Allen Spehr:  

Served 4 years in the Navy as an operations specialist. Spyed on the Russians a lot aboard the Uss Josephus Daniels CG-27.com (see website). Visited Italy, Greece, Spain, Bosphurus Straits, Black Sea, North Sea, England, Turkey, Coast of North Africa (spy work aboard ship -spying on Russian fleet at anchor of coast) Mediteranian a lot (spyed on the Kiev the first Russian aircraft carrier - got so close we could see their wardroom curtains and KGB patroling their ship with machine guns and large sticks - makes you enjoy our freedom a little more! My twin Kurt was on a North Atlantic tour for NATO before he transferred to my ship and he saw a Russian sailor jump off his destroyer and swim for freedom while being shot at by KGB from his ship. Lucky for him he made it. We also visited the Virgin Islands, Cuba, the Artic Circle. Caught two Russian subs just off the coast of Florida spying on the Space program. Got permission from Washington to prosecute them. (attack them). No it never made the news why would it? They split trail one nuke and one diesel. We chased the nuke and she outran us. We could have dropped torpedoes on her if we caught her. We carried Mark 48 torpedos for ASW anti-submarine warfare on board. We had one 3 inch gun one 5" gun and a missile launcher. I left the Navy as a Petty Officer 3rd class. Just know this a lot goes on that you never hear about in the regular news. Our ship went through a hurricane, a collision at sea, and was nearly in a collision with a Soviet destroyer. Our captain violated a Soviet missile area for about 10 minutes because they ordered him not to turn starboard. That happened in the Black Sea area. We are lucky they didnt send a missile down our stacks. I got to see one of Onassis yachts in Greece along with his whole oil fleet at anchor during the so called "gas shortage" in the United States. The only reason there was a gas shortage was that Onassis was angry at he the United States and blamed our CIA for his son's death. I learned that from talking with some of the Greek people while ashore in Greece. We passed 100's of anchored oil ships in the harbor of Greece while going in for repair work at the Scaramunga shipyard. This was so the press didnt find out two U.S. Navy warships had collided. My guess is that the high price at the gas pumps is just another fixed deal to make the oil people richer. We hear a lot of stories of why we are paying so much but my guess is very little of it is true. Did you know that in Kuwait the small nation we rescued from Iraq in the first Iraq War they only pay .15 cents a gallon! So why are we paying what we are. Take a look at the court case the Federal Comptroller took against Mr. Cheny our vice President. Cheny held a closed door meeting with all his old Haliburton associates and other leading oil people and wouldn't let the press or public in. How is that for a free government? He appointed himself the head of the department of energy. I didnt know you could hold two titles while in office did you? Did you know we have a way to turn coal into gas and it reall...Expand for more