Attention Veterans!

[aboutime]

Welcome to the circus.....-Tyr

Welcome as well. USN Ret 1964-1995 Began as Signalman, converted to Radioman.

Tyr was right. Just pick a RING out of the Three, and have at it.

[namvet]

Welcome as well. USN Ret 1964-1995 Began as Signalman, converted to Radioman.

Tyr was right. Just pick a RING out of the Three, and have at it.

AT I didn't know your were an RM. so was I. 66-70.

dot dash dot HE

[aboutime]

AT I didn't know your were an RM. so was I. 66-70.

dot dash dot HE

BRAVO ZULU...BT...AR. Been a long time. I was also a Morse code operator. Learned that as an SM, flashing light. Still use semaphore to tease my grandkids too! I went to Great Mistakes, Ill. for Boot. Company 212, Color company May - Jul 1964.

Small world huh? I had broken service. When I went back in. They sent me to San Diego, RM-A school, then, Morse Operator with those lousy ROYAL TYPEWRITERS.
After I got to the fleet, 2nd Fleet, Norfolk. I went to Teletype Repair school...and before I retired in 95. They did away with them too.

[namvet]

BRAVO ZULU...BT...AR. Been a long time. I was also a Morse code operator. Learned that as an SM, flashing light. Still use semaphore to tease my grandkids too! I went to Great Mistakes, Ill. for Boot. Company 212, Color company May - Jul 1964.

Small world huh? I had broken service. When I went back in. They sent me to San Diego, RM-A school, then, Morse Operator with those lousy ROYAL TYPEWRITERS.
After I got to the fleet, 2nd Fleet, Norfolk. I went to Teletype Repair school...and before I retired in 95. They did away with them too.

I pounding brass to. at one time up to 60WPM. but TTY was our bread and butter. you say TTY school??




same here brother. went to RTC Diego for boot. CO 249

[aboutime]

I pounding brass to. at one time up to 60WPM. but TTY was our bread and butter. you say TTY school??




same here brother. went to RTC Diego for boot. CO 249

TTY school for me was in 81, in Norfolk on what they used to call NOB (Naval Operating Base). Everything has changed these days.

I enjoyed the repair side a lot. Fact is. I still have a Mainshaft, with all of the clutches too. My friends called it my Retirement gift so I wouldn't get rusty, or bored

My NEC for TTY Repair died when they changed over to High Speed Printers that went along with NAVMACS.
Wonder how many remember that? And NEW DAY with the KWR-37's....TIME TIC....ANYONE?

[namvet]

TTY school for me was in 81, in Norfolk on what they used to call NOB (Naval Operating Base). Everything has changed these days.

I enjoyed the repair side a lot. Fact is. I still have a Mainshaft, with all of the clutches too. My friends called it my Retirement gift so I wouldn't get rusty, or bored

My NEC for TTY Repair died when they changed over to High Speed Printers that went along with NAVMACS.
Wonder how many remember that? And NEW DAY with the KWR-37's....TIME TIC....ANYONE?

all my active service was ship board. so i had to fix those machines at sea. ships out there bummed spare parts off each other and were exchanged during unreps. I fixed the UGC 28 page printers (100wpm) plus a UGC 6 which had the tape dispenser. that's the model I trained on at school.
just before i left to go home i heard rumors about a 500WPM machine called a burpie. never saw one.
we had 2 machines on fleet broadcast that ran 24/7. damned they were noisey



everythings went out on the Collins URC 32 tranceivers. we had 3 of these. ship board radio rooms were small and crowed with equipment.

[aboutime]

all my active service was ship board. so i had to fix those machines at sea. ships out there bummed spare parts off each other and were exchanged during unreps. I fixed the UGC 28 page printers (100wpm) plus a UGC 6 which had the tape dispenser. that's the model I trained on at school.
just before i left to go home i heard rumors about a 500WPM machine called a burpie. never saw one.
we had 2 machines on fleet broadcast that ran 24/7. damned they were noisey



everythings went out on the Collins URC 32 tranceivers. we had 3 of these. ship board radio rooms were small and crowed with equipment.

Gotcha. Oh, what memories. Copying 4 channels of Broadcast, TERM, and TGO all within a tiny room, surrounded by Patch cords, crypto equipment, and those wonderful, confusing Switchboards. And what everybody forgot was...WE HAD TO KEEP THE PRINTERS running, tearing off YELLOW rolls of paper, and trying to STAY AWAKE while typing SUPPLY MESSAGES on the UGC-6 keyboard?
I once put all of the keys from a keyboard in a tray full of CLEANING FLUID..overnight.
Next day, when I got back to Radio...the keys were all SWELLED UP to double their size. BRAINFARTS always win.
Most people have NO IDEA how many parts there are in One Printer.

[namvet]

Gotcha. Oh, what memories. Copying 4 channels of Broadcast, TERM, and TGO all within a tiny room, surrounded by Patch cords, crypto equipment, and those wonderful, confusing Switchboards. And what everybody forgot was...WE HAD TO KEEP THE PRINTERS running, tearing off YELLOW rolls of paper, and trying to STAY AWAKE while typing SUPPLY MESSAGES on the UGC-6 keyboard?
I once put all of the keys from a keyboard in a tray full of CLEANING FLUID..overnight.
Next day, when I got back to Radio...the keys were all SWELLED UP to double their size. BRAINFARTS always win.
Most people have NO IDEA how many parts there are in One Printer.

sometimes to damned many parts

[aboutime]

sometimes to damned many parts

Great, and funny photo. Reminded me of lots of long nights when that one, lousy setting just wouldn't stop skipping a SPACE, or Added an EXTRA LINE FEED.

Truth is. My Chief instructor joked about REMOVING all Hammers from Radio...except the SLEDGE HAMMER for Emergency Destruction.

[Born2DecadesLate]

US Army 1988-2014
75th, yes that 75th - although I was regularly detached from said unit to do things that we can't talk about. Things that never happened.
Sergeant Major.

I spent time overseas in Columbia, Panama, Iraq (twice), Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti, Central Africa Republic, Kenya, and Afghanistan (4 deployments total) and a handful of other places which won't be discussed.

[Abbey Marie]

Bumping this in case anyone wants to tell us about their service, or read up on anyone else's. No insults tolerated here.

Just another bump of an old post of mine.

[aboutime]

Just another bump of an old post of mine.

Thanks Abbey. No insults intended. (I hope). As Jack Webb used to say "Just the Facts!"

[darin]

US Army 1988-2014
75th, yes that 75th - although I was regularly detached from said unit to do things that we can't talk about. Things that never happened.
Sergeant Major.

I spent time overseas in Columbia, Panama, Iraq (twice), Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti, Central Africa Republic, Kenya, and Afghanistan (4 deployments total) and a handful of other places which won't be discussed.

I played in the NFL.

[jimnyc]

Just another bump of an old post of mine.

I played in the NFL.

With all due respect, we shouldn't be above what we request of others. We know this was in the cage already, we should keep it there. IMO, this thread should be exactly what it's for, for members to add their information.

[red state]

SeaHawks? Steelers?.......or both (simultaneously)?

Seriously though.....you've done more by SERVING the military to gain recognition than ANY football player ever could in my book.

(NOTE: not latte' in hand).