Midrats!

[dylumph]

Remember the gutbombs on the forward messdeck? One night I downed 15 of those things! I had been "talkin' to DAVE!" I sure had some times on the old bitch! I hope she makes it to San Diago before I croke!:smokin:

[Eagle3]

Ugh! Foward Mess sucked. Nothing against the guys working up there, but what the hell was that crap they called french fries? I used to pitch the homemade buns they made too. Too much JP-5 in them for my tastes. :laugh:

[dylumph]

Oh yeah! I forgot about the jp-5! I must've been starving to eat 15 of those things!
Oh yeah, I like the forum!

[Eagle3]

I think the JP-5 in the water must have done something to the bread they'd bake. It was just wrong.

Poke around and check it out. Lot of good info in the FAQ (http://http://bushwhacked.net/forum/misc.php?s=Array%5Bsessionhash%5D&action=faq) and HERE. (http://bushwhacked.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=21)

[shotglass]

That happened to us on the Tarawa, too. The 5 tables around me cleared instantly when I put my lighter up to the kool-aid. :laugh:

The smell overpowered the whole ship, but no one died. The f'in kool-aid didn't even ignite. :mad: I guess it's a Navy-wide problem. The water tanks are green, the jet fuel is yellow (I think). Put the right liquid in the right color tank.

[ktrout01]

And you THINK those were fries on the FWD Mess Decks ? What they really were was a powdered mix, similar to pancake mix but with potato flakes in them with water added and pushed through a mold very similar to a playdo press, then deep fat fried. Midway never had the reefer space to keep frozen fries on board and this was "the next best thing" LOL ! My shop in E Division installed that machine when they "overhauled" the FWD Galley. Now, about the JP5 in the water. Yeah there was plenty of that but it had more to do with the age of the ship and the leaking between tanks on the lower decks. To really make you feel good, there were also SEVERAL places on board where the scuttlebutts were tapped into the chill water, not fresh water system. Them silly HT's never could read stencilling on pipes very well. Once in a while AC/R would put dye in the chill water system and walk around the ship checking all the scuttlebuttt to make sure they wern't tied into chill water. So if you ever got cold water out of one of the non-refridgerated scuttlebutts, you were drinking untreated chill water from an A/C plant. I know the E-Division berthing scuttlebutt as tied into chill water for years. Makes you wonder...

[ozzieman]

Speaking of JP-5 in the water, one of our work spaces was located just off the mess decks and one night I stepped out to get a drink of water and the fountain had a sign on that said "Caution Flammable". After that I never drank water again.

[Eagle3]

Nah, I drank the water. The JP-5 was great for keeping you regular. ;)

[Felix]

Seems I remember the alleged french fry machine being installed between my first and second cruises, the first one being 1971 and the second (long one) 1972-73. The reason I think I remember it that way was that I remember having actual food and possibly real potatoes most meals during the first cruise, and those *^&$#%!! things we affectionately called "Fru Fries" after that. I think they installed a donut machine at the same time, for the same reasons. The '71 cruise we seemed to have a baker that knew how to cook, in '72-'73 we had those dam' cake donuts every meal.

My favorite memory about midrats was one night about 3 AM we were sitting having some sort of food-like substance and by crew partner, Bricker Johnsen, and I saw this REALLY big dude walk through the mess deck. This guy was huge, we'd see hime lifting weights in the foc'sl and boosting about 400 lbs. Anyway, Bricker who was a big ol' Norsky farm boy himself, yells at this guy "Hey, you!. Yeah, you!" "My buddy here says he can kick your ass!" as I tried to hide my 120 pound carcass under the mess table.

Wonder how Bricker is doing these days?

[craig1427]

C'mon guys you have to admit that the JP-5 gave the coffee a very unique flavor. I think I still kind of miss it.

[Eagle3]

Originally posted by craig1427
C'mon guys you have to admit that the JP-5 gave the coffee a very unique flavor. I think I still kind of miss it.

I tried adding kerosene to my coffee but it just wasn't the same. :what:

[Rander]

:hang:


Gut bombs, Sliders or hockey pucks never a dull moment on thee forward mess decks. on the big E the port side line was for hot dogs and hamburgers, the starboard line was for chicken and aft mess decks left overs. Funny, It seems that the chicken always looked more like pidgeon than chicken. Squab was also a possibility.

Any one think JP-5 has medicinal value? maybe thats why (I a jet mech) only got really sick just once in my career I must have been down to bingo fuel on my JP-5 ration.

:thumbsup:

[Eagle3]

Shit Rander, I think you're on to something. I was sick as hell before I rode the Midway on the 10th and got sick again after I got back. While I was there I was fine. (water fountains onboard weren't working though) Of course it wouldn't have anything to do with the gasping and weezing, diseased carbon units on my return flight would it? :rolleyes:

I dunno, JP-5 might have had some added value, but I'm guessing we never got sick onboard because we were younger, more active, in shape, and had great liberty ports to look forward. Besides, who wanted to return to the shop from sick call with pussy papers? :hehe:

[Rander]

:nuts:

Well Buzz, I suppose being a lot younger may have had something to do with it and great liberty ports. But still When I was on the pier watching them tie ol' Midway up to Navy Pier, I could still smell the aroma of an aircraft carrier with all the spilled JP-5, engine oil and hydraulic fluid mixed in with hot jet exhaust. Even 12 years after Midway Launched her last aircraft it still smells like an aircraft carrier. Maybe when they dig up all the old non skid on the flight deck, the smell may go away, they may try to paint over it, or give ol' Midway a thorough fresh water wash down, But I dont think they will ever get rid of that smell. It was on the Enterprise, It was on the Ranger too. Last Friday I drove past the Vinson, Stennis, and Nimitz on my way to the Restoration Hanger and I smelled it there too.

:thumbsup:

[Eagle3]

It'll aways smell like that. It's enbedded throughout the hull. :laugh: The hangar bay is especially strong.

So, do you have a poop report from the Restoration Hangar? What's going on over there?

OBTW - the only banner restricted to mods and admins on the board is the alert. It's so folks know when they see it the mods are saying something important. No harm though.

[Rander]

:D

Foor news about the Midway and the Aircraft restoration hanger go to the forum News from the San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum,
Ill Post it there

Rander E:mail rander8828@hotmail.com if you have guestions.

:thumbsup:

[foehammer03]

Midrats....what about Magnolia milk from Subic that we'd have on cruise? I swear we downed cases of that stuff and the best part of it, it never went sour.

[Eagle3]

Have you ever been out so long that the ship ran out of Magnolia and brought out the powdered milk? http://bushwhacked.net/forum/images/smilies/smiley-kots.gif

I stuck to juice at that point. :laugh:

[foehammer03]

I can't remember if we did. I know we kept stocks in the line shack. Speaking of the Eagle shack I was shocked to see the old desk still there when I visited the ship during Vinson's last inport.

[Eagle3]

Hey, where is the Line Shack at again? When I was there it was where the VA-115 Admin office is now, right next to BDS5 or 6.... whichever one had the clap line :laugh:

[foehammer03]

Well when I was there it was aft of Maint Control, which was where BDS 6 was.

[Eagle3]

Someone was telling me it's over near the fore finger of El 2 on the 02 level now. It was near the port catwalk right where the fresnel lense was mounted. Same person told me that space it labeled VA-115 Admin now.

[foehammer03]

Someone was telling me it's over near the fore finger of El 2 on the 02 level now.

Dan: That's where it was when I was in the squadron.

[Eagle3]

Man, everything got switched around then. Maint Control was over on the port side too aft of the line shack on that same main corridor.

Did we still have the upper and lower B's for Eagles? Upper B was between the cats all the way forward on the 02 level. Lower B was below the mess decks and hotter than hell all the time.

[foehammer03]

Lower B was forward of fore MD, we still had upper B where it was.

[bodean]

The Line shack and Maintenance control were both on the port side when I was there. If I remember correctly, Maintanence was forward of the shack about 2 kneeknockers up.

Upper B was definitely forward between the Cats, because I slept right under the port Cat for a couple of cruises. Lower B was one deck below the mess decks and just forward.

I have tried to find a set of blueprints for the Mudduck but have been unsuccessful. Anyone know where I can get a set?

[Eagle3]

MidwaySailor has some top and side views, but I haven't seen blue prints either. Rumor says they're in Kanji anyways. :laugh:
http://www.midwaysailor.com/midway/specifications.html

[Gary94]

It's amazing. No matter how long ago you were onboard everything appears to be the same. Nothing changes. Forward mess deck serving nothing but crap, lousy water and the smell of the ship. I have been on different ships old or new they all smell the same. I took my wife to the Midway last month and even she remarked about the smell. It was a homecoming for me though. She looked pretty good.

[nipon ginko]

Back in the 60s we didn't have JP-5 in the water our worst problem was some dink turning the wrong valve and loading the fresh water tanks with salt water.As far as the food for midrats we always had stew ,they just kept the pot boiling and added the days scraps to the pot ,after a while it started going bad (like throwing up bad) one night after eating this swill the guy with me went into the marine head(which was spotless prior to his arrival)and threw up all over the place -they had a boot marine manning the head I thought he was going to have the big one.He eventially went over in a corner and stood there until he got hold of himself.My next move was to contact our division chief -he thought I was just bitching so I invited him to have dinner with me -at first he wasn't going but I insisted so he went down and had one bite and headed topside-talked to the Captain -the next night we had-EGGS,BACON,TOAST,FRIED POTATOES,etc.See it pays to be nice to people and invite them to dinner!

[patcho99]

Midrats....what about Magnolia milk from Subic that we'd have on cruise? I swear we downed cases of that stuff and the best part of it, it never went sour.

Yeah! And did you notice that a case of Strawberry Magnolia would fit perfectly into your standup locker?...
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Not that *I* would know anything about any missing cases of Strawberry Magnolia... :hehe:

[Sportsmind30]

Have you ever been out so long that the ship ran out of Magnolia and brought out the powdered milk? http://bushwhacked.net/forum/images/smilies/smiley-kots.gif

I stuck to juice at that point. :laugh:



Who could forget the classic Navy Bug juice!!!! Get for drinking, but even better for cleaning a greasy grill, I swear one morning after breakfast, I watched a MS clean a totally greaswy grill completely spotless with little effort using bug juice, I thought if that stuff does that to a grill i could only guess what it does to your insides, so I never drank it after that, unless I was really hung over!!!!!!

[bodean]

Who could forget the classic Navy Bug juice!!!! Get for drinking, but even better for cleaning a greasy grill, I swear one morning after breakfast, I watched a MS clean a totally greaswy grill completely spotless with little effort using bug juice, I thought if that stuff does that to a grill i could only guess what it does to your insides, so I never drank it after that, unless I was really hung over!!!!!!




Ahhhhh... Bugjuice. That shit was potent. They used it on my first wog-day. Poured on a guys head dry... soon as the salt water hit him it started burning like hell. It was banned from use on wog-day after that. When I was just in the squadron my temporary duty was first louie. We cleaned the berthings and heads, passed out laundry, etc... and we used to clean the shower drains with bugjuice in a pail of hot water. Just drop 'em in for about 5 to 10 minutes and they came out clean as new!!!!!!! And people actually drink that stuff. :nuts: :nuts: :nuts:

[Ojive]

You know on our sprinkler boards we used bug juice to clean up the bright work and clean the salt corrosion, the lemon worked the best, but I wonder what the long term effects were doing to the metals. And it kept us regular :!!!:

[Hop-Dog]

You know on our sprinkler boards we used bug juice to clean up the bright work and clean the salt corrosion, the lemon worked the best, but I wonder what the long term effects were doing to the metals. And it kept us regular :!!!:
We used Bug Juice to clean the deck brightwork as well. Bug Juice was a Boatswains Mate best friend ;)

[Eagle3]

Welcome Hop Dog!

We used bug juice on wog day. We mixed a case of eggs we had rotting inthe stack area on the hangar deck for weeks with bug juice mix and a 5lb bag of sugar. We mixed this shit out on the cat walk and one guy still managed to get sick just mixing it up. :laugh:
Each of our wog's got a spoonful on the back of their neck. The smell was nothing short of horrible. http://bushwhacked.net/forum/images/smilies/smiley-kots.gif

[nipon ginko]

Have you ever been out so long that the ship ran out of Magnolia and brought out the powdered milk? http://bushwhacked.net/forum/images/smilies/smiley-kots.gif

I stuck to juice at that point. :laugh:


" I Don't know what Magnolia milk is don't think we had it ,usually we had fresh milk when we pulled out of port for about two weeks then they went over to condensed milk it came in # 10 tins about a gallon , I went by one day when they were servicing the milk machines and stopped to look at the operation , I looked at one of the tins and it had occupied Japan 1945 stamped on it , I noticed that when it was poured it it was really thick and looked like it had lumps in it ,I used to milk cows when I was younger and if we had a cow that gave milk like that it would be thrown to the hogs and if she kept it up she would be turned Roast beef ,stew meat ,and hamberger.Anyway that ended my drinking milk after the two weeks at sea .:scary: "

[Eagle3]

The chocolate and strawberry wasn't bad. I never drank the powdered crap though.

[Gary94]

By the sound of these posts, I'm glad I never drank milk. I did experience the powdered eggs. That was disgusting.

[d41]

The milk was fine while it lasted (about two weeks). The milk in the little cardboard cartons took some getting used to. On a positive note, you could tell when the MS's (they're called culinary arts specialist now) made spaghetti due to the long lines on the hanger bay.

[TBUCKO]

I worked 4-12 the whole cruise.My best friend was a radioman and worked the same.It became routine to go to mid-rats when we got off at midnight.
Those french fries were good...seems they were leftover mashed potatoes
that were extruded and deep fried.Sliders weren't too bad.Was it just our cruise(72-73) or did any other's remember when ever we ended a line period
we would have steak and Lobster or shrimp??We were passing thru the main galley one night when we came up to the salad bar.My buddy noticed a Midway roach in the salad.He calls over an MAA and points it out.The MAA replies "Quiet or Everybody will want one!!:laugh: Don't believe I ate salad the rest of the cruise.Also how about all those Main courses...Swedish steak,Salisbury steak..Steak with cream gravy....Mystery Meat by any other name.:shrug: What the hell was that stuff??Tough as shoe leather.

[WSS]

The last two months of the 1966 West Pac cruise all we had for meat was roast beef. We called it "Midway Steak". One late afternoon during the same cruise the cooks dumped box after box of corn flakes over the fantail. Never got an explaination for that activity. :shrug:

[Eagle3]

We used to call it RBA (roast beef again).

Weird about the corn flakes. Maybe the ratio of corn flakes to roaches was too low? ;) :laugh:

[nipon ginko]

Hey Nipon,

Magnolia milk was probably something after your time, it was a product of the Philippines. I picked up a carton of the stuff just once back in 87' or 88', I didn't even open it, the container was room temperature to the touch so I looked at the handling instructions and it said it doesn't require refrigeration. That was all I needed to know and I put it back where I found it.

About the 1945 stamp. You know some things just never change. We got cans of coffee which were probably just as old. And the meat, well, some of those steaks were pretty suspect for being decades old since they had a pulse.

By the way, what did you do onboard Midway. You probably told us on here but I missed it. I was in Weapons ship company. So you were on Midway in the 60's, was the Midway ported in Alameda during the time you were on? I think the Magnolia stuff was brought on after Midway was forward deployed in Yokosuka starting in 73'. If you were stationed in Alameda, that place will have definitely changed since you were there. And the city around Alameda will have changed so much you likely wouldn't even recognize any of it, except for maybe the two draw bridges and the Posey tunnel leading to the base. " I was with VA-25 and was in the Electric shop I was an AE-3 , and as such I was (on the 65 cruise) ass.shop PO I was in charge of the night crew(Eventially I ended up being the senior man in our shop so as third class I was running the shop the navy decided they had to many second class AE's I didn't see one of those until we were headed back to the U.S.) , supply PO, QC inspector ,Worked as flt deck trouble shooter for most of two cruise's ,Nuke weapons loader,and part time bomb loader.And they had the balls to ask me if I would like 4 more years of that kind of treatment no thanks. I had both Red and Green flt. deck shirts . I had two duty stations Moffet field and NAS Lemon (Lemoore) that damn place is in the middle of nowhere dirt as far as you can see. The ship was ported in Alameda the only time I went there was to catch the ship I made both the 63-64 and the 65 cruise also several Carrier Quals."

[nipon ginko]

We used to call it RBA (roast beef again).

Weird about the corn flakes. Maybe the ratio of corn flakes to roaches was too low? ;) :laugh:

" I can't recall if we covered this subject before in another thread or not but what the hell....During the 65 cruise we had gotten down to the point that roast beef was real regular on our menue (of course they had come up with some ingenius names for it ,one time it would be roast beef then it would be yankee pot roast then it would be Beef de jour and so forth ) Well one evening I went down the chow line on the aft port side and lo and behold my favorite ROAST BEEF as I moved up to get my portion of that wonderful stuff the mess cook scrapes up all the left overs from several roasts he had cut you know the dried burned crumbs and greasy scraps and dumps them on my tray ,I told him that looks fantistic but cut me a piece off that next roast you have there ,his responce is thats all you are getting and theres nothing you can do about it.It took me all of about 2 sec. to make up my mind what I was going to do I picked up the tray with my dinner on it and proceeded to throw the stuff right in his face it was one of my better shots the whole load hit him in the face and chest ,he just stood there with this nonbeliving look on his face (along with the greasy bits of beef) I got prepared for him comming out from behind the steam table I was going to brain him with the tray but he stayed put, about that time I figured I had given him enough time to react so I got the hell out of there before the MAA showed up and went to the fwd mess deck they were serving sandwiches up there I can't remember what kind probably roast beef ? :fbomb: "

[Eagle3]

LMAO! Sounds like what I did with my Wog breakfast. I paid for that though. :whip:

[bodean]

I used to stick to the strawberry Magnolia milkish substance until I got a carton that came out green and tasted like bad seaweed. After that it was coffee and water/jp-5. As for the running out of meat deal.... it would usually be Pork Adobo, chicken adobo, beef adobo..... in other words, alot of rice, some broth on top with a few chunks of mystery meat thrown in for good measure. Nothing like an ass load of carbohydrates to get you back on deck. :p

[Trigger]

" I can't recall if we covered this subject before in another thread or not but what the hell....During the 65 cruise we had gotten down to the point that roast beef was real regular on our menue (of course they had come up with some ingenius names for it ,one time it would be roast beef then it would be yankee pot roast then it would be Beef de jour and so forth ) Well one evening I went down the chow line on the aft port side and lo and behold my favorite ROAST BEEF as I moved up to get my portion of that wonderful stuff the mess cook scrapes up all the left overs from several roasts he had cut you know the dried burned crumbs and greasy scraps and dumps them on my tray ,I told him that looks fantistic but cut me a piece off that next roast you have there ,his responce is thats all you are getting and theres nothing you can do about it.It took me all of about 2 sec. to make up my mind what I was going to do I picked up the tray with my dinner on it and proceeded to throw the stuff right in his face it was one of my better shots the whole load hit him in the face and chest ,he just stood there with this nonbeliving look on his face (along with the greasy bits of beef) I got prepared for him comming out from behind the steam table I was going to brain him with the tray but he stayed put, about that time I figured I had given him enough time to react so I got the hell out of there before the MAA showed up and went to the fwd mess deck they were serving sandwiches up there I can't remember what kind probably roast beef ? :fbomb: "

Aah roast beef for something like 41 straight days, dinner and mid-rats. The cat crews worked 24/7 when we were bombing around the clock, catching a few shut-eyes between launches so I got to enjoy it twice a day. When we got back to Alameda I flew home to get married. You guessed it, Mom made roast beef as a special dinner the first night. Couldn't figure out why I burst into tears............
Trigger

[TBUCKO]

Since I worked 4-12 for ComCarDiv ONE,I sometimes drew the duty to go to the Bakery and pick up BearClaws for the O's.Those badboys always smelled good packing them back to the offices.Ocassionally a crew member would hit me up for one or two.I new where my bread was buttered.Must have gained twenty pounds on that cruise.Recently I heard one of the Carriers beat our record of 300 something days on the line.Way to go Midway!!!:thumbsup:

[Rander]

I remember on the '71-'72 Enterprise cruise i worked NX in VA-97 Power Plants You could hit mid rats most every night and get steak to order. Baked potatoes or Mashed potatoes amd either corn on the cob or creamed corn.
I made all or part of 7 cruises and thats the best I ate of all of them, on my first cruise. all the chow after that was just medicore or was on a few occasions unedible.

of course The Enterprise had delicacies like shit on a shingle, Fried Rabbit and stuffed red peppers. and like I said previously 'was unedible' THe lines at the forward mess decks were usually longer than the aft and I suppose for good reason.

[d41]

Wonder what the Midway diet does to one's longevity?

[Rander]

Wonder what the Midway diet does to one's longevity?


Maybe if small amounts of JP-5 are added you'll be preserved as long as you were on active duty. other wise your on your own.

[Gary94]

Captain Shulte who was the skipper from 1973 to 1975 always had the aft mess decks serve lobster for dinner the last night at sea. Which was ok with me. During Operation Frequent Wind we had on board 9 Air Force CH 53's. I remember sitting at the same table with some Air Force guys and they thought our chow was fantastic. I thought to myself, God, what do you guys eat?

[Eagle3]

Midway was the Ney Award winner for chow, so if anyone thought the food was bad there imagine what it was like on other ships? :nuts:

Personally, I thought the grub was pretty good. There were a few things I didn't like, but I ate more stuff that the Midway served than my Mom. :p

[Gary94]

The last time I had chili and rice on Midway, it put me in sick bay. Since I participated in Operation Frequent Wind maybe that's why I'm such an infamous gas bag. Nobody will walk behind me. Sometimes it's hard to live with myself.

[d41]

Inport Yokouska had the grilled hamburgers and hot dogs on the pier. They were quite tasty.:thumbsup:

[Rander]

Midway was the Ney Award winner for chow, so if anyone thought the food was bad there imagine what it was like on other ships? :nuts:

Personally, I thought the grub was pretty good. There were a few things I didn't like, but I ate more stuff that the Midway served than my Mom. :p

Hopes Buzzers mom doesn't read this forum:whip: :idiot:

[Ojive]

Inport Yokouska had the grilled hamburgers and hot dogs on the pier. They were quite tasty.:thumbsup:

Yeah when Riley D. Mixson was the skipper the wood shack off on the pier near the bow was called Mixon's Fixon's and they could serve up a mean ass burger or dog with beans it beat standing in the aft chow line and you could smoke in line. They have long since tore that building down and they didin't replace it. But that was 12 years ago since I've been back to Yoko.

[Chaff Dog]

I remember Mixon's Fixins'. You are right; they made a GREAT burger, and it was much better than standing in line for chow.

I also liked the yakitori stand that was next to Yokosuka Chuo station. Loved that meat on a stick!!

CHAFF DOG

[Chaff Dog]

Sounds like the same place, and same price!
I remember the burger joint you are mentioning, but can't remember the name.
Since I was an air wing guy, I spent most of my time in Atsugi. But as everyone who was on Midway in Japan knows, the air wing also spent a lot of time on the ship in port, and took/kept full responsibility for all of our spaces in port.
I think that is why the air wing and ships company were so completely integrated. The air wing didn't just trash all the spaces and fly off.
I remember when the miserable Indy arrived. The ships company were just assholes.
I reemember one night I was stuck as the LPO of the shore patrol at the Alliance. Some jerk from the Indy was doing the 'funky monkey' on the dance floor when out from his waist drops a fully loaded Glock. Me and another guy tackled this guy so hard we knocked him out of BOTH shoes!!
Any way, for those of you lucky enough to not have made the transition, SEVERAL felonies were committed by Indy assholes out in town. So many, in fact, that the Indy was forced to go to sea early, Everyone boarded the ship, and we sat anchored in the channel for several days, while all sort of wonderful fun and games were played, for the sake of 'discipline'. I was stuck on the boat during that time, as I was the acting 1st LT (yea, lucky me!!). I would see our helicopters fly by, and I would just flip them off!!
I also recall that it was discovered that SEVERAL Indy scum were, in fact, awaiting courtsmartials and other proceedings, and should have never been sent overseas to begin with. It was just a mess.
Does anyone else remember those early days of indy in Japan?
That boat SUCKED!!! :fbomb:
CHAFF DOG

[smutman]

A fully loaded Glock?What the fuck did he think he needed that for?Stateside pukes,I tell ya.Hey Chaff,Am I ever gonna get my tapes back this year?:D

[Ojive]

Yeah Chaff I made it back over in early 92 just before we did the westpac and last Subic visit, I was really surprised at how the ship worked it wasn't fun. When I was in San Dog I was told that the Indy was shit canned overseas because of the problems associated with them. In weapons our berthing was called the bighouse because of the days in Philly and all the misfits who lived up in the coop. I was going to extend a year and when my chit came back approved I tore it up and took orders to Diego Garcia. But the Indy was truly a different kind of ship with a lot of personalities. I think what kept me sane was I had a car and just left and went for a drive and got as far a way from the ship as possible.

[bodean]

A Glock!!!! How in the hell did he get a Glock onboard/offboard. Jesus H. Fucking-Christ I had a hard time keeping my survival knife. And, it wasn't a Rambo survival knife. It was a simple 3" lock blade with a parachute cord cutter blade that I got from a PR friend of mine. I had a special pouch, made by him, that I carried it in on my tool belt. I had to get a special request chit to carry the damn thing. And, then, I could only carry it on the boat. What the hell do you need a handgun for in Japan? If he had been out on the Honch and caught by the JN's he would still be rotting in a JN prison. What a dumb-ass!!!!:fbomb: :fbomb: :fbomb:

[Chaff Dog]

As I recall, several of the Indy sailors were found to be running with gangs when they were in San Diego. So, the Indy brought a bunch of gang bangers to Japan.
Also, when the Indt arrived, most of those bastards seemed to think Japan was some third world country inhabited by low lifes. SEVERAL violent crimes against JNs were comitted, mostly against women. And not bar girls. School girls were attacked, random attacks against girls/women around town. It was really bad.
As a result, shore patrol was increased. Keep in mind that I lived in Atsugi, but since I was a first class petty officer, I was drafted to come down to Yokosuka to help.
It was the very first night I was playing shore patrol when the Glock incident ocurred. To this day I still shake my head over that. This idiot was really doing the funky monkey. Now, one would think if he has a full size pistol in his waist band, he would take it easy. Not this moron. So after me and one of my guys slammed him to the ground and I grabbed the Glock, three of his gang banging buddies came over, and tried to grab him away from us (the glock idiot was barely concious; we really slammed his ass. Both of his shoes were knocked off when we hit him!!).
Now there is 8 of us shore patrol, and I told these three idiots to back down, back off, and leave. They refused, and hinted they would come after us on the ship.
I had now had enough, and gave the word to take those three idiots down also. My guys (all former Midway guys) went at them with a passion!!
When all was said and done, all four of them wound being charged with a whole boat load of offenses. The guy with the gun got the most serious charge, but all of them were charged with various and sundry offenses. Because of my position as Petty Officer of The Guard (or maybe watch, I can't remember), their threatening me and disobeying my orders also brought, to my surprise, serious charges. I actually testified against all four during a GENERAL courts martial.
I think it was a few days after the glock incident the Indy was 'thrown out', and we sat at anchor for a week.
I kid you not, things were REAL BAD for us air wing bubba's and the former Midway crew that crossed over to Indy. We were used to a peaceful and enjoyable ship and town. The Indy ruined it.
CHAFF DOG

[TBUCKO]

These blow holes shouda been smoked.What a waste of sperm these a-holes were.I doubt any one whould have found the shore patrol in error for removing this scum from our planet.

Tbucko