User talk:Horologium/May 2013

Question
Horologium, first let me say thanks for your service as a Sailor in the USN.

I have to ask do you know a CPO Sobrepena? During his time that appear to be similar to some of your deployments, he might have been a PO2 or PO1 during the times when you shared similar deployments.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 02:39, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * The name doesn't immediately stand out, but I'm not sure. Which ship(s) are we talking about, and what department did he work in? "CPO" covers a whole lot of territory; do you know what his rate (specialty) was? I was an AX (and after 1991, an AT), assigned to AIMD at each of my duty stations. (My five NECs were all I-level; I never did a squadron.) If he wasn't a brownshoe, it's likely that I didn't know him, as the vast majority of my acquaintances on ships were aviation types (either AIMD or the squadrons we supported).  Horologium  (talk) 15:09, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * He was aboard the Independence before being stationed at NAF Atsugi then was at NAS Lemoore before retiring. He's my uncle and was either an AD or AE. Just thought you might have known him aboard the Indy.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:53, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Okay, if he was an AE, I don't remember him at all, and it's likely that I would, as I knew almost everyone in IM-3 division (where the ship's company or SEAOPDET AEs would have been). If he was in IM-2 division (as an AD) it's possible that I might have encountered him, but I don't remember him. Sorry.
 * You could ask him if he was there when the ship was in drydock; I arrived during that period (October 1994). I left in October 1996. During my time on the Indy, we had a pair of WESTPACs, and a RIMPAC which was supposed to end with a visit to Australia, but ended with no port visits at all because of Chinese threats against Taiwan. Again, if he was aboard the ship at that time, he would have remembered it, because we were all pretty bummed, but liberty in fun ports takes a back seat to actually doing our job as "the tip of the spear". (wry grin)  Horologium  (talk) 23:42, 13 May 2013 (UTC)