Robert Beers:  

Workplace WELL'' I DID WHAT I HAD2DO BACK THEN2KEEP OUT OF A JUNGLEfoxhole-FLUNKED OUT of COLLEGE. JOINED THE NAVY IN '66-DIDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE UNTIL OCT.of'68.SO I STARTED 1968'' BIG''& ON JANUARY,27th I ,MARRIED CHRISTINE EBY(MY 2nd high school Sweet-Heart)-SHE HAD TWO MORE YEARS AT TACOMA GENERAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL of NURSING(apparently''I'had a proclivity 4 NURSES) Re;=MY 1st high school Sweet-Heart=HAD ONLY ONE YEAR LEFT AT THAT SCHOOL TO BECOME AN R.N.=I WENT INTO CONSTRUCTION&JUST BEFORE I HAD TO LEAVE FOR THE NAVY- I BEGAN AN APPRENTICESHIP IN PIPE FITTING JUST BEFORE WE WERE MARRIED-THEN JUST 9mths, LATER IN OCT. '68 I LEFT FOR NAVY BOOT CAMP WHERE I (some might say''foolishly''but I think smartly) VOLUNTEERED 4 SUBMARINE DUTY-SO RIGHT AFTER 10wks.of BOOT CAMP I HEADED EAST TOO NEW LONDON,CONN. FOR 6mts.SUB-SCHOOL AND THEN AFTER THAT MORE TRAINING AND MORE LEARNING ABOUT MY CHOICE AS BECOMING A NAVIGATOR=ONCE I GOT TO MY SUBMARINE=WHERE MY 1st DEPLOYMENT HAD ME NAVIGATING UNDER THE ARCTIC ICE PACK FOR 3mths,&onJULY,19,1969 WE SURFACED atTHE NORTH POLE=IT WAS THE SAME DAY WE LANDED ON THE ''MOON'' IT WAS NOT PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE BUT ONE OF OUR OFFICE'S KNEW CAPT. ARMSTRONG ON APOLLE 11,SO WE GOT PERMISSION2SET UP A RADIO LINK BETWEEN US=AT THE NORTH POLE ON THE EARTH>>TOO>>APOLLE 11 ON THE LUNAR LANDING CRAFT ''THE EAGLE''atTRANQUILLITY BASE ONTHE MOON=THEY PIPED IT THUR THE SUB P.A. SYSTEM SO''WE ALL HEARD IT'' IT WAS JUST''SO COOL''=SO WHEN SOMEONE ASK'S ME WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE USA LANDED ON THE MOON??? I SAY'' IF YOU'VE GOT A FEW MINUTES I CAN TELL YOU ONE HECK OF A STORY 'BOUT WHERE I WAS WHEN WE LANDED ON THE MOON AND YOUR PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BELIEVE IT,BUT IT'S THE TRUTH''. ABOUT ONE YEAR LATER. I GOT OUT IN '70, STAYED IN THE NAVAL RESERVES-SPENT TWO MORE YEARS PIPE FITTING-BUT IN ABOUT 1971 MY JOB ALONG WITH ALMOST EVERYBODY ELSE'S JOB HERE IN SEATTLE DRIED UP-SO I REJOINED THE NAVY AGAIN '72-SO ON MY 2ndSUB-I WAS LUCKY AGAIN=TO GET STATIONED ON BOARD A LEGEND IN THE SUBMARINE WORLD ONE OF THE MOST''SUPER SECRET SUBS'' EVERY BUILT=THIS WAS THE ''HOTTEST'' SUBMARINE IN THE ''COLD-WAR''THEY WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT TITLED''BLIND MANS BLUFF'' IT WAS THE ONLY SUB DESIGNED WITH LANDED GEAR TO SIT ON THE OCEAN FLOOR=WOW! THE STORIES I COULD TELL YOU GUYS>>>>> IF I COULD=BUT=ONLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THEM?? I HAD TOYED WITH THE IDEA AND PLANNED TO STAY IN-BUT CHRISTINE AND I,BOTH HATED THE SEPARATION- SO I GOT BACK OUT IN '74-WENT RIGHT BACK INTO PIPE FITTING-WORKED IN CONSTRUCTION UNTIL EARLY90's-WHEN MY BODY(my back)JUST GAVE OUT&CHRISTINE STARTED WORKING OUTSIDE THE HOME MORE&MORE=SHE BECAME THE BREAD-WINNER AND 1 HECK OF A NURSE A...Expand for more