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Title: Orders are in! Post by: Zephon on April 01, 2014, 05:42:59 AM Today I received the confirmation of my new sets of orders.
I'll be attaching to the LHD 1 "USS WASP" based out of Norfolk, Virginia. The first and flag-ship of the Wasp-Class amphibious cruisers. I'm definitely excited by this, and I'll be finally coming back to the mainland, even if only to be attached to a ship. I'll be closer to my cousins, aunts, uncles, newborn niece, and older brother. Title: Re: Orders are in! Post by: Jammo on April 01, 2014, 05:51:48 AM I was on the Essex in 2002. What fun the LHDs are...
Title: Re: Orders are in! Post by: Zephon on April 01, 2014, 05:53:51 AM I was on the Essex in 2002. What fun the LHDs are... Everyone keeps telling me to make sure the Marines don't break stuff.Title: Re: Orders are in! Post by: Deceptae on April 01, 2014, 07:35:55 AM Knowing the future is good, no way I could do military though, I'm to Anarchistic. ::) ;)
We're still on for our date with Destiny, right? Title: Re: Orders are in! Post by: Zephon on April 01, 2014, 07:42:23 AM Knowing the future is good, no way I could do military though, I'm to Anarchistic. ::) ;) Of course, have to defeat the Sith before I leave this sector. ;)We're still on for our date with Destiny, right? Title: Re: Orders are in! Post by: JEStucker on April 01, 2014, 03:41:44 PM Today I received the confirmation of my new sets of orders. I'll be attaching to the LHD 1 "USS WASP" based out of Norfolk, Virginia. The first and flag-ship of the Wasp-Class amphibious cruisers. I'm definitely excited by this, and I'll be finally coming back to the mainland, even if only to be attached to a ship. I'll be closer to my cousins, aunts, uncles, newborn niece, and older brother. Part of a fine tradition... My grandfather served briefly on the Wasp as CV-7 before it was lost in '42, then they moved to the Hornet CV-12, then his unit was redesignated VB-17 and assigned to the Bunker Hill CV-17 in late '43, then back to the Wasp CV-18 for a brief stint in '45. This picture was of VB-17, when they were leaving California, they got new planes, SB2C Helldivers to replace the old SBD Dauntless'. The plane designated 17-B-3 was the squadron leader, LtCmdr. James "Moe" Vose, the man in the backseat manning the twin .30cals was my grandfather, SCPO William E. Stucker. (http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj639/Mark_Allen_M/AformationofSB2C-1sofBombingSquadronSeventeenVB-17_zpsc9094a06.jpg) Title: Re: Orders are in! Post by: Deceptae on April 01, 2014, 05:18:44 PM Point to Hawkbat 8!
Zephon-Sama We shall see... Title: Re: Orders are in! Post by: Jammo on April 02, 2014, 02:54:19 AM Everyone keeps telling me to make sure the Marines don't break stuff. We tend to do that. Title: Re: Orders are in! Post by: Zephon on April 02, 2014, 09:36:02 AM We tend to do that. Yea, I can tell. My team chief is a Sgt now, Marine. Still tends to break things and I have to go in and fix them for him. |