELIEVE WE’RE THE OLD GUYS ALREADY. THE GOOD TIMES SEEM LIKE YESTERDAY. ANYBODY KNOW WHATEVER HAPPENED TO WALLY GLASGOW OR JACK DODSON?    

WILLIAM E. PATTON - REMEMBERS MAKING A LOT OF GREAT FRIENDS AT EACH PLACE .  HIS BUDDIES WERE WAYNE BURKE (THEY WERE STATIONED AT THE SAME PLACES UNTIL THE DAY THEY WERE DISCHARGED ).  A GREAT FRIEND .  AND BOB ENSMINGER IN GUAM (BOB MARRIED A SCOTTISH GIRL WHILE IN EDSEL ).

RANDY PAYTON-   GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FLEET FOOTBALL LEAGUE - PLAYED FOR MARE ISLAND. PARANOID STARES WE WOULD GET WHEN WE VENTURED DOWN TO HAIGHT- ASHBURY IN STREET CLOTHES BUT WITH OUR “SERVICE HAIRCUTS”. 

TOM PECUE-  ENJOYED JAPAN MUCH MORE THAN ADAK BUT LIKED IT ALL. 

WAYNE PEDERSEN - SAYS WHETHER YOU WERE BLUE OR YOU WERE GREEN, THE CRYPTO COMMUNITY WAS HOME .  HE SAYS HIS GRAY HAIR  IS GETTING IN THE WAY OF REMEMBERING NAMES  .  WHAT A DIFFERENCE BETWIXT THAT WHICH OUR "SPOOK" EYES BEHELD AND WHAT CNN REPORTED TO THE WORLD!!!!.

ROBBIE W. PERRY SAYS- HE WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT MIDWAY, BUT JUST FOR A WEEK.

MICHAEL PETRILLO - SAYS AS DJ CAN TESTIFY TO , AVOID BUYING WORMY PISTACCHIOS IN DUBAI.

RONALD T. PETYAN SAYS THANKS TO BILLY RAU - FOR HOSTING THE BEST REUNION ONE COULD IMAGINE FOR A BUNCH OF MATCRANKS FROM PEARL.

JAMES R. (JR) PHILLIPS REMEMBERS - A GREAT GROUP OF BROTHERS FROM THE PI AND MOROCCO. WE STARTED LOOKING FOR BUDDIES (SO FAR WE'VE FOUND 30) SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND NOW GET TOGETHER FOR REUNIONS EVERY TWO YEARS.

KENNETH (KP) PHILLIPS REMEMBERS GETTING BENT AT THE E-CLUB  (YEA, I'LL BET)

TONY PHILLIPS - REMEMBERS THE SECTION FOUR "MUTANTS" .

ALAN PICARD SAYS - KAMI SEYA SECONE O-BRANCHERS HAVE HAD REUNIONS EVERY 2 YEARS SINCE 1972.  WE WERE ON WATCH WHEN THE PUEBLO WAS TAKEN AND WHEN THE EC121 WAS SHOT DOWN.

JOSEPH (JOE) PIRKLE - REMEMBERS GREAT LIBERTY IN JAPAN , BOONIE STOMPING  AND PLAYING FOOTBALL ON GUAM .  GREAT STUDENTS AT CORRY FIELD  , GREAT COMMAND IN PUERTO RICO  , TAD TRIPS WHILE ON OKINAWA AND STILL HAVING NIGHTMARES ABOUT FT. MEADE .

JOM (FROGLEGS, POLYGLASS, SPINNER) POLGLAZE REMEMBERS SOURDOUGH AND SALAMI IN SAN FRANCISCO , A GIRL IN SAN DIEGO THAT HE ALMOST MARRIED . EVERYTHING GOING NUTS IN SIDI COMSTA WHEN THERE WAS AN ATTEMPTED COUP ON THE KING. HANGING A BIG LIGHTED CROSS ON A BIG UNUSED PARABOLIC DISH FOR CHRISTMAS  IN HAWAII, AND THE SMART, FUNNY, FRIENDLY, AND RESPECTED SAILORS, MARINES,AND AIRMEN THAT HE WORKED WITH  .

FRANCIS (FRAN) PONDER SAYS HE ALWAYS FOUND SOMETHING TO LIKE ABOUT EVERY DUTY STATION  .  EVEN THE ISOLATED ONES  .

JAMES W. (JIM) POOLE- SAYS I WOULD DO THAT 25 YEARS AGAIN IN A SECOND ... EVEN THE TIMES I THOUGHT WERE BAD -  WERE NOT  .

DEAN POWELL-  (HE REMEMBERS) OUTSTANDING SOFTBALL IN PUERTO RICO, AND UNBEARABLE WIND IN ADAK.    HE SLAO SAYS HE MISSES HIS SHIPMATES DAILY! HE SAYS WE WERE LIKE FAMILY .  HE REMEMBERS A GREAT MWR PROGRAM AT SABANA SECA, AND GREAT HUNTING (are you kidding?) AND FISHING ON ADAK.

LYNN PRIDGEN - SAYS HE FOUND OUT THAT AGTR MEANT "ALWAYS GOING TO REVOLUTIONS!".   MISS ALL MY SHIPMATES AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THEM. 

TIM PROCTOR REMEMBERS - SLEAZY'S AND BTA , MARATHON BEER SOFTBALL PT , AND EXPLORING EUROPE ON 80 OFF .

MATT PURCELL-   SERVED 4 YEARS, AND WAS PUT OUT ON A MEDICAL DISCHARGE DUE TO AN ANKLE INJURY. 

STEVE QUINN – SAYS WE WERE THAT GOOD IN THE EARLY 1970S, HE WONDERS HOW GOOD WE ARE NOW. HE SAYS WE HAD THE BEST GEAR AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE NOW.

PHILLIP J. RACE SAYS - BEING SO GUNG HO, I REPORTED TO GTMO IN MY DRESS BLUES, IT WAS ONLY 85 THAT DAY...SOMEHOW FIVE OF US CRAZY CT SUDENTS WOULD GET INTO PVT HOODS MG MIDGET AND GO TO PENSACOLA BEACH EVERY CHANCE WE GOT...THANKS TO CASPER, MY KNEES STILL HURT FROM MY SHELLBACK ON THE VIRGINIA 1980. TONS OF GOOD TIMES WITH MY MARINE, NAVY, AIR FORCE AND ARMY FRIENDS, WISH I STAYED IN LONGER, EVERYONE COULD USE MORE FRIENDS..... AS I GET OLDER I MISS MY MILITARY DAYS AND THE MANY FRIENDS I MADE,,,,I WISH NOW THAT I WOULD HAVE KEPT TABS BETTER....I MISS YOU ALL  MY FIRST LOVE WAS LUANN NOWACK, I TRYED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HER OVER THE YEARS WITH NO SUCCESS,,,,, FIVE OF US GOT INTO A MIDGET AND MADE IT TO THE BEACH TIME AFTER TIME.....DAY OR NIGHT THE BEACH WAS ALWAYS A WAY TO CHILL OUT AND ENJOY LIFE  LES SMITHERMAN WAS OUR CTO INSTRUCTOR....OUR CLASS WAS CALLED LES’S 12 PACK...WE WERE A TIGHT CLASS AND LES AND HIS SCOTTISH WIFE WERE THE BEST......SEMPER FI!

DENNIS A RAFTERY - REMEMBERS HOW HE LOVED GERMANY , AND TODENDORF !

PAUL RATKOVICH - REMEMBERS BEING A PROFESSIONAL MILITARY JOCK IN A TROPICAL PARADISE .  HE LOVED LEARNING SPANISH AND PRACTICING FOREIGN RELATIONS AT THE ANGUS & OLD CITY . HE REMEMBERS ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE HE MET AT SECA .

ROBERT (B0B) RAWLINGS - SAYS IT WAS AN HONOR TO HAVE SERVED WITH THE BEST .  A GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH WONDERFUL MEMORIES....

DEAN RECLA - SAYS - HE HAD MANY FUN TIMES IN GOOD OLD OLOGAPO .

DAVE “ANIMAL” REID-  (HE REMEMBERS) BEING THE FIRST A-BRANCHER TO EARN THE “SURFACE CRYPTOLOGIC TACTICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM AUGMENTATION OPERATOR” NEC, AND HAVING FOUR YEARS CONTINUOUS PCS SEA DUTY BEFORE IT WAS COMMON FOR CT’S TO BE ASSIGNED PCS TO SHIPS. BEING THE COMSEC OP WHO COPIED THE USS LIBERTY MAY DAY OFF THE HI-COM NET AND GOT THE 6TH FLEET FLAGSHIP UNDERWAY TO HER AID. FILLING A CWO-2 DIRSUP COORDINATOR POSITION AS A FIRST CLASS, AND BEING THE POINT CONTACT FOR ALL THE TAD SUBSURFACE OPS TRANSITING THROUGH GUAM. 

TODD REMINGTON-  HE DOESENT MISS GITMO. HE SOCIALIZED QUITE A BIT IN GUAM AND VOLUNTEERED FOR A SECOND TOUR THERE. HE ENJOYED ALL THE GREAT TIMES WITH THE SAILORS AND MARINES OF NSG…SEMPER FI

JOHN C REYNOLDS - REMEMBERS THAT EDZELL AND SABANA SECA WERE THE BEST TIMES EVER  .

RALPH D. REYNOLDS SAYS – HE LOVED THE WORK.  A MUCH NEEDED SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.

RICK REYNOLDS - SAYS HE MET TREMENDOUS PEOPLE WHO WORKED HARD AND PLAYED HARD . HIS BEST DUTY? TODENDORF , HIS WORST DUTY  ...... NONE!!

LARRY RICHARDSON - SAYS HE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE 4 YEARS , ESPECIALLY THE LAST YEAR ABOARD THE VALDEZ  .

DOUGLAS RIDER- SAYS HE MET AND WORKED WITH ALOT OF GOOD PEOPLE  , AND HE SPENT ALOT OF TIME AT SEA , AND VISITED SOME GREAT PLACES.

DAVID RITTER SAYS - I REMEMBER DRIVING AROUND IN JAPAN IN MY MGA WITH THE TOP DOWN IN THE WINTER AND GETTING DOUBLE PNEUMONIA AND ENJOYING CAMP ZAMA'S HOSPITALITY

CHUCK ROBERTS - REMEMBERS REPORTING IN TO CORRY WHEN IT WAS FIRST OPENING (IMPERIAL BEACH STILL IN OPERATION) WITH ONLY ONE UNFILLED BARRACKS  , THE MESS HALL AND ADMIN BUILDING BEING OPEN AND HAVING NO IDEA WHAT TO DO OR EXPECT  .

JOHN S. ROBERTSON SAYS ADAK WAS COLD AND IB HAD WARM BEACHES. GREAT MEMORIES AND FRIENDSHIPS MADE OVER 35 YEARS OF ACTIVE AND RESERVE SERVICE.

RUBEN (BEN) RODRIQUES - HAS MANY MEMORIES , PRECOM TO THE GEORGETOWN , TADS OXFORD (SOUTHAM CRUISE) GEORGETOWN (SOUTHAM CRUISE) BELMONT (SOUTHAM CRUISE)  , DEYO (MAGILLA STATION - CENT AM). HE SAYS HE HAD A GREAT CAREER AND FANTASTIC EXPERIENCES A FOND HELLO TO ALL THE SHIPMATES THAT I HAVE MET ALONG THE WAY ,  AND A SAD FAREWELL TO THOSE SHIPMATES WHO HAVE PASSED. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.  HE ALSO SAYS THANK YOU FOR THIS WEBSITE, IT BROUGHT BACK MANY MEMORIES.  You are welcome, Ben.

JIM ROLLER-  (HE REMEMBERS) DIRSUP -- USS MITSCHER (DDG-35) 1976 NORTH ATLANTIC -- TRAPPED IN SSES BY FOUR DRAWER SAFE THAT BROKE ITS WELDS..  USS BASILONE -- MED 1977 -- FIRST TWO HOURS OF LIBERTY IN KALAMATA GREECE..  JIM HERPOLSHEIMER AND MYSELF HIT BY CAR -- FREE TRIP TO FRANKFURT -- THREE WEEK STAY IN HOSPITAL!  

HARVEY ROSENFELD - REMEMBERS REUNITING WITH 12 OF HIS BROTHERS , AFTER 40 YEARS .

R.P.(PAT) RYAN SAYS - WAS AT DC ACTDUTRA, THEN PCS ROTA SPAIN 74-80, AND IB 80-99 AS CIVILIAN