Are you a Pollywog or a Shellback?

[Dereck]

ORIGINAL: Feinder

Sprior,

I was just about to ask into how many of the world's navies have these traditions. I assume that the USN and RN have many of the same or similar.

But I'm curious of anyone knows about the traditions from say the German or Soviet or Japanese navies? Anybody ever done time on a foreign ship, and witnessed or participated in some of those traditions?

-F-

The American Navy has a lot of traditions based on the British Navy (though the captains going down with the ship was one the US wisely discarded as rubbish). I believe the Japanese Navy (at least pre-WWII) was largely influenced by the British Navy (the Japanese Army was influenced by the German Army I do believe) and after WWII with the American occupation and strong military presence I'd wager that they still have a lot of the British traditions.

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: Mogami

Hi, I was sweating inside my gunmount doing my preventive maintenance when a new Ensign poked his head in the back and began railing me about how greasy the gun was
"This gun should be clean enough to eat off of" he told me
"Get out of my gunmount knucklehead" was my answer. (I couldn't see him and didn't have a clue who he was till later)

Bah. Officers are overrated (and overpaid).[:D]

[Terminus]

ORIGINAL: Feinder

Sprior,

I was just about to ask into how many of the world's navies have these traditions. I assume that the USN and RN have many of the same or similar.

But I'm curious of anyone knows about the traditions from say the German or Soviet or Japanese navies? Anybody ever done time on a foreign ship, and witnessed or participated in some of those traditions?

-F-

Not just the navies, either. I have, hanging on the wall in my living room, the diploma from when my father crossed the Arctic Circle for the first time in 1965. And he was in the Royal Danish Air Force.

[mogami]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

ORIGINAL: Mogami

Hi, I was sweating inside my gunmount doing my preventive maintenance when a new Ensign poked his head in the back and began railing me about how greasy the gun was
"This gun should be clean enough to eat off of" he told me
"Get out of my gunmount knucklehead" was my answer. (I couldn't see him and didn't have a clue who he was till later)

Bah. Officers are overrated (and overpaid).[:D]

Hi, Thats right...Sir (Mike is a company or Bn commander I think)(I want him to pull strings to get me into his outfit so I can go with them to Iraq)

[Stavka_lite]

Shellback WestPac 76-77 165W 10/13/76 USS Waddell DDG 24

[MemoryLeak]

I'm a little late in posting this reply to dereck, but yes I crossed the river many times in 1969-1973. I remeber kids diving into the water to retrieve coins that were tossed in. Bad water. I still have the name tag for number four at the Silver Star club. And I use to love riding in the Jeepneys, after I learned the hard way to settle on price before getting in.

[ASLifer]

Hiyas MemoryLeak:

Wonderin' if you remember "Maryland's"? I only rode in a Jeepney a few times. The bar I went to was only a short distance from "S**t River Bridge" so I didn't need to use them that often.

[MemoryLeak]

ASLifer -- No, sorry I don't but I killed a lot of braincells over there. I remember we had Cinderella Liberty constrictions and had to either be back aboard the ship or shacked up by midnight. I still have a lot of pesoes that I failed to exchange. Lots of fond memories and good times but I don't remember the names of the bars.

[cvn65]

ShSh Shellback!
U USS Constellation CV-64. 1979 again 1980 and 1982
U USS Enterprise CVN-65 1988 again 1990,
Af After the first its all cake after that.

[cvn65]

Anybody ever hang out at the Bambo Grove in Po city? About four blocks away from S**** River bridge.
Want a blast from the past? Take a quarter out and start tapping it against a window. What memories[:D]

[Dereck]

ORIGINAL: ASLifer

Thats a shame then. You never got to go to "Maryland's" possibly the most popular Bar in the PI. It was actually just outside of Olongapo City. There was a woman named/called "Mumbles" who danced there. The things she could do with Peso's and a bottle of PI San Miguel...... It boggles the mind... I used to have one of the Business Cards from the bar, I might actually still have it around somewhere. I don't wanna get banned from the forums here, so I won't tell you what it said...hehe

Regards:
ASLifer aka LorenSilvrcloak

When I went off-base to a bar I'd go to the bar owned by the former Midway photographer we knew. We would be able to get drinks and not have to be worried about getting hussled by the bar girls like at other bars. Made it a lot safer to your wallet.

When I was at the PI it was the early 80s so you still hard Marcos in power and the curfew becuase of the communist guerillas. One main reason I very seldom left base. It was much safer to just stay on base and not have to worry about getting a knife in your back over one or two pesos. Besides, there was a much better way to get "feminine companionship" in the PI than going off base [:D]

And I rode in a Jeepney once ... damn crazy driver aged me 50 years in 5 minutes and I swore I'd crawl dragging myself with my tongue if I had to before I got in another one of those things.

[reg113]

"Magic Glow Ice Cream Parlor Bar & Grill"
Go to the Y in the road, take a right. First block on the left, Second door. Lost a lot of brain cells and pesos there.

[reg113]

Riding with Jeepney drivers...no guts, no air medals.

[diesel7013]

Suppo in a Seabee battalion - so unless I get credit for having to put up with Marines and construction workers with guns, I'm a Polly!

[brandonbull]

Golden Shellback. 1994 LST-1193. On the way to decom her and then turn her over to the Australian Navy.