2/25/2024 Full name Frank Bullard Arrival date at gitmo July 1975 Departure date from gitmo July 1976 Rate/rating (e.g. ctrsn) CTOSN Email address 2525bullard@gmail.com Add email to the online roster - yes or no? Yes Comments and highlights of your tour of duty! AAWC SOC on Crane Hill 11/11/2022 Full name Jack Taylor Arrival date at gitmo July 1982 Departure date from gitmo August 1985 Rate/rating (e.g. ctrsn) CTR2 Email address jacktaylor941@gmail.com Add email to the online roster - yes or no? Yes Comments and highlights of your tour of duty! I was made the CMA on JPJ Hill under Top Sweeten. Was a jock played every sport I could. Softball, Volleyball, football, golf, bowling. When my time ended I tried to extend but the Navy wouldn't let me. I wanted to retire there and work as a civilian. 3/16/2022 Full Name Paul Dunlap Arrival date at GITMO 03/1993 Departure date from GITMO 07/1995 Rate/Rating (e.g. CTRSN) CTM1 Email address matrat80129@yahoo.com Add email to the online roster - Yes or No? Yes Comments and highlights of your tour of duty! Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA) Gitmo. JPJ Hill. 6/29/2020 Full Name: Sheldon Poeling Arrival date at GITMO: May 1988 Departure date from GITMO: April 1990 Rate/Rating (e.g. CTRSN): CMCN Email address: spoeling@gmail.com Add email to the online roster - Yes or No?: Yes 1/5/2020 Full Name: Gilbert Camarillo (Fluffy) Arrival date at GITMO: 1961 and 1962, # TDA fm Camp Geiger Departure date from GITMO: Nov 1962 after Cuban Crises Rate/Rating (e.g. CTRSN): CPL - USMC Email address: gilbertcamarillo@att.net Add email to the online roster - Yes or No?: Yes Comments and highlights of your tour of duty!: I was part of 2nd Composite Radio Company. Many memories, I was a 2571 MOS (CT), Morse Code, Crypto, Spanish Translator. Highlight was the beach parties on days off. One time we were testing a high frequency intercept project, code name the Pink Elephant on a high ridge and one night we heard some noise around the site, I pulled my m-16 and emptied a whole magazine into the high grass. I put the base on high alert, light on all over the base, two truck loads of Marines came, it was nothing, probably some small animal. Anyone remember that, email. Many more stories. 9/29/2019 Full Name: Lawrence D. Hopp (Larry) Arrival date at GITMO: 1959 Departure date from GITMO: 1961 Rate/Rating (e.g. CTRSN): CTM3 CTM2 Email address: lbhopp@frontiernet.net Add email to the online roster - Yes or No?: Yes Comments and highlights of your tour of duty!: 8/11/2019 Full Name: Daniel Wimmer Arrival date at GITMO: Dec 73 Departure date from GITMO: Dec 74 Rate/Rating (e.g. CTRSN): CTO2 Email address: djwimmer@hotmail.com Add email to the online roster - Yes or No?: djwimmer@hotmail.com Comments and highlights of your tour of duty!: Was assigned to NAS GTMO AAWC on Crane Hill. JPJ Hill was staffed with Marines at the time. 24/24 shifts, only two CTO’s on the island. 5/13/2019 1.FullName: Gregory A DuVall 2.NickName: Greg 3.ArriveDate: 08 Jun 1971 4.DepartDate: 02 Jun 1972 5.RateRating: CTO3 6.Duty: NSGAGuantanamoBay 7.Email: gadned@comcast.net 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Org & Station NAVSECGRUACT GUANTANAMO BAY , CUBA, Mailing Address was AAWC, NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA,Arrived CTOSN made CTO3 04/01/1972 8/1/2018 1.FullName: Philip Cole 2.NickName: 3.ArriveDate: Jan. ' 64 4.DepartDate: early '65 5.RateRating: CTSN I branch 6.Duty: NSGAGuantanamoBay 7.Email: phdicole@embarqmail.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Fidel cut the water off. Memories of good fishing in the bay, fun at the outdoor movies, happy hour at the Barrel Club [10 cent drinks], cigarettes a dollar a carton [I quit], dealing with the land crabs on the road up to JPJ hill, steak cookouts at Windmill beach, midrats on the night shift, riding my Lambretta to wherever, and many fond memories of those I served with. 7/31/2018 1.FullName: William J. Difilippantonio Sr 2.NickName: Bill 3.ArriveDate: Dec 1966 4.DepartDate: Oct 1967 5.RateRating: CTO3 6.Duty: NSGAGuantanamoBay 7.Email: Barizona6@yahoo.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Did a lot of snorkeling while there with the other "O" branchers. Enjoyed the USO shows like George Jessel and a USO group of women who traveled station to station so they could visit their husbands. Met the whole group on the beach and had a nice time. 5/10/2018 1.FullName: Walter Ziriax 2.NickName: Don 3.ArriveDate: Sept 1983 4.DepartDate: Sept 1984 5.RateRating: CTRC 6.Duty: NSGAGuantanamoBay 7.Email: dbziriax@centex.net 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: SIGSEC Training with FTG, GITMO 12/30/2014 1.FullName: Kimberly Berry 2.NickName: Kimberly Bowen 3.ArriveDate: Feb 1994 4.DepartDate: July 1998 5.RateRating: CTM2 6.Duty: NSGAGuantanamoBay 7.Email: matchick@hotmail.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: I arrived while the Cuban and Haitian migrants were still in camps and the dependents had been sent back stateside. I chose to stay when dependents came back, so I was there for almost 4 years. I was Matshop LPO and Facilities PO. We were awarded the Bronze Hammer award while I was FPO and I also got a NAM for that. I got my Advanced Open Water SCUBA quals while there and spent most of my liberty time in the water. I had my last enlistment ceremony on the pier near the lighthouse and then repeated oath underwater as well in 98. 11/15/2014 1.FullName: James Rushcamp 2.NickName: Woody 3.ArriveDate: Dec 1975 4.DepartDate: Nov 1976 5.RateRating: CTO3 6.Duty: NSGAGuantanamoBay 7.Email: jimrushcamp@gmail.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: 7/17/2014 1.FullName: David Cole 2.NickName: Dave 3.ArriveDate: 6-67? 4.DepartDate: 7/68? 5.RateRating: CTR2 6.Duty: NSGAGuantanamoBay 7.Email: dacole@msn 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Volunteered for Gitmo to get me back to the east coast FREE and not be assigned to Danang (or a ship) as several friends had. LOVED the PI, the people, San Miguel, especially Olongapo and Manila.,,Made some friends at Gitmo, too. Got six visits to Montego Bay. Jamaica was The Bomb! 1/14/2013 1.FullName: Robert Dorbecker 2.NickName: Bob 3.ArriveDate: Jan 1970 4.DepartDate: Dec 1970 5.RateRating: CTT2 6.Duty: NSGAGuantanamoBay 7.Email: Dorbecker@gmail.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: 5/24/2012 1.FullName: Tim Davis 2.NickName: 3.ArriveDate: 1968 4.DepartDate: 1969 5.RateRating: CTO2 6.Duty: NSGAGuantanamoBay 7.Email: rdavis1@uwf.edu 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: I mostly remember the rigors of the rotating eve-day-mid-56 schedule; the world's worst golf course; my Lambretta scooter (probably recycled through resale a hundred times during its lifetime at GITMO); the Haitian workers at the snackbar at the main intersection; the world's worst movies shown in the world's most unique outdoor theatre; the "banana rats" in the cages near the softball fields; the rides up and down, to and from JPJ hilltop (and the walk into the windowless dungeon where we all worked like moles); the clubs (where I spent too much time and too much money--but my liver survived); the strange isolation--like being on a ship but never leaving the port and never having liberty call (except for the R&R flights to Jamaica, Haiti, and Puerto Rico--places to which I never went while at GITMO).; and the friends whose names I have now forgotten (although I still remember (and dislike) ENS/LTJG Sandoval). Monday 11/14/2011 6:33:17am Nickname: Steve Full Name: Stephen Schermerhorn Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: ETRSN-ETR3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: early Jan 1963 Departure Date from Gitmo: late Mar 1964 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Crane Hill FTG-NAS McCulla Email Address: stevesch@npcc.net City_State_Country New Paris, In., USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Bay Hill barracks while Crane Hill was FTG - then Air Station barracks when Crane was moved to NAS. Mosquito's were thick - remember stray dog Woof'n Bark, just showed up one day at the hill. We made sure she was fed and cared for. Rum and Coke, and Red Stripe Beer. Showing movies at teen club (I never did figure this one out). Although I met Diane from USO show there. Borrowed Mr Winters car for a date. How many of you guys did that in 1963 at gitmo. Wednesday 09/28/2011 3:38:51pm Nickname: Randy Full Name: Randolfo Aragon Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTR2, CTR1 Arrival Date at Gitmo: 1966 Departure Date from Gitmo: 1968 Dept/Div at Gitmo: P&R Email Address: randolfoaragon@verizon.net City_State_Country MURRIETA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Tuesday 09/27/2011 11:25:48am Nickname: Randy Full Name: Randolfo Aragon Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTR1 Arrival Date at Gitmo: 1966 Departure Date from Gitmo: 1968 Dept/Div at Gitmo: P&R Email Address: City_State_Country Highlights of your tour/Comments: Tuesday 06/08/2010 6:52:44am Nickname: Jerry Full Name: Jordan O Woolard Jr Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTASN Arrival Date at Gitmo: 1963 Departure Date from Gitmo: 1964 Dept/Div at Gitmo: ARFCOS Email Address: Jwool77272@aol.com City_State_Country Brandon, FL Highlights of your tour/Comments: Courier, wore a pistol at work. played in rock band with Tommy Cox, Barrel Club, outdoor movies, Cuban people, Bay Hill, the beach, helo flights. USO Shows. Dependents leaving and Marines coming. My first tour, enjoyed the total trip. Wednesday 01/27/2010 9:13:01pm Nickname: Terry Full Name: Ritter Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTI3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: Oct 78 Departure Date from Gitmo: Jan 79 Dept/Div at Gitmo: RT Email Address: rittertd@yahoo.com City_State_Country Neenah, WI Highlights of your tour/Comments: Probably my favorite duty station. I was only there TAD for a few months but would have extended if the Lt. in Homestead had let me. Luckily I was with the first of the Navy guys so while the Gold Hill Towers absolutely sucked as far as a “habitable” environment, the food at the Navy dining hall was soooo much better than the stuff they fed the Marines. I loved working with the Co. L Marines. Much better than the whiney sailors that came down with me. The first day of the break always meant a party at Windmill beach. And like Phil, I remember Lavern, Shirley, and Paco. And the sign as you drove up the site that said the guard carried live ammo, which was why the base police would always have to call ahead when they wanted to pick up the drug dogs. Ah, and the goats! The day I left was 92 degrees, January 12. We had to get off the plane so they could put on more fuel in case we got rerouted because Norfolk was getting a snowstorm. We were TAD from Homestead Florida. It didn’t occur to us to bring anything with long sleeves when we left in October. So 4 sailors in short sleeve white shirts looked pretty stupid in Norfolk in January. Of course the guys who made a comment lost their smirk when they found out that in 10 minutes we’d be headed to Miami while they stayed there. Friday 11/13/2009 11:34:50pm Nickname: Full Name: PHILIP J. RACE Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: L/CPL - CPL Arrival Date at Gitmo: 1978 Departure Date from Gitmo: 1980 Dept/Div at Gitmo: COMPANY L Email Address: prace58@yahoo.com City_State_Country DECATUR, ILLINOIS, USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: ACTUALLY LIKED IT IN GTMO SO MUCH I EXTENDED MY TOUR....LOTS OF SCUBA DIVING AND PROB TOO MUCH BEER AND JAMACIAN BEEF PIES.....MISS THE DOGS: POCO AND THE TWINS LAVERN AND SHIRLEY...SEMPER FI Sunday 09/06/2009 9:38:07pm Nickname: Mike Full Name: H. Michael Vain Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: Lcpl, Cpl - Spanish Linguist Arrival Date at Gitmo: 12/85 Departure Date from Gitmo: 4/87 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Company L Email Address: mike.vain@yahoo.com City_State_Country Orlando, FL Highlights of your tour/Comments: What a place. Interesting work, great people, awesome times working the midwatch in "tap". Scuba diving with the guys and gals of Company L. Friends like Rich Newman, June Hyland, Mia Lewandowski, Ivan (the one who wrote the Dear Abby letter that got us flooded with thousands of letters and pictures, resulting in at least 2 marriages and lots of relationships) (I dated a girl for a year that I met there) Scuba diving off Minefield Cliffs and the incredible reefs there, working in the dive shop. Diving with Shane Tomko and my roommate Jeff Jayne, Ivan almost killing me by kicking me in the face when he grabbed the cable off cable beach and I ended up on the rocks, driving my old Barracuda around the airstrip at night to blow the carbon out, fishing out on the bay, rock climbing (and filling sandbags after getting caught rock climbing), the iguanas and Jutias (AKA Banana Rats), the giant boa contrictor that came out of nowhere and ate the iguana I was feeding Chicken McNuggets to. The curly-tailed skinks that ran around everywhere. The Iguana Crossing sign. "This is a Traffic Light" Stale potato chips, stale cereal, stale EVERYTHING!! Boll Weevils in my Raisin Bran! (I didn't notice until the 3rd bowlful...) Guys in charge: Capt Makuta and Top Rollins, Col Culp and Gunny Vargas. Good people to work for. Eating fresh mangoes and making conch fritters in my room, calling my microwave oven a "TV set" during room inspections. I had a tarantula and an anole as pets. The night they turned on the cable tv service in the barracks for the first time (we were all watching Modern Problems with Chevy Chase at the same time and you could hear the laughter and yells through the walls). Watching the Challenger blow up. Anyone stationed there in the late 80's, feel free to drop me a line! My mother was from Guantanamo and my father was a Marine (Gunny Dick Vain), he got himself stationed there before the Revolution so she could be close to home. If it hadn't been for Fidel, I would probably have been born there. One of mom's cousins swam there to get out of Cuba (he swam into concertina wire the Cubans had hidden in the water and lost his right eye) and another relative got blown up in the minefield trying to get there. My uncle was a civil engineer and he build the Cuban side of the gate (and never got paid for it by Fidel!) Lots of history there for me. Wednesday 06/10/2009 7:56:25pm Nickname: JJ Full Name: Jim Hansen Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: E-4 and left E-3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: Sept. 7, 1971 Departure Date from Gitmo: Dec. 8, 1971 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Co. L Marine Support Battalion Email Address: worldskippy@gmail.com City_State_Country Minneapolis, Minnesota USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: wrote a bunch a few years ago (on page 12). Couldn't figure out how to change to my new email so started over. Thursday 10/02/2008 4:39:31pm Nickname: None Full Name: John Mc Alpin Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTSN CT3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: Oct. 64 Departure Date from Gitmo: Oct. 65 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Maintenance Email Address: jmcalpin@wi.rr.com City_State_Country Hartland, Wisconsin USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: The Yacht Club Monday 05/19/2008 9:29:45am Nickname: CHARLEY Full Name: CHARLES E. PARRISH Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CT3/2 Arrival Date at Gitmo: OCT 1962 Departure Date from Gitmo: APRIL 1964 Dept/Div at Gitmo: NAVSECGRUDET Email Address: CHARLEYHORSE@VERIZON.NET City_State_Country CHARLESTON WV Highlights of your tour/Comments: Tuesday 03/13/2007 4:20:36pm Nickname: Full Name: Steve Garis Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CT02 Arrival Date at Gitmo: Mar 1970 Departure Date from Gitmo: Jan 1971 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Navsecgru - tad to AAWC Email Address: sgaris@att.net City_State_Country Highlights of your tour/Comments: Langusta hunting at night in the bay Friday 12/15/2006 9:49:51am Nickname: Mel Full Name: Melvin L. Casto Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTSN, CT3. CT2 Arrival Date at Gitmo: JUN 1957 Departure Date from Gitmo: MAY 1959 Dept/Div at Gitmo: COMSEC Email Address: melretusn@earthlink.net City_State_Country Palmetto, Florida Highlights of your tour/Comments: Monday 07/24/2006 2:41:04pm Nickname: joe Full Name: joseph b.davison Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: cto2 Arrival Date at Gitmo: jan 1963 Departure Date from Gitmo: jun 1964 Dept/Div at Gitmo: navsaecgrudet Email Address: jchichabella@aol.co,m City_State_Country salem, va Highlights of your tour/Comments: lt james pierce was comm officer and was killed on the uss liberty. lcdr jack sandsberry was OIC. We worked hard and met a lot of great people Sunday 02/26/2006 11:26:41pm Nickname: BIll Full Name: William B Burnett Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTM2 CTM1 Arrival Date at Gitmo: 6/82 Departure Date from Gitmo: 6/84 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Comm Maintenance Email Address: bburnett@sbcglobal.net City_State_Country Fort Worth, TX Highlights of your tour/Comments: First year with jarheads from CO L was the worst - Second year was great! Learned great lessons from MGYSGT Easley - wonder if the old guy is still kickin'. Paco - Pizza with hot peppers - out door movies with that dumb radar sound - walking around the roof with a locked and loaded m-16 - (post Granada). Thursday 02/23/2006 10:40:35am Nickname: Dwayne Full Name: Dwayne J. Hersh Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTMCS(SW) Arrival Date at Gitmo: 8/89 Departure Date from Gitmo: 3/92 Dept/Div at Gitmo: EMO Email Address: dwayne_hersh@yahoo.com City_State_Country Hanahan, SC Highlights of your tour/Comments: Great tour worked with some of the best MATMEN in the NAVY Friday 02/18/2005 6:10:44pm Nickname: Full Name: Al Spiry Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTM2 Arrival Date at Gitmo: 07/15/69 Departure Date from Gitmo: 07/23/70 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Maintenance Email Address: aspiry@powerup.com.au City_State_Country Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Highlights of your tour/Comments: CTMC Robert Pope's love of country music and in particular Johnny Cash. CTM3 Keith Powell's patience and excellent tutelage. Weavils in the pancakes. Perservatives in the beer. Cockroaches in the lockers. Squids, Sea Bees, and Grunts at the Barrel Club. DEFEXs. The heat. The rain. Driving the relieving section up/down JPJ hill. Outdoor movies with the insecticide smoke truck spraying nearby. Snorkeling, softball, basketball, golfing with Lyle McKee. Mid watch sentry duty with Taco the dog spotting scorpions and on one occasion, almost shooting an 'infiltrator' in the scrub outside the JPJ fence (turned out to be a horse)! Poker and pinochle games in the barracks. A two day trip on the diesel powered SS Picuda to fix a piece of DF equipment. I believe it was the oldest commissioned sub in the Navy at the time. Sleeping under a torpedo. Fishing off the jetty. I'm finally starting to realise I had a great time in Gitmo. I just wish I could remember the names of all my mates. Cheers from 'Down Under' and an ex Mobridge, South Dakota hayshaker. Monday 09/06/2004 6:19:41pm Nickname: Bob Full Name: Robert W. Johnston Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTM2 - CTM1 Arrival Date at Gitmo: 1965 Departure Date from Gitmo: 1968 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Maintenance Email Address: bobn4tq@yahoo.com City_State_Country Greensboro, NC Highlights of your tour/Comments: Working on top of JPJ, remember the fun ride up and down the hill. Rode a motor scooter most of the time. Operated out of KG4AN until moving into base housing at 605D Villamar, then operated as KG4BJ. Snorkeling almost every weekend. Remember hurricane Inez very well. Enjoyed climbing the antenna tower, great views from up there. Enjoyed the outdoor theaters. Food was great at Morin Center. Hated DEFEX's, always on a Saturday morning at around 0400-0500 as I remember. Neighbor was loadmaster on the Jacksonville flight, could get fresh items from the USA. Overall, quite an enjoyable tour. Saturday 02/07/2004 12:20:12am Nickname: Lip Full Name: David C. Lipsius Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTTSN (1st tour) CTT2 (2nd tour) Arrival Date at Gitmo: 1961 (1968) Departure Date from Gitmo: 1962 (1970) Dept/Div at Gitmo: OPs Email Address: R.I.P. City_State_Country Severn_MD Highlights of your tour/Comments: Great place to work. Could have stayed there 20 years. Best fishing and best bunch of fellow CTs ever. Friday 11/07/2003 3:29:02pm Nickname: Scotty Full Name: Bob Scott Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTM3/2 Arrival Date at Gitmo: 1969 Departure Date from Gitmo: 1970 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Email Address: scottrob@comcast.net City_State_Country Woodbridge, VA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Watching the comet in the morning and the storms out to sea. Wondering where all the copper came from to try and shield all those stereo sets from the constant ships radar. Thursday 10/09/2003 11:52:00am Nickname: Hoop Full Name: Tom Hooper Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTO3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: February 1985 Departure Date from Gitmo: February 1986 Dept/Div at Gitmo: JARCC Email Address: thooper64@comcast.net City_State_Country Martinez, Georgia Highlights of your tour/Comments: Saturday 08/16/2003 3:34:58am Nickname: Full Name: Randy J. Tullier Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTSN - CTT3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: January 1966 Departure Date from Gitmo: December 1966 Dept/Div at Gitmo: NAVSECGRUDET JPJ Hill (T Brancher) Email Address: randy2yea@me.com City_State_Country St. Amant, Louisiana, USA 70774 Highlights of your tour/Comments: In no particular order: Seeing the "ROCK" for the first time, the tug ride from/to the airport, golf, all the intramural sports, the ride up/down John Paul Jones Hill in the deuce and a half, Hurricane Inez - moping up water that came into the spaces through the concrete block walls, the gate/door codes, my "alert" duty station on top of the antenna array platform, the "Hey Mon" Club, the Barrel Club, the lyceum(s) movies, the projection booth catching fire the night before Bob Wolf left for St. Louis and his bride Joy, skin diving, spear fishing, sunning/sleeping on the beach after night shift, reading at the library, church, Bay Hill barracks (the first cubicle on the right..2nd floor..Barrel Club end), No window panes, just wodden slats, Ronnie "Bull" Faubion, Bob Wolf(e), Ken Hardy(ee), Bob Gonselin, Bob Weimer, Gordon "Pete" Sellers, etc., Barrel Club evenings (I'm the non-drinker that helped you guys back to the barracks via the concrete steps up Bay Hill), Mid-rats, mail runs, R&R trip to Haiti, burn detail, tarantulas..iguanas..and giant rats while rock climbing on the cliffs, siting on the corral fence watching the cowboys/sailors off the ships riding/fighting the horses, eyeball liberty at the exchange (the sweet married ladies who worked there that was so nice to us guys), 10,000 guys and no girls, I designed the Sec.Det. logo: if you have a copy of the patch, drawing, letterhead, let me know please. I left Gitmo and went to mini-skirt heaven in Edzell Scotland; slightly different atmosphere from Gitmo. Discharged on Dec.31,1967. Worked at the Texaco refinery 12 miles from my home located on the Miss. River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, for 34 years. Retired Jan.1,2002. Married for 30 years to Iva, one son Tate, happy and healthy. RSVP, Randy! Sunday 05/04/2003 12:46:16am Nickname: George Full Name: George Semke Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: PFC Arrival Date at Gitmo: 1961 Departure Date from Gitmo: 1961 Dept/Div at Gitmo: 2nd Email Address: gsemke@aol.com City_State_Country Long Island NY Highlights of your tour/Comments: Thursday 04/24/2003 5:46:48pm Nickname: Bob Full Name: Robert S. Weimer Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTT1 & CTTC Arrival Date at Gitmo: Mar 1966 Departure Date from Gitmo: May 1969 Dept/Div at Gitmo: NSGA Email Address: bolene236@accutek.com City_State_Country Reno, NV Highlights of your tour/Comments: Thursday 10/10/2002 3:41:03pm Nickname: Walt Full Name: Walter Overland Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTRC Arrival Date at Gitmo: 5/65 Departure Date from Gitmo: 7/67 Dept/Div at Gitmo: NSGA - JPJ Hill Email Address: wojr@sbcglobal.net City_State_Country Houston, TX, USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Getting housing after 6 Mo. wait; working at KG4AN the SS "Ham Shack" and running phone patches for base personnel; many parties at the "Mud Hut"(the FMF SNCO club).My CPO initiation. Many great people we met there. Thursday 10/10/2002 3:40:43pm Nickname: Walt Full Name: Walter Overland Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTRC Arrival Date at Gitmo: 5/65 Departure Date from Gitmo: 7/67 Dept/Div at Gitmo: NSGA - JPJ Hill Email Address: wojr@sbcglobal.net City_State_Country Houston, TX, USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Getting housing after 6 Mo. wait; working at KG4AN the SS "Ham Shack" and running phone patches for base personnel; many parties at the "Mud Hut"(the FMF SNCO club).My CPO initiation. Many great people we met there. Wednesday 10/02/2002 4:21:56pm Nickname: Curt Full Name: Curtis Reynolds Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTI2 Arrival Date at Gitmo: May 1965 Departure Date from Gitmo: Aug 1967 Dept/Div at Gitmo: SECGRUDET - JPJ Hill Email Address: creynolds@cox.net City_State_Country Pensacola, FL Highlights of your tour/Comments: Seeing Iguanas at the "new" Acey/Deuce Club near Coronaso Point. The Vox Populi, which I won a contest for naming. Hurricane Betsy and the year around sports activities. The Lyceum at the Exchange and the other one near Coronaso Point, free every night. Good friends like Chiefs John Storti, Larry Lopez and Gene Weeks. The Jamaician Village was off limits and so was the housing area, if you didn't live in it. It was fun, we were all in the "same boat". We partied every Friday night at the club - I remember it was cheaper to mix a drink for your guests than serve them a cup of coffee. Ah, the good ole days. Anyone remembering, I would enhjoy hearing from you. Curt Wednesday 10/02/2002 12:43:37am Nickname: Full Name: Aran Hegarty Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: LCpl-Sgt Arrival Date at Gitmo: May 1983 Departure Date from Gitmo: May 1985 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Co. L MSB/"B" watch/day puke Email Address: aran@illinoisalumni.org City_State_Country Falls Church, VA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Life long friendships, working with Bravo section and for the late GySgt Perry, getting to know LtCol Rayburn, surviving some rough trips down the hill in the back of some trucks with questionable road worthiness :-(, 6 mile runs at Noon (top PFT score during IG - beat the 0300s!), 2/2/2/80. I am currently working on Naval Electronic Warfare programs in D.C. at AT&T. After the Corps, I used the Illinois Veterans Scholarship Program to get my BSEE at the University of Illinois and then my Masters degree at The George Washington University. I still get the chance to work with some outstanding CTs, CTTCM(ret) Marv Terawaki, CTTCM(ret) "Max" Maxhimer, CTTCS Joe Tate, CTMC Tim Paul, LT Greg Dixon, LCDR (ret) Atchison, and many others. Friday 08/09/2002 6:23:32pm Nickname: Full Name: Roger Galland Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTT-3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: 1966 Departure Date from Gitmo: 1967 Dept/Div at Gitmo: T-BRANCH Email Address: froghollowfolkart@prodigy.net City_State_Country Lancaster, California Highlights of your tour/Comments: Saturday 05/25/2002 1:14:41pm Nickname: Full Name: Paul D Miller Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: SN Arrival Date at Gitmo: Apr. 1962 Departure Date from Gitmo: Oct. 1963 Dept/Div at Gitmo: AFDL-1 Email Address: pdmdart1 @ aol.com City_State_Country Bryant, AR Highlights of your tour/Comments: Stationed aboard AFDL-1, a floating dry dock, and possibly the best duty at the time I was stationed in Cuba. Have many memories that weren't appreciated until after I left Friday 05/24/2002 1:22:25pm Nickname: Dutch Full Name: James Nordenger Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTM3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: Oct 76 Departure Date from Gitmo: Oct 77 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Crane Hill SSOC Email Address: nordenger@yahoo.com City_State_Country San Diego, CA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Monday 04/08/2002 11:14:26am Nickname: J.Scott Full Name: J. Scott Keniston Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: EOCN Arrival Date at Gitmo: 1975 Departure Date from Gitmo: May 1978 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Leeward Point PWD Email Address: JScott4838@aol.com City_State_Country Cincinnati, Ohio USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Scuba diving, swimming, cars, mess'n with the Marines, the parties I'd like to come down for a short visit. Actually, there are a bunch of Seabees that would like to came down for a reunion Drop me a line and let me know if this is possible. J. Scott Monday 03/25/2002 7:48:56pm Nickname: Full Name: matthew s spencer Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: cpl/sgt Arrival Date at Gitmo: june 23 1995 Departure Date from Gitmo: august 01 1997 Dept/Div at Gitmo: nav sec-cadre 230695-190996/mar bks 96- Email Address: spncer4r@comteck.com City_State_Country peru,indiana usa Highlights of your tour/Comments: cadre duty for naval security Monday 03/25/2002 7:48:28pm Nickname: Full Name: matthew s spencer Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: cpl/sgt Arrival Date at Gitmo: june 23 1995 Departure Date from Gitmo: august 01 1997 Dept/Div at Gitmo: nav sec-cadre 230695-190996/mar bks 96- Email Address: spncer4r@comteck.com City_State_Country peru,indiana usa Highlights of your tour/Comments: cadre duty for naval security Saturday 03/09/2002 3:22:38pm Nickname: Mike Full Name: Michael Gervase Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTA1 Arrival Date at Gitmo: 6/94 Departure Date from Gitmo: 9/95 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Admin Email Address: mjgervase@netscape.net City_State_Country Atlanta GA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Admin Officer Monday 03/04/2002 8:23:55am Nickname: DOC Full Name: ROBERT HALLIDAY Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: LCPL-USMC Arrival Date at Gitmo: 1960 Departure Date from Gitmo: 1960 Dept/Div at Gitmo: 2ND RADIO COMPANY-USMC Email Address: USMC1862@AOL.COM City_State_Country ASHEVILLE , NORTH CAROLINA, USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: GREAT DUTY STATION WITH A GREAT BUNCH OF MARINES-MCB 4 ALSO GREAT BUNCH. I USED TO RUN FROM MARINE BARRACKS TO RADIO SITE AT THE BEACH AND BACK. Explored the off limit sites on the coast from the airfield around the point to the radio site. A long walk but great areas especially the old Span/Am War sites on the ridge. How about the big cave by the cut in the mountains on the beach? Semper Fi Sunday 03/03/2002 8:16:40pm Nickname: Full Name: Glen Gregson Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: Lithographer 3rd Class Arrival Date at Gitmo: 18 FEB 1970 Departure Date from Gitmo: 18 NOV 1970 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Naval Publication and Printing Service Email Address: gmgregson@aol.com City_State_Country Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Highlights of your tour/Comments: Great snorking and swimming, Playing baseball, Having our own club to drink at, Outdoor movies. Don't miss the DEFEX at 2a.m. I worked in the Print Shop and printed the daily paper. Wednesday 02/27/2002 9:00:09am Nickname: Full Name: Stephen Webre Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTSN-CTI3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: 4/70 Departure Date from Gitmo: 4/71 Dept/Div at Gitmo: linguist Email Address: swebre@gans.latech.edu City_State_Country Ruston, LA Highlights of your tour/Comments: The base library. I read every book there, too, I'm sure. Flying up JPJ with "Trucker" Nigh at the wheel (I still hear from him at Christmas); the compound dogs, Taco and Enchilada; Z-grams; moving from Bay Hill to Gold Hill (no more roaches the size of Volkswagens); the Barrel Club and Windmill Beach; tropical khaki short; the day the Marines landed (Co. L); CTICS Russell Craver, my supervisor in P&R (if anyone knows where he is, I need to thank him; I've been to graduate school since then, gotten a Ph.D., and have taught history at the college level for a quarter century, but no one ever taught me as much about clear, effective writing as Chief Craver did)... Sunday 02/24/2002 1:35:56am Nickname: Mickey Full Name: Mickey Carl Moorman Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTI3 and 2 Arrival Date at Gitmo: Jan 1966 Departure Date from Gitmo: March 1967 Dept/Div at Gitmo: NSGA - John Paul Jones Hill Email Address: mickey_moorman@hotmail.com City_State_Country Garden City, KS Highlights of your tour/Comments: i never got so athletic in my life - I sailed, snorkled, played tennis, read every book in the library, rode bikes, swam, anything to keep sanity. I started hearing about mini-skirts from guys on leave - Thursday 02/21/2002 11:03:59am Nickname: Bill Full Name: Bill Difilippantonio Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTO3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: Dec 1966 Departure Date from Gitmo: Oct 1967 Dept/Div at Gitmo: NAV SEC GRU DET. Email Address: shirleynbillsr@msn.com City_State_Country Phoenix, Az. USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Snorkeling, the USO shows Monday 02/18/2002 1:16:54pm Nickname: Woodeye Full Name: Mike Wood Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: Cpl/Sgt Arrival Date at Gitmo: Feb 1972 Departure Date from Gitmo: Jan 1974 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Operations Email Address: woodmike@bellsouth.net City_State_Country Charleston SC Highlights of your tour/Comments: Completed R branch and I branch schools (2571/2574) but ended up as operations clerk (A branch stuff) for Gunny Hayes and SSGT Evans, classified materials clerk, etc. Extended a year so I wouldn't have to go to 2ndRadBn. Worked at the bowling alley at Marblehead. Played sports and recorded hundreds of hours of music. Beach parties, fishing trips on Gunny Hayes barrel boat. Roomed with Howard Heck, Mike Frietze and Denny Gardisser. Sunday 02/17/2002 10:58:09pm Nickname: Full Name: Matthew Cole Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: LCpl Arrival Date at Gitmo: May 1995 Departure Date from Gitmo: November 1996 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Company L Email Address: mrcole@ilstu.edu City_State_Country Bloomington, IL Highlights of your tour/Comments: Saturday 02/16/2002 2:10:19pm Nickname: Full Name: Thomas Todd Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CPL (USMC) Arrival Date at Gitmo: Aug 1994 Departure Date from Gitmo: Feb 1996 Dept/Div at Gitmo: NSGA Email Address: thtodd@a5.com City_State_Country Highlights of your tour/Comments: Migrant riots, a shattered wrist, snorkeling, more migrant riots, a '75 Camaro that started with a screwdriver, some absolutely incredible storms, grass ninjas, the burning dump, minefield fires, great people and and an unbelievable time. Quote written in dust on barracks window: "another day in the suck..." Semper Fi Saturday 02/16/2002 2:02:41pm Nickname: Full Name: Thomas Todd Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CPL (USMC) Arrival Date at Gitmo: Aug 1994 Departure Date from Gitmo: Feb 1996 Dept/Div at Gitmo: NSGA Email Address: thtodd@a5.com City_State_Country Highlights of your tour/Comments: Friday 02/15/2002 8:31:44am Nickname: Hug - es Full Name: Daniel J. Hughes Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTO3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: January 1968 Departure Date from Gitmo: December 1968 Dept/Div at Gitmo: NavSecGru/Crane Hill/ SOC Email Address: dancin26@yahoo.com City_State_Country Providence, RI Highlights of your tour/Comments: Worked with a great group of guys in the SOC, we were the only CT's stationed at NAS. Bruce Milanowski, Herb Twitt, Neil Schweir. 2 days, 2 eves, 2 mids then off, every day warm and clear, you could not tell the season, movie lyceums, mid-rats, Carmen and Los Delfinos, the constant sound of radar sweeps, the goat herd on Crane Hill outside the SOC bldg. Lt Al Wheeler, Chief "Whiskey November Canon" who was the greatest lifer I ever met. In hind-site it was a great time. Oh yeah, those tiny black bugs that used to swarm and bite whenever the Cubans burned off their sugar fields (the reason the screens in the barracks were so dusty - to keep them out) I forgot Charlis Weaver RD3 I called him Cliff Arquet. There was another RD who shipped over to get into SOC and a kid from Louisianna whose name I will remember when I least expect it. Thursday 02/14/2002 10:24:08pm Nickname: Full Name: Mike Richey Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: E-2 to E-4, CTO Arrival Date at Gitmo: Nov 86 Departure Date from Gitmo: May 88 Dept/Div at Gitmo: NARCC Email Address: mr711@bellatlantic.net City_State_Country Philly, Pennsylvania Highlights of your tour/Comments: The finest memories are never having to worry how to spend my time off from work (we stood alot of watches). Honestly, I spent some hours snorkeling and playing volleyball. Our small command consisted of some really talented people who liked to have fun along with work. I laughed alot and that makes a great memory. Thursday 02/14/2002 8:14:16pm Nickname: Full Name: Mark D Hempenius Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: LCpl/2651 Arrival Date at Gitmo: Sep 84 Departure Date from Gitmo: Sep 85 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Communications Center Company L MarSptBn Email Address: mdhemp@charter.net City_State_Country Camp Lejeune NC Highlights of your tour/Comments: Getting drunk and throwing beer cans at the cats at the Marine Lycium...Can't forget about hanging out at Post 46 and Windmill Beach...Oh ya, this was also the same time I got married. Thursday 02/14/2002 8:08:46pm Nickname: Full Name: Mark D Hempenius Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: LCpl Arrival Date at Gitmo: Sep 84 Departure Date from Gitmo: Sep 85 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Communications Center Email Address: mdhemp@charter.net City_State_Country Camp Lejeune NC Highlights of your tour/Comments: Getting drunk and throwing beer cans at the cats at the Marine Lycium...Can't forget about hanging out at Post 46 and Windmill Beach...Oh ya, this was also the same time I got married. Thursday 02/14/2002 11:26:12am Nickname: Full Name: Karen Pack/Nielsen/Webster Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTM3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: May 1986 Departure Date from Gitmo: August 1987 Dept/Div at Gitmo: 40 Email Address: Karenjo51@comcast.net City_State_Country Highlights of your tour/Comments: Thursday 02/14/2002 10:38:39am Nickname: Dick Full Name: Richard Heyman Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTT5 Arrival Date at Gitmo: around June 1970 Departure Date from Gitmo: Jan 1971 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Email Address: dheyman@fcgov.com City_State_Country Fort Collins Colordo USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Tuesday 02/12/2002 7:36:45pm Nickname: Wiltz Full Name: J. Wiltz Cutrer, Jr. Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTM3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: Sep 90 Departure Date from Gitmo: May 92 Dept/Div at Gitmo: NSGA Email Address: wcutrerjr@bellsouth.net City_State_Country Brandon, Mississippi, USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Miss the sunshine and warm weather! Even the Banana Rats and "Gitmo Specials" :) Monday 02/04/2002 8:00:26am Nickname: Jerry Full Name: G. M. Hoare Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTI3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: 1966 Departure Date from Gitmo: 1967 Dept/Div at Gitmo: "I" Group Email Address: jerrymh@ptd.net City_State_Country Jim Thorpe PA USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Wednesday 01/30/2002 8:58:35am Nickname: Dutch Full Name: James W Nordenger Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTM3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: Nov 76 Departure Date from Gitmo: Nov 77 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Crane Hill Email Address: nordenger@yahoo.com City_State_Country San Diego Ca Highlights of your tour/Comments: Sunday 01/27/2002 10:57:34am Nickname: Full Name: Ed Rowe Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: L/cpl USMC Arrival Date at Gitmo: Feb 1961 Departure Date from Gitmo: July 1963 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Marine Barracks/guard company /SS Pool Email Address: ed.rowe@riag.com City_State_Country Peekskill New York USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: guard company B /Boat shed/ Special services marine barracks pool --- many faces and many places --always a place in my heart Sunday 01/27/2002 10:47:00am Nickname: Full Name: Ed Rowe Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: L/cpl USMC Arrival Date at Gitmo: Feb 1961 Departure Date from Gitmo: July 1963 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Marine Barracks/guard company /SS Pool Email Address: ed.rowe@riag.com City_State_Country Peekskill New York USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: guard company B /Boat shed/ Special services marine barracks pool Friday 01/25/2002 10:01:58am Nickname: Full Name: Bobby Street Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTR1 Arrival Date at Gitmo: May 1985 Departure Date from Gitmo: Apr 1987 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Fleet Training Group 'rider' Email Address: Bobby.Street@hurlburt.af.mil City_State_Country Crestview, FL Highlights of your tour/Comments: Thursday 01/10/2002 11:51:24am Nickname: Full Name: Gary C. LaBorde Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: ADR3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: May 1958 Departure Date from Gitmo: May 1960 Dept/Div at Gitmo: FLAW, MATS, Air Terminal (McCalla Field) Email Address: glabo5663@aol.com City_State_Country Silesia, MT. USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Was there Before, During & After Castro's take over. Barrel club. .25 beer & .10 cigarettes. Gal. of Rum $2.00 with your own container. Navy Regs. forbid beer in Chow Hall, So Chow was taken to Barrel Club, For Charcoal Steaks & Free Beer. Monday 01/07/2002 2:32:04pm Nickname: Jack Full Name: Jack Moody Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: Cpl/2651 USMC Arrival Date at Gitmo: 04/87 Departure Date from Gitmo: 11/88 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Company L, MARSPTBN Email Address: jackwmoody@hotmail.com City_State_Country Dacula, GA USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Having beach parties and SCUBA diving on Christmas day, 1987. I loved the warm weather and the outdoor movie theaters. Thursday 12/27/2001 6:10:46am Nickname: Full Name: Thomas L. Cello Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTM3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: July 84 Departure Date from Gitmo: July 85 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Maintenance/Radio Shop Email Address: m.l.cello@worldnet.att.net City_State_Country Kenosha, Wisconsin U.S.A. Highlights of your tour/Comments: Land crabs, banana rats, iguanas and Paco the dog. This was my first duty station out of "A" school. Wednesday 12/26/2001 7:08:58pm Nickname: Don Full Name: Donald Munson Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTISN, CTI3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: January 1979 Departure Date from Gitmo: January 1980 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Email Address: munsonjr@bellatlantic.net City_State_Country Waldorf_MD Highlights of your tour/Comments: My first duty station and what an experience. Loved every minute of it - after I left. Saturday 12/15/2001 6:27:48pm Nickname: Dingus Full Name: Elmer H. Bell Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTO2/CTO1 Arrival Date at Gitmo: July 81 Departure Date from Gitmo: July 83 Dept/Div at Gitmo: AAWC/JARCC Email Address: ding122@att.net City_State_Country Northfield, Ohio Highlights of your tour/Comments: Friday 12/07/2001 4:10:18pm Nickname: Full Name: Thomas E. Hooper Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTO3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: Feb1985 Departure Date from Gitmo: Feb1986 Dept/Div at Gitmo: JARCC Email Address: thooper8@home.com City_State_Country Martinez, Georgia Highlights of your tour/Comments: Monday 11/12/2001 8:21:01pm Nickname: Dave Full Name: David Cole Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTR2 Arrival Date at Gitmo: May 1967 Departure Date from Gitmo: June 1968 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Security Group Email Address: dacole@msn or dave_swifty_cole@yahoo City_State_Country Wash. DC; currently, Rocky Mount, NC Highlights of your tour/Comments: 5 trips to Montego Bay! Late nights under The Soul Tree with Rod (Dental SN from Baton Rouge/Southern U and the bruthas) ; playing double pinochole with George Stathakis (Greenville, SC); playing hoops with Ron Lowman (Elmira, NY); the NCO Club; Worst memories? 1. A sorry racist SOB named Brad from somewhere in Tennessee who slept underneath me for a while and stole my false tooth. 2. A sorry buttkissing Warrant Officer whose name I can't recall, but if you were there when he was, you know what I mean... 3. Chief Overton who gave my watch to a CT1 and let a white boy who was junior to me keep his watch despite my watch having been #1 ever since I arrived on station. Not getting recommended for OCS. All of which helped male up my mind about making the Navy my home. Sunday 10/21/2001 10:51:20am Nickname: Moe (arrived from Morocco) Full Name: Nick Sohenick Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTSA/CTSN Arrival Date at Gitmo: 3/63 Departure Date from Gitmo: 3/64 Dept/Div at Gitmo: NavSecGru Email Address: nickphones@USA.com City_State_Country Phila_PA_USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: happy hour / beach partys w/ iguanas Friday 08/03/2001 3:11:47am Nickname: Full Name: Sandra P. Fitchett Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: LT Arrival Date at Gitmo: 8/99 Departure Date from Gitmo: 5/00 Dept/Div at Gitmo: N01/XO Email Address: SPF1293@aol.com City_State_Country San Diego, California Highlights of your tour/Comments: After precommissioning the USS BATAAN (LHD 5) in 1997, it was great having the opportunity to decommission a command during my next tour. Challenging tour as the last Executive Officer of NSGA Guantanamo Bay. Working with the detailers to get sailors schools and good follow on orders, working with contractors/CNSG and NSA civilians to close the site and the decommissioning ceremony. Tuesday 07/10/2001 2:15:05pm Nickname: Full Name: Johnathan L. Hicks Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: Lance Corporal Arrival Date at Gitmo: 5/96 Departure Date from Gitmo: 10/97 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Co L MARSPTBN Email Address: johnathan_l_hicks@hotmail.com City_State_Country Irving Texas USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Saturday 07/07/2001 3:22:51pm Nickname: 'JJ' Full Name: James J. Hansen Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: E-4 when I got there!--E-3 when I left Arrival Date at Gitmo: Sept.6th 1971 Departure Date from Gitmo: Dec. 7th 1971 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Marine Support Battalion Email Address: jjhansen@local49.org City_State_Country Mpls. Minnesota, USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Ed Kennington and I went tad together and had a great time. We lived in the new barracks (Navy), rented boats from the grunts (2nd Battalion,8th Marines and tried to sink 'em in the bay. Ed and I where in Kami Seya together and where both short when we arrived at Co. L. We also got busted the day before we left. Would love to talk to the CWO with the yellow Carmen Ghia that creeped up John P Jones hill and watched us with a starlite. Gitmo was 100% better than 2nd Radio Battalion. SSgt Parks was the supervisor on our watch. Met some crazy Seals at the Cuban Village (off limits). We went down to the cliffs at 2:00 AM and one of them dove off. 40 feet up and so dark you couldn't see the water. Hardcore to say the least. Bar tended at the O club for a month or so. Listened to the Aviators flap. Saw them in action over the bay also. Would not have wanted to be on the receiving end of what they were shooting. Would love to see the place again sometime. Sunday 05/20/2001 2:36:37am Nickname: Full Name: Gary L. Merritt Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTO2 Arrival Date at Gitmo: April, 1976 Departure Date from Gitmo: May, 1977 Dept/Div at Gitmo: AAWC Crane Hill Email Address: GaryL@Dump.Com City_State_Country Ennis, Texas, United States Highlights of your tour/Comments: Diving and the trips to Hati and Jamica Tuesday 05/01/2001 4:13:55pm Nickname: Pete Full Name: Alan J. Schwarz Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: RM3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: January, 1951 Departure Date from Gitmo: January, 1953 Dept/Div at Gitmo: CommSecAct at Radio Range Email Address: peanut4@bellsouth.net City_State_Country Charlotte, N.C. USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Carton of cigarettes (Lucky Strike, Camel, or Chesterfield) - $.80, fifth of Canadian Club, $1.25, gallon of bulk rum, $2.00 (supply your own gallon jug), bottle of Heineken beer at E.M. club, $.25 ( you could only buy 2 at a time), rum-&-coke at Air Station club, $.25. Lived in barracks on top of Bay Hill, worked at Radio Range. OIC of CommSec was LT. M. K. Morris. Two men to a watch, with 4 sections. Liberty 5 days a week at Caimenara, and Gtmo City on weekends. Batista ran Cuba at the time. Had to ride the liberty boat to get to Caimenara; for Gtmo City, rode the boat to the Red Barn, then took the train to Gtmo City. Both places were quite primative! Played golf on the Gtmo Golf club (tee on one hill, green on another hill, Tarzan country in between!) Stood Shore Patrol once a month - tried to be first at Provost Marshall office - first one there got to drive the paddy wagon - which was the dog catchers truck during the day! Not enough room for all the stories and memories! What a place to spend 2 years! Monday 04/30/2001 11:02:49pm Nickname: Full Name: Daniel Wimmer Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTO2 Arrival Date at Gitmo: ??Dec72 Departure Date from Gitmo: ??Dec73 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Crane Hill NAS AAWC Email Address: djwimmer@hotmail.com City_State_Country Loma Linda, CA Highlights of your tour/Comments: 90C Bottle of Rum - Diving - 24hours on 24hours off. At that time only 3 or 4 O Branchers on the Island, JPJ was marine. Best day was departure date. Monday 04/30/2001 4:23:03pm Nickname: Full Name: John Whitmire Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTSN and CT3 Arrival Date at Gitmo: DEC 64 Departure Date from Gitmo: DEC 65 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Email Address: jlwhitmire@aol.com City_State_Country Ashburn, VA Highlights of your tour/Comments: JPJ Hill/Riding truck to and from watch and almost going over the side of JP Hill one morning after being relieved off the mid-watch because the driver decided he wanted to "coast" down the hill and save gas - no engine, no brakes!/Radio Range Beer Parties/Outdoor Movies/Exchange "Eyeball" Liberty/ Listening to CT3 Jackson playing constant Skeeter Davis and Johnny Cash (The Ballad of Ira Hayes) music during his offtime/Playing pool every day for a year in the Bay Hill recreation center/Partying at the Barrel Club/Avoiding Chief Villalobos during his search for off duty personnel to "assist" with working parties; i.e., unloading US Mail bags at the Post Office/Riding the bus out to the Main Gate/Arriving and departing the Rock!/manning the I-Branch positions/Was CT3 Lloyd Parker's relief at Gitmo and did not see him again for about 8 years after he completed his last mid watch (in fact, that was the ONLY time I saw him in Gitmo!/Buying a complete set of new Seafareres for about $4/Getting same day laundry service for 37 cents! Sunday 04/29/2001 5:15:38pm Nickname: Andy Full Name: Kenneth G. Anderson Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Gitmo: CTA1 Arrival Date at Gitmo: 11/62 Departure Date from Gitmo: 11/64 Dept/Div at Gitmo: Admin Email Address: kennyg@aeneas.net City_State_Country Paris, TN, USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Cuban blockade; cut off water from Cuba; RADM Buckley; JPJ Hill; Radio Range;fishing