Bob "Krebe" Kriebel and Bob Fetter - the EW twins.

Some dude crashed on the crapper at Bills. It wasn't me, honest.

 USS England CG22, pierside San Diego, 1984.

EN1 Drumm wrapped with .50 cal rounds, senor. 1983.

Tracey talking with flashing light, new guy Craig Kusluch recording.

Chow line of riders from Astoria to Portland Oregon for the 75th Rose Festival. One woman in this group provided sexual favors in my radar space while Krebe kept lookout.

USS Midway was just a tad overweight and over the waterline in this photo of late 1983.

Two faces of Olongapo, Philippines

Hey Sailor. Me as a second class ET in 1986

Taking one on the lip with a  momentary friend after a Seahawks game near the former Kingdome, 1982. Andy Gause took this, I think.

USS Midway, oiler and frigate UnRep (underway replenishment)

Bob "Krebe" Kriebel on Steel beach somewhere near the equator, 1983.

We were so bored that we had a kite building and flying contest. This is Jeff Costa with the best of show entry, the 128 ZZZ bra.

Bridge of the David R. Ray, DD-971. To the right is the then CO, CDR Larry "Subquest" Seaquist who later went on to command the battleship Iowa. My favorite Capt. Seaquest quote from the 1MC: "Well gents, I have some bad news - we have to head back to port."

Taking my first ride in the ASW helo off the DR Ray - the anti-submarine helo det guys took me to 10,000' and autorotated the blades in a 4000 ft drop to see if I'd puke. I passed the initiation. 

Too bad the helo det guy who took this one couldn't hold still. 

My James Dean shot of Krebe during a "bugs in your face" motorcycle ride around Mt. Rainier. 

Krebe shagging the disk at Mission Bay, San Diego July 4, 1984

Manning the rails coming into Portland for the 75th Rose Festival..BEST TIME I EVER HAD IN MY OWN COUNTRY

Helo det guys at work on a powerplant.

SM1 Bob Hartz at sunset somewhere in the Indian Ocean. This was one of those oops! shots that turned out well.

Sand sculpture on Waikiki

Instead of pulling alongside a sterile pier we became part of a party pier and carnival. I spent 16 hours on deck chatting during that duty day.

The men make ready for the assault of Portland. EWCS Kendrick, BM2 Jeff Gerald and PNC Bill Gafner.

My first and only 10k run, The Green Run Run, 1980: L-R: Tom Milton, Tom Hamilton, Bernard Hulin, me, Joe Jaramillo and Kevin?.

Dave Muscarella on David R. Ray steel beach, near the equator in '83.

Nested destroyers at 32nd St. Naval Station, San Diego. 1983.

Oopsie! I think this tippage was at Pearl Harbor.

Ah 19y/o youth!  BBQ at Naval Security Group Activity, Great Dismal Swamp, straddling the VA/NC border.

Boys on Waikiki: Steven Bunch, Mark Jordan and Pat "Stick" Stickler.

Middies taking up space and air pulling into Portland, OR for the 75th annual Rose Festival.

Then again, this middie did have a very nice butt (though her nails were too long for regs)

5" .54 off San Clemente Island 

David R Ray, goofing off in battle dress with the old Mark V "smushyurnose" gas mask during a GQ drill.

Bob Kriebel in some bar in Pattaya Beach, Thailand. I had a roll of film of the boys getting wild on stage, but alas it was lost. 

Crappy wide-angle of kites on the fantail of David R. Ray

Downtown Olongapo, Philippines.

The famous Blow Me II (too) kite.

Mark Bouksa and somebody up the stick on the Ray

A view from the barracks room in '82 of the salt n pepper uniform, old dungaree outfit.

Those incredibly shy and reserved Japanese school kids.

Faces of David R. Ray softball.

My favorite shot from my first WESTPAC on DRR, NC1 Fabio Acuna hitting the beach.

Some rental boats floating peacefully in the New Territories, China,

Philippine shredded wheat harvest

   Hong Kong '83

While I was up in the anti-sub helo the boys decided mooning was in order

Pulling into Portland in '84, this was a floating advert for a stip club the Stone Pony.  I think they got some business from us....

An accidental double exposure whilst in the Philippine back country.

Martin, the Royal Marine introduces me to Bell's Scotch. I was blowing a kiss to his wife Jenny who took the shot. Had we the chance we would have taken each other. Boxing Day, 1983.

Russian intelligence ship from when their navy could still sail....

Rural Pilipino second car

Osmosis, the only way to learn LEO satellite navigation. This was my roommate in 1982 before I went to the Ray, don't recall his name.

Ah, Jenny Jenny - where are you now? For the week the Ray was in Hong Kong I had an almost sexual fling with this Royal Marines wife. Guy even got me drunk too - what hosts!

Bringing baby to a ceremony somewhere in Tokyo.

Incensed temple-goers somewhere in Tokyo

Andy Gause does a taste test in Pattaya Beach, Thailand....

Randy Humphries in the neo-classical Signalman sunning in the flag bag position.

Buddhist temple/old folks home near the New Territories, China.

Yep, got to ride to Saudi border from Bahrain. Mike Teves took this one.

Broken down F-14 Tomcat on the taxiway at NAS Miramar, 1985.

"Dirty Squidly" taking out beer cans with extreme prejudice. Some guy with a gun took this one.

Dress uniforms. I wore the white one once - to my 20th high school reunion. The dress blues one was taken at Kelly "Deano" Egelhoff's commissioning ceremony.

Looking aft down the starboard 03 passageway on Constellation.

Me making my way through the gauntlet cross the equator, aka "crossing the line" ceremonies. Thanks for the shot Dave.

Victoria Peak view of Hong Kong at twilight.

Brad Miller, Kelly Egelhoff and moi during our FTSCPAC days.

Some of Acadia's boats during the 8 month deployment for Desert Storm

The wonderful free trade zone of Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates. Sand, concrete and tarballs - perfect for softball and broken ankles

Me and Crape Dirk having quite a few on his ship, the Belgian Frigate "Zinnia" in Jebel Ali or Al Fujira, UAE. Every berthing was a pub - got to love it.

The last battle group I rode with in '97.

Acadia. I think this guy won the beauty contest. For crossing the line going is drag was easy on a ship with 40% women....

From the Constellation days, just a few missiles amid bb stackers.

Acadia. This was just before the kid pulled off my belt. Um, let's see that was Carol Gossen and Karen (Vermillion) Wells.

On the"Mike" boat liberty boat back to the Ray from Pusan

Tom gets a lecture at the Bull and Bear pub in Hong Kong

John's Byrd and King under wraps on the Mike boat back from Pusan

Me and others at a Pusan restaurant owners home complete with Korean Navy translator. Great time but jellied guts the next day. Don't recall who took this one.

A dinner put on for those who participated in "Project Handclasp", a school book donation program. This was at a school somewhere near Alongapo

On the porch of the Pattaya Beach Thailand fun pad. Taken by Bob Kriebel.

Me at ET "A" School as a fresh Third Class ET. Sign says it all. I think either Gene Ormond or Mike Skaggs took it.

Holding my own and two others in Pattaya Beach, Thailand. Bemused bargoer unknown.

Home Improvement, the Tim Allen joint filmed all day during my duty day on the Constellation for the first episode of 1997 called "Salute to Jet Engines." Heidi was clueless, Tim Allen was cool, didn't meet any others.

On the Acadia, Tiger Cruise, taken by Graham Doyle

My Instructor Of The Quarter ooorah shot from Great Lakes. I was First Loser for Instructor of the Year 1994. Oh well.

Riding with the helo det guys off the Constellation over Vancouver, BC.