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So for
today:
Most ships
on the East Coast of the USA spend time at GITMO Bay. When GITMO is mentioned, folks think only of
the well-known prison. HOWEVER that is a
minor part of Guantanamo.
The main mission
of the USN BASE is the testing and training of new ships and ships coming out
of shipyards for repairs or upgrades. Therefore, most sailors on this coast have
spent time in GITMO. The ships that visit are put thru strenuous tests, testing
the ship and it’s crew. The reason for
the location is the weather. It is perfect 99.9% of the time and the testing is
completed at sea so there is no down time due to bad weather.
My job there
was to keep all IBM machines repaired and operating. My secondary job was to
print all the checks for military and civilians that worked there.
My
sweetheart took a civil service job in ‘Household Goods’. She worked in the area of furniture shipped
in and out for the residents.
As you can
imagine there was lots of trash and junk from the thousands of folks there. My favorite thing was trips to the ‘DUMP’.
While there I never bought parts for the cars
(including tires), appliances, etc. IF you needed a tire or part, you
needed only carry a jack and wrench to the dump, find a wrecked, junk car with
what you needed and take it. It was
sorta like an Easter Egg hunt. LOL
We still
consider that as our best military assignment, it was a small town atmosphere
and as I said, the weather was great.
The boys loved it because they raced Moto Cross
Nite
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4 comments:
You have so many fond memories of your service time. Thank you for serving our country. Junk yards were a major source for repairing cars for sure. The parts on the junked cars cost almost nothing but the time it took to find what you needed. We never considered looking for tires there, but we should have. They are very expensive. Thank you for sharing your wonderful experiences!
Buried treasure there! Were there other servicemen who availed themselves of the discarded automobile parts, etc. -- or, were you the only resourceful one?
You do have a lot of memories from the service/services - and after all that you still had other 'lives'. You seem to have done it all. I bet that junk pile was cool.
I think all men love junk yards. Funny story…Nick took Ashley to the junk yard with him when she was about three. He turned around to find her face in a gas tank sniffing gas. He still laughs about that.
I like finding junk treasures too.
Lisa
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