Military Xmas memories
01-07-2010, 05:17 PM
#21
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I can't hold a candle to those stories. All were awesome, and thanks to everyone of you and your families for serving and putting up with all the BS that comes with being in the military. Missing Christmas is an all too miserable reminder of the sacrificies we have to make.
So, this past Christmas was my 4th in the Navy, and first away from home. I am currently serving on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz to the Navy's 5th Fleet AOR, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on an 8-month deployment. We are calling it the Holiday Cruise on account of us missing every holiday except Independence Day, and maybe Flag Day.
Just before taps, on Christmas Eve, the Tactical Action Officer came over the ship's 1MC and advised the crew that Nimitz was tracking a high speed contact inbound to Nimitz, and to kill it with Nimitz birds (the ship's surface to air missles). Immidiately after, the Commanding Officer told the TAO to stand down, that the contact was Santa Claus on his way to the west coast of the United States. The TAO complied, reluctantly. He must be Jewish.
The following day was uneventful, with no highlights. I work the night shift, which meant that I was deprived of a decent meal, again.
So, this past Christmas was my 4th in the Navy, and first away from home. I am currently serving on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz to the Navy's 5th Fleet AOR, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on an 8-month deployment. We are calling it the Holiday Cruise on account of us missing every holiday except Independence Day, and maybe Flag Day.
Just before taps, on Christmas Eve, the Tactical Action Officer came over the ship's 1MC and advised the crew that Nimitz was tracking a high speed contact inbound to Nimitz, and to kill it with Nimitz birds (the ship's surface to air missles). Immidiately after, the Commanding Officer told the TAO to stand down, that the contact was Santa Claus on his way to the west coast of the United States. The TAO complied, reluctantly. He must be Jewish.
The following day was uneventful, with no highlights. I work the night shift, which meant that I was deprived of a decent meal, again.
01-07-2010, 06:14 PM
#23
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Originally Posted by Dougdrvr
Dec 23rd '68.....KP......Long Binh...Missed the Bob Hope Show
Dec 25th '68....KP.......Chu Lai......Missed the Bob Hope Show (and an extra 5000 men through the mess hall that were brought in for the show!)
Dec 25th '68....KP.......Chu Lai......Missed the Bob Hope Show (and an extra 5000 men through the mess hall that were brought in for the show!)
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01-11-2010, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Jetjok
After waiting for about 10 hours out in the heat, I saw Bob's show, along with another couple of thousand of my closest buds. Phu Cat was an Air Force base, but we had every branch of service there for the show, including our ROC friends. Ann Margret was fantastic, and believe it or not, I still have a bunch of black and white (8&1/2" x 11")photos of that show. Thanks, I'd not thought about that for a very long time.
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01-11-2010, 12:45 PM
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Yeah, they were great guys. They protected one side of our perimeter and in the two years I was there, we were only attacked once by the VC from that side. The next day the ROC went into the village from where the attack was launched, and hung a number of the village big-wigs. No more rocket or mortar attacks from that ville.
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