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United States Navy &
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John Martinson
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Naval Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, Company 224. My boot camp photo. |
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Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, MD. Waiting for my school to begin, I was assigned to the 1st Lt. Division working in the wood shop, EM Club and three months duty in the Galley, which allowed me time to advance in rank before starting Radio "A" School. |
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Radio "A" School, Class 66-07, Bainbridge, MD. |
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| NTC, Great Lakes, 1965 |
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NTC Bainbridge is now gone and is open countryside. The vacant property was turned over to the State of Maryland. Today, there are very few landmarks left to tell that it was once a major training center for Sailors and Waves. |
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NTC, Bainbridge, MD
1965-1966 |
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Above: RM "A" school was behind the Yeoman's School |
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Above: A picture of me trying to look "salty" while boating one evening near Havre de Grace on Chesapeake Bay. |
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Naval Communications Station, Nea Makri, Greece. |
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I really enjoyed my duty in Greece. A wonderful country and a very nice duty station. While there I took leave and traveled up to England via Italy, Switzerland, France and returned by way of Yugoslavia and down through northern Greece. |
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Navcommsta Nea Makri
(NGR) Greece, 1966-68 |
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I worked in the Message Center formatting, typing and sending messages/traffic. |
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A cermony with the Greek Navy at the time I was leaving. Pictured are the Administration and Galley in the background |
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Naval Communications Station, Radio Receiver Site, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. About seven of us lived in a small shack near the south end of the island. We ran the incoming ship-to-shore teletype, morse code and tuned in frequencies for the main communications center at the main base. |
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Navcommsta Guantanamo
Bay Cuba - 1968-1969 |
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A picture of me tuning receivers, Gtmo Cuba, 1968 |
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United States Coast Guard, Marine Safety Office, Portland, OR. Communications Watch Supervisor. I managed a watch-shift and personnel operating telecommunications Voice/VHF/UHF radios/equipment, Search & Rescue operations, environmental spills, dispatched boats/vehicles, coordinated communications with federal, state and local agencies. Data/record management. Trained reserve personnel and worked with the general public answering boating and navigational questions. |
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MSO Portland, OR
1974-77 |
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Reserve Duty:
* United States Navy Reserves, Fort Douglas, UT, 1969/71 (inactive), 1972-74 (active)
* Oregon Air National Guard, 1981
* United States Coast Reserves, Marine Safety Office, Portland, OR, 1974/1983-85
* 2186th Maint Co (LE) (GS), Oregon Army National Guard, Clackamas, OR, 1986
* Journalist, United States Army Ready-Reserves, HHC 104th Div (Tng), Vancouver Barracks, Vancouver,
WA, 1986-89 |
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LINKS: Click HEREfor more pictures of my duty stations.
Navcomsta Nea Makri Greece (Joel Roberson's site) * Navy Radioman Association
NTC Bainbridge Association * *
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