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06-17-2008, 08:53 PM
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Sonar Guy
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Shellbacks?
How many of you are Shellbacks?
I crossed in 1990....
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06-17-2008, 09:02 PM
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Just A Kid At Heart
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Never did. Went from Long Beach to Subic, played around the Vietnam gunline, came straight back. The ship's last depoyment before being sold was to Australia, and I got out before she went, so I missed out bigtime.
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06-17-2008, 10:05 PM
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Grey Wolf
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Shellback, Order of the Ditch, Bluenose, and Order of Magellan among others.
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06-17-2008, 11:25 PM
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Admiral
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6 times, First time USS England DLG22 Aug 1971
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06-18-2008, 12:29 AM
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Grey Wolf
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Does crossing the equator on board an aircraft count?
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06-18-2008, 12:36 AM
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Sonar Guy
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06-18-2008, 12:37 AM
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Sonar Guy
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06-18-2008, 12:37 AM
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Sonar Guy
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06-18-2008, 12:38 AM
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Sonar Guy
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06-18-2008, 04:47 AM
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Silent Hunter
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06-18-2008, 05:56 AM
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Lieutenant
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2 or three times here.
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06-18-2008, 06:32 AM
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Just A Kid At Heart
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06-18-2008, 07:43 AM
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Seaman
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I am a Golden Shellback! Crossed The International Date Line and Equator Line on 25 SEP 76 on USS Long Beach CGN-9, as part of the USS Enterprise CVN-65 Nuclear Strike Group.
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06-18-2008, 07:50 AM
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Electrician's Mate
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Once in 1993
Crossed aboard the USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) on way back from Arabian Gulf (by way of Bali, Indonesia).
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06-18-2008, 04:19 PM
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The Old Man
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Since '72...
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