Shipyard stories
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That's awsome! It looks like what I look at all day, a house plan.
But with a motor in it.....
dmort
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Almost....Just stay tuned.
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Sgt. Salazar/laundry
Sgt. Salazar was one of the two Buck Sgt's that hosted to our stay at MCRD. When Sgt. Salazar was upset about something he could scare the crap out of you. When their no screw ups we got to see a little of the otherside.
One day Sgt. Salazar had the duty on a day we were doing laundry without Mommy's help. You scrubbed your laundry with a brush and soap (yeah that soap) on a large concrete waist high basin.
At some point Sgt. Salazar had us standing at attention with our empty laundry buckets in our left hand...we are totally clueless as to what is next.
Platoon, the smoking lamp is lit
Sir, the smoking lamp is lit Sir, Aye, Aye Sir!
So the smoking lamp is lit but we are at attention. How do you smoke at attention? You are normally given At Ease, and from there you can lite up. He went on to say we would learn how to smoke in an orderly fashion, by the numbers. We were give At Ease to lite our smokes and then back to attention.
Count number 1 - Bring your right hand and smoke sharply to your mouth.
Count number 2 -Inhale and return your right hand sharpley to your side.
Count number 3 -With your left hand bring the laundry bucket up and place it over your head
Count number 4 -Exhale.....or so it went
We knew how ridiculous we looked but no one dared even giggle.
Morale went up when Sgt. Salazar had the duty.
Mort
Sgt. Salazar was one of the two Buck Sgt's that hosted to our stay at MCRD. When Sgt. Salazar was upset about something he could scare the crap out of you. When their no screw ups we got to see a little of the otherside.
One day Sgt. Salazar had the duty on a day we were doing laundry without Mommy's help. You scrubbed your laundry with a brush and soap (yeah that soap) on a large concrete waist high basin.
At some point Sgt. Salazar had us standing at attention with our empty laundry buckets in our left hand...we are totally clueless as to what is next.
Platoon, the smoking lamp is lit
Sir, the smoking lamp is lit Sir, Aye, Aye Sir!
So the smoking lamp is lit but we are at attention. How do you smoke at attention? You are normally given At Ease, and from there you can lite up. He went on to say we would learn how to smoke in an orderly fashion, by the numbers. We were give At Ease to lite our smokes and then back to attention.
Count number 1 - Bring your right hand and smoke sharply to your mouth.
Count number 2 -Inhale and return your right hand sharpley to your side.
Count number 3 -With your left hand bring the laundry bucket up and place it over your head
Count number 4 -Exhale.....or so it went
We knew how ridiculous we looked but no one dared even giggle.
Morale went up when Sgt. Salazar had the duty.
Mort
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bob finger
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DMort: From an old fart who drew a 4F in the draft please keep em coming. It's nice to see what I missed. bob
dmort
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Some people are going to say oh no! But I really like to BS and there are just a couple of things I would love too share.
Like alot of people I have good days and not so good days.If I don't respond right away it"s nothing personal.
Mort
jackie schmidt
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I went to a boat christening today down in Galveston. This vessel was built by another one of our good customers, John Bludworth Shipyard in Corpus Christi. It's a 2600 HP unit, with 3512 Catepillars for power.
We just got an order yesterday for all of the machine work on two more just like it.
http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20918&stc=1&d=1524796586
http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20919&stc=1&d=1524796665
http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20920&stc=1&d=1524796727
http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20921&stc=1&d=1524796781
http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20922&stc=1&d=1524796850
http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20923&stc=1&d=1524797169
The last picture looking down through the grating is one of the tiller arms that moves the rudders.
We just got an order yesterday for all of the machine work on two more just like it.
http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20918&stc=1&d=1524796586
http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20919&stc=1&d=1524796665
http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20920&stc=1&d=1524796727
http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20921&stc=1&d=1524796781
http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20922&stc=1&d=1524796850
http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20923&stc=1&d=1524797169
The last picture looking down through the grating is one of the tiller arms that moves the rudders.
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dmort
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Induction and Frayed Pants
After arriving at the Induction Center we were escorted to a waiting room and told to stand by. After waiting forever our small group went into a separate room and took the oath.
An NCO escorted us to the waiting room and left us with something like this. "You are now part of the Marine Corps and the sooner you can pay attention and follow orders the easier it will be",
There was no Rah Rah stuff, not even a short clip of John (Hollywood Marine) in the "Sands of Iwo Jima", my reality check ...you have just signed away the next four years of your life.
I couldn't eat the food they offered me because I really felt I would be sick. We were also told that cigarettes would be far and few between in boot camp...So if you got em' smoke em.
One of our group was put in charge during our transport to San Diego. His last name was Peoples and easy name to remember. So Pvt. Peoples had his first assignment'
After our arrival at MCRD Pvt. Peoples was put on the, "Fat Boy List". What he put on his tray in the Mess Hall was monitored by the Duty Drill Instructor. Between the activity level and his diet he lost a lot of weight. So much so he was walking on the bottoms of his Utility Pants with the heel of his boots, and the pants were getting frayed. He was told to take the issued Marine Corps sewing kit and take up the bottom of his Marine Corps issue pants. I know he was reminded a second time. Sometime after that Pvt. Peoples disappeared.
We were later told Pvt. Peoples would have the opportunity to join another platoon....sometime down the road.
Mort
After arriving at the Induction Center we were escorted to a waiting room and told to stand by. After waiting forever our small group went into a separate room and took the oath.
An NCO escorted us to the waiting room and left us with something like this. "You are now part of the Marine Corps and the sooner you can pay attention and follow orders the easier it will be",
There was no Rah Rah stuff, not even a short clip of John (Hollywood Marine) in the "Sands of Iwo Jima", my reality check ...you have just signed away the next four years of your life.
I couldn't eat the food they offered me because I really felt I would be sick. We were also told that cigarettes would be far and few between in boot camp...So if you got em' smoke em.
One of our group was put in charge during our transport to San Diego. His last name was Peoples and easy name to remember. So Pvt. Peoples had his first assignment'
After our arrival at MCRD Pvt. Peoples was put on the, "Fat Boy List". What he put on his tray in the Mess Hall was monitored by the Duty Drill Instructor. Between the activity level and his diet he lost a lot of weight. So much so he was walking on the bottoms of his Utility Pants with the heel of his boots, and the pants were getting frayed. He was told to take the issued Marine Corps sewing kit and take up the bottom of his Marine Corps issue pants. I know he was reminded a second time. Sometime after that Pvt. Peoples disappeared.
We were later told Pvt. Peoples would have the opportunity to join another platoon....sometime down the road.
Mort
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dmort
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My Last Detail
President Kennedy was going to land in San Diego and speak at a college. This was going to require crowd control, so a detachment of Marines were sent down from Camp Pendleton. I was among them.
Our group was stationed on the opposite side of the street in front of the college. I was directly across from where they were going to park the President's car. There was a committee of sorts on the walkway to greet him, and shortly after the President's arrival they all walked into the main building.
When the crowd behind us had thined out we were told to stand by. I took the opportunity to cross the street and check out the car. I had eye contact with one of the security guys standing near the car and he didn't wave me off.
The car was a big 4 door Lincoln convertible with the Presidential Seal on the inner door panels. Don't know what year make it was But it was pretty impressive.
I was a civilian when the President was shot...what a shock that was! Since then I've often wondered if it was the same car. I've been told that there was more than one.
Mort
President Kennedy was going to land in San Diego and speak at a college. This was going to require crowd control, so a detachment of Marines were sent down from Camp Pendleton. I was among them.
Our group was stationed on the opposite side of the street in front of the college. I was directly across from where they were going to park the President's car. There was a committee of sorts on the walkway to greet him, and shortly after the President's arrival they all walked into the main building.
When the crowd behind us had thined out we were told to stand by. I took the opportunity to cross the street and check out the car. I had eye contact with one of the security guys standing near the car and he didn't wave me off.
The car was a big 4 door Lincoln convertible with the Presidential Seal on the inner door panels. Don't know what year make it was But it was pretty impressive.
I was a civilian when the President was shot...what a shock that was! Since then I've often wondered if it was the same car. I've been told that there was more than one.
Mort
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GeneT
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Thanks!
Great to hear how our Corp used to be!
I, too, had a Sgt Salazar, who was meaner than a boar with a toothache, and initially I wondered if it might be the same Marine, but your later comments dispelled that possibility. Everything else sounds sooo familiar.
Smoking (in boot camp) was verboten by the time I enlisted, but the rest rings true. My son (now a former Marine) did not have the same experience.
Semper Fi!,
GsT
Great to hear how our Corp used to be!
I, too, had a Sgt Salazar, who was meaner than a boar with a toothache, and initially I wondered if it might be the same Marine, but your later comments dispelled that possibility. Everything else sounds sooo familiar.
Smoking (in boot camp) was verboten by the time I enlisted, but the rest rings true. My son (now a former Marine) did not have the same experience.
Semper Fi!,
GsT
Yes.
"Over the next several months the ship was upgraded with the most advanced weaponry available; among the new weapons systems installed were four MK 141 quad cell launchers for 16 AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles, eight Armored Box Launcher (ABL) mounts for 32 BGM-109 Tomahawk missiles, and a quartet of the United States Navy's Phalanx Close in Weapon System (CIWS) Gatling guns for defense against enemy anti-ship missiles and enemy aircraft.[24][25][26] New Jersey also received eight RQ-2 Pioneer Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, which are remotely controlled drones that replaced the helicopters previously used to spot for her nine 16"/50 Mark 7 guns.[27] Also included in her modernization were upgrades to radar and fire control systems for her guns and missiles, and improved electronic warfare capabilities.[24]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Jersey_(BB-62)
A good read...
jackie schmidt
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Business Is Good
We received this load of shafting material yesterday.
http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21210&stc=1&d=1531486263
Things are about as good as they have ever been in our Industry. Both in new construction and repair.
I wish I was 20 years younger.
We received this load of shafting material yesterday.
http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21210&stc=1&d=1531486263
Things are about as good as they have ever been in our Industry. Both in new construction and repair.
I wish I was 20 years younger.
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John Kielly
Shari's fan club
Just think of all those old farts you'd be hanging out with.
