brian richard:  

1 week after graduation i left for bootcamp. I had enlsited in the United states Navy the prior year. so my entrie senior year i was enlisted already. I went to bootcamp in San Diego ca, graduated bootcamp in august 92. my job was as a radioman onboard a United States Navy ship. my basic job was that we set up and maintained all communications throughout the ship and all radio communcations leaving the ship. We were the heart of the ship, if no communications are up and running we cannot communicate with any ships or aircraft or any shore stations, so our role was extremely vital. my first duty station was in Yokosuka Japan for 2 years. I was stationed onboard the Uss Curts FFG-38, my ship was a fast frigate. FFG , Our basic task was anti submarine warfare, that was our primary mission, So we did alot of anti sub warfare exercises at sea. One i will never forget is an exercise we did with a group of U.S Navy Seals. The Seal team boarded our ship and were quickly flown off to an aircraft carrier nearby. The Curts held about 150 crewman onboard. we traveled to many countries. Korea, The phillipines, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Hawaii, Singapore,Thailand, okinawa, egypt and Hong Kong. We supported United nations sanctions against Iraq in the persian gulf. Our job to was to enforce sanctions against all vessels coming in and out of the gulf, Our ship would stop the vessel and a team would board the ship and ensure they were abiding by the U.N sanctions. My ship was very busy for the 2 years i was there but our port visits alwa...Expand for more