Is it possible for me to get a job?

And don’t forget...
You may get an invitation from King Neptune...

 

I'm a Shellback.
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What is a Shellback? - Navy Crow
What is a Shellback? - Navy Crow
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My buddy was an Engineman on the Blue Ridge. He's also a Shellback.
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I cheated; when they looked at me for initiation, I would quickly stand at attention by an open hatch/door, with a .45 strapped to my waist, so they assumed I was on watch and left me alone.

 

ill be honest with you, can you control your actions. If i were an owner of a company, i would put you in the yard spotting. then we`ll go from there. careless and wreckless are not allowed in trucking. You have to prove yourself from here on out. Good luck

 

U.S. Navy Ship Rosters at HullNumber.com
U.S. Navy Ship Rosters at HullNumber.com

 

On 24 February 1973, Blue Ridge left San Diego for Pearl Harbor (2–3 March) and her second WestPac, with liberty port visits of Sasebo (7–14 June), Yokosuka (25 July-5 Aug), White Beach (15–31 March, 11 April, 16 Aug, 4-19 Sept), Hong Kong (7–12 May), Subic (26 March-5 April, 22-26 Sept, 7-8 Oct), Manila, Singapore (24-29 Aug) and Chilung (1–5 June). Blue Ridge conducted training exercises: Operation Golden Dragon in early April off South Korea, Operation Pagasa I in middle May off Philippines, Operation Pagasa II in early October off Philippines.[27]

With Operation End Sweep progressing in the coastal waters of North Vietnam for the mines released there, Blue Ridge left White Beach again on 10 July 1973 headed for the Gulf of Tonkin. She carried equipment that was needed by U.S. helicopters that were involved in clearing mined North Vietnamese waters. Blue Ridge spent two nights in north Vietnamese waters off the coast of Vinh and Hon Matt before departing for Manila in the Philippine