New Year’s Post on USS ORLECK DD 886 Sunday, 1 January 1967 Moored to the HENDERSON, portside to Berth sixteen in Long Beach, a great deal to do. MASON is starboard, her lines smart and tight, SOPA COMMINPAC, we’re ready to fight. Readiness Condition is number Five, YOKE is set , hopefully to keep us [Read more…]
All of those speaking received a similar award. John got his award, not because he was there, but because of what it says on the document. John and Sandy are in the middle of building their house in the State of Washington and could not come. I wanted you all to see this. We are [Read more…]
Kimberly Hubbard Resolution
Helen Anderson Glass is a 92 year young NAVY WAVE. She is also a fine poet and true patriot. She is now a friend of mine and I am very proud of that. She has a servant attitude and her life is marked by all the voluntary service she has provided to those in our [Read more…]
Christmas Eve is kind of cool when you get calls from folks you had not heard from for a while and from folks that you are in regular contact with. Both give you good feelings and especially when one shares something with you that opens the door to knowing another special person. That is what [Read more…]
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USS ORLECK DD 886 FIELD DAYS March 12-14, 2015 Berth: 604 North Enterprise Blvd., Lake Charles LA 70601 (1-10 Exit 31A, Lake Charles) The USS ORLECK DD 886, one of the most decorated ships to have served after WWII, will hold its first Field Day event in Lake Charles LA on March 12 —15, 2015. [Read more…]