Friday night as I sat waiting for dinner at Kabob Kafe in nearby Ellicottville, New York with my wife and daughter my Blackberry buzzed. I picked it up and looked and I had been “poked” on Facebook by my nephew, Tom Watkins. Tom was letting me know that he just “drilled out” of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Great Lakes’
Drilling out
Posted in Navy, military, tagged boot camp, Ceremonial Guard, gratitude, Great Lakes, US Navy on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rewarding
Posted in Navy, gratitude, military, tagged gratitude, Great Lakes, Recruit Training Command, US Navy on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At 0730 last Friday morning I found myself riding with my brother and his family through the Illinois Street Gate at United States Navy Recruit Training Command. That morning was filled with excitement for all on board. It was homecoming for one old sailor returning to a place where I too had once served. Once [...]
Pass in Review
Posted in Navy, Spiritual, gratitude, military, tagged gratitude, Great Lakes, Recruit Training Command, US Navy on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Division 290 Ship 11 enters
Friday Morning at 0900 the Pass in Review ceremony at Great Lakes Recruit Training Command began and after the preliminary review of colors and a short film about life in Boot Camp we got our first look at the graduates. My nephew’s unit, Division 290 Ship 11 was the first [...]
It still fits
Posted in Marian, Navy, Spiritual, military, mystic, prayer, travel, tagged Assumption, boot camp, Great Lakes, Marian, Pass in Review, US Navy, veterans on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I got out one of my old white hats as I prepare to return to the Great Lakes, IL area tomorrow. It still fits and it’s in very good shape. I thought I’d bring the hat with me so that my nephews could see it. I had been looking for my old neckerchief that I [...]
Pass in Review
Posted in Navy, gratitude, military, tagged gratitude, Great Lakes, Navy, recruit training, US Navy on August 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thursday of this week will see me traveling to Great Lakes, Illinois. I haven’t been there since February 8, 1973. My nephew is due to Pass in Review. He’s been at Great Lakes Recruit Training Center since late June. Tom signed up on a delayed enlistment plan in January. Since then a young man I [...]
35th Anniversary
Posted in Navy, tagged Great Lakes, Hospital Corps, US Navy on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thirty-five years ago today I graduated from the United States Navy Hospital Corps School at Great Lakes, Illinois. I was a member of Company 7316 as we were officially known. I was eighth in a class of sixty-eight other new Hospital Corpsman that crossed the stage that day. We were mostly draftees who chose to [...]
