Attn: 654Boomer

[Goose5]

I am curious about your nick name. You didn't happen to serve on board the Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine USS George C. Marshall did you?

[654Boomer]

Greetings Goose5,

Actually . . . Yes! That is where my nickname is derived. I served in the Navy from 1978 - 1984 with my last two years onboard "GCM Blue Crew".

And you . . . when were you there?

[Goose5]

Not me. My brother served on board that boat in the early 1980's. He was a missile tech. Patience Not Weakness.

[MNGLOCK]

654, hello from another boomer vet. 625 & 657 Launch Tech. Good to see some of us are around.

[654Boomer]

Greetings MNGLOCK,

Good to hear from you!

Wasn't the [SSBN] 657 named the USS Francis Scott Key? I rode that boat up from Charleston, SC to Newport News, VA for overhaul--late 1983 I think? It was just temporary duty to get some "time on the pond" while I was in overhaul on USS George C. Marshall [SSBN 654] in Virginia. My old boat (Marshall) has long been cut up to use the steel to make razor blades or something like that!!;f

Oh yeah I almost forgot . . . to ensure that this is a Glock and/or HK related thread . . . "We didn't have any Glocks or HKs on board at the time. Glocks may not have even been manufactured in the early '80s--I know the HK USPs did not come out until the '93 to '94 time frame. We just had some old beat up Colt 1911s and M-14/Remington 870 long arms. In fact the 1911s were so horrible, that some were X-Rayed (NDE) and were found to have fatigue cracks--probably from use in WWI, WWII, Korea AND Viet Nam! Seems like the "Boomers" got all the old garbage for side arms. The military was going to the Beretta 92 models and were still in trials a year before I got out." Giving away my age now!;)

And if people only knew that during the Cold War, the big missiles only really had balloons and candy in the warheads!

[MNGLOCK]

654, you can says that again..no Glocks/HKs onboard. I used to take care of our (Thompson submachine guns and M2 30cal. carbines and the same 1911s). And speaking about being dated, Henry Clay SSBN625 & Franacis Scott Key SSBN657 1963 to 1970. 9 patrols between the two. Wouldnt mind doing it all over again. Best years of my life. My two boats were also taken to Washington state to be destroyed. Very sad day when I learned of these beautiful ships being treated that way and acutally saw pictures of them being destroyed. Oh well. Nice to be able to discuss Glocks and Hks.;)

[Goose5]

654 I believe the Marshall is up at the Bremerton bone yard. Had it's nuclear section cut out. They welded her back together and that's where she floats. Last time I was out their was in 98.