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Citizenship
= USA, Service = USN, Outfit = NMCB 40 and PWD QAE
My_Quest =
To Drink With CPT. Morgan
VT_of_a_Swallow
=
Asian or African ?
My_Warstory
= 1st trip was Project Supervisor over the TCN
Barracks. 2nd trip was QAE of
Builder/ Paint Shop and Janitorial services. Made
some good friends while
there. Never, ever treated the contractors any
different then service members
there. We were all there to Support One Mission,
One Goal. I don't remember
names very well but do remember the great workers
I had the pleasure of getting
to know. Funny story, I was placed in the same
barracks room in 2000, that I
shared with a fellow BU1 in 1992. Also had the
same barracks manager. I
remember walking around with my Planters Peanut
jar filled with Capt. Morgan
and Pepsi. Had one of the best Seabee Ballever
attended while there as well, it
was on the Deck at the Lagoon. Was an awesome
night. Also have found exorcise
of the Brit Club. Would love to go back some day.
Fun times, good people, and
good drinks.
Jun - Nov
2000
Kyle
Murphy = kylem@atsinc.org
I, like
you guys, LOVED that place. I still on occasion
curiously search the web for civilian jobs that
“might” pop up… No such luck yet.
I was
there in June to November of 2000 with VP-40 out of
Whidbey Is NAS, Wa.
I had my
drums shipped over and started a Reggae band with some
of the Mauritian locals and one guy who worked at the
super secret sat tracking station. Played the
Brit Club, Yacht Club and any other club that would
let us play. Which I think we hit all of them…
My_Warstory
= Charter member of "Team Tusker" and "Sex One/SEAL
Team One". Known to not-so-clandestinely insert
on the shoreline of the CPO Club to replenish the beer
supply for my buddies out on the Dynaglass boats.
Drank many a case of Tusker beer and as yet have
suffered no ill-affects from the sediment in the
bottom of the bottles. Also known to polish off a
bottle of Southern Comfort, get on my bike and try to
make it all the way out to Donkey Gate. Had my boat
license endorsed three times for unsafe handling, put
out make-believe fires in the barracks and ate my fair
share of fish, Diego Burger grilled cheese sandwiches
and, believe me, you don't want to know what went into
a Hitler's Nuclear Bet or a Keil Shake ;)
Good times
- and guess what? I have orders in hand that will
return me to the rock one final time (I was also an
inmate with COMPSRON 2 in 2000) in February 2013 for
my Twilight Tour :)
July thru
Nov. 2000, July thru Oct. 2001, Feb. thru April 2002
Citizenship
= USA; Outfit = US merchant marine; My_Quest = Just
looking around
My_Warstory
= Windsurfing at max velocity, in the lagoon, jumping
waves and building towers of empty beer cans higher
than I ever thought possible! You really had to see
it! There you go, Mad Chuck. Peace, George. I hope
life's treating you good.
Can I say
thanks for such a brill site! My name's Jim
Hewson I'm 31 and from Nottingham UK - I was in the
British Army from 98 - 06. In 2000 I was lucky
enough to get sent to Diego for 2 weeks to work comms
back to the UK. I had an awesome time - loved
every minute of it! I have a few photos - would
love to go back - but its not goin to happen as left
the military in 2006 to be a cop - and the furthest
that's sent me is London! Would be great to hear
from you - thanks again for the site pal!
My_Warstory
= hey this is a real story, i have my
record in B.I.O.T. police station. i was put in jail
damn it was soooo cold during my inprisonment thats
the time the jail was renovated. it was also the time
when timmy was put to sleep. he is a military dog.i
still remember R.O.P.Os name like ROPO 5 Haydee Dunn
ROPO 10 Andy Varah, ROPO 6 David Mcaffrey, ROPO 11
Ollie Olsen. most of the british military have become
my friends especially andy varah, he visited me in
philippines twice. hey who can forget the fullmoon
platoon and island wide picnic. gosh i miss the place
its a unique paradise. Anyway i lost my temper which
led to my imrisonment and lost my good job. too much
opportunity have lost. now i am working in saudi
arabia but given a chance i want to work in D.G.
again. by the way my purpose for posting my story is
to have a communication to any of the brit military
who took care of me. i was not treated as a prisoner i
became trustee right away. guys im ronnie contanct me
in my e- mail ad. bhaywolf 69@yahoo.com ronaldo
mangalino. thx
I was stationed on the island two separate times, May
1998 to Oct 1999 and May 2000 to July 2001. The
first time that I went to the island was awesome and I
became the President of the Patwing One Drinking Team,
a much needed job for the folks at PW-1 Det Diego
Garcia. This tour also was the major cause of my
divorce upon returning to the states. One my
second tour, the very first day I was back on the
island. I met my wife of now 5 years sitting at
one of the tables outside the internet café (aka the
old first class mess shack). So the first time
there caused me to get rid of the devil riding my back
all the time and the second caused me to find the
angel I so desperately needed in my life. My
wife and me are waiting for me to finally retire and
we will be looking into trying to get back to the
island as civilians. With that said I wish to be
established as the "Minister of Love and Lifetime
President of the Patron Wing One Det Diego Garcia
Drinking Team".
See Ya
back on the island someday, Mike "Minister of Love and
Lifetime President of the Patron Wing One Det Diego
Garcia Drinking Team" Littleford
RANK/RATE/JOB
= I served almost 12 years, and am now a federal
employee (would love to go back to DG to work there
for awhile).
MY
INTEREST IN DG IS = Professional Adventurer Looking
For The Ultimate Get Away
SUBJECT OF
MY STORY: = Actually, I Have a Real Story To Tell
MY
WARSTORY = I had a really great time on DG. I
worked a lot (had a lot of young sailors that loved to
drink and be rowdy), but I had a lot of fun time
too. On my 30th birthday, my buddy Rod Yost
(DG21) took me out deep sea fishing with a couple of
his buddies, and I caught this huge tuna (I thought I
was surely going to go overboard trying to reel that
thing in!) I didn't eat any of it, gave it all
to the phillipino workers that cut it up (they loved
me). I did all of the 5K runs, a couple 10K runs
(those were rough), and did the bike rides out to the
donkey gate. DG is a really beautiful place, and
I would love to go back there sometime.
I'm
looking to get in contact w/ any air traffic
controllers that were on board from 2000-2002.
Pineapple, 4days, Bertram, Shannon, Jew, Bean,
Kat... where are you guys!?!
RANK/RATE/JOB
= Will retire in about a year and wanted to get in
touch with some great people
SUBJECT OF
MY STORY: = I am a Born Liar, and Want To Tell About
All The Sex I Had on Dodge
MY
WARSTORY = I wanted for a long time to hear from some
of the guys I used to hang out with. Hopefully you
guys see this and send me an e-mail. I tried to
get in touch with Keith Kovac but had no luck.
I'm in Virgina right now so send me an e-mail and I
will get in touch.
MY WARSTORY = I noticed new stories by George Laughlin
and Harry Johnson, so I thought I'd chime in. Here is
my first day in DG, September 1996:
I had been traveling for days to get there. Anyone who
has been there can remember the ever-infamous Paya
Lebar rerun, where you show up at the airfiled day
after day to get a seat. All I can say is, "Thanks
Helen Lee for making all my Singapore stays bearable!"
So I finally get a seat on KC-10 (AKA indoor
rainstorm). I was dead tired and thrashed from the
travelling. I did find a spare pint of Tanduay from PI
that got me through the flight.
When I landed, I went through the standard Brit
customs drill, "No bongs, knives, or explosives. ANY
video tapes will be confiscated and viewed for
pornography!"
My boss picked me up and drove me to BEQ-8, where the
contractors stayed. It was Tuesday night. I noticed
that there was a huge party out front of the
BEQ. There was comely Filipina bartende (Helen
from Seamen's Club) who kept forcing me to drink. And
drink I did. It turned out that BJS used to have a
weekly shindig each Tuesday.
That was my first exposure to DG. I met Harry
Swartout, Conrad Matt, Ray Weaver, George Laughlin,
and many others that night. I stayed for 6 years and
ended up in the local island band. Great memories.
Subject:
FISH STORY [see his photo on the fishing page]
July 15,
2001. Nothing much to tell. A few of the
Chiefs from C Site went out fishing on a beautiful
day, as was every day on Diego Garcia. We had a
terrible catch and I believe the only fish the four of
us caught was a fifteen pound tuna. Jim Zehner
said we should take a picture with him about six feet
behind it to make the fish look big. I thought
it was a silly idea and told him so, but we tried it
anyway. When I looked through the camera
viewfinder and saw this, I couldn't stop
laughing. With a photo editor, I edited out Ken
Prior's hand holding up the fish on the line. We
had a lot of fun with this and passed it all around
NCTS DG. Had a lot of bites on it. The
majority of comments were "My, what big eyes it
has." I manged to fit most everyone's name into
this story but left out Greg Guidry. Hi Greg.
CTMC(SW)
Barry Norton: Sep 2000 to Oct 2001. March 2000
NAME =
Jeff Roberts
MY QUEST =
To get back to Ascension Island where u can legally
surf!
NATIONALITY
= American(honorary British citizen); SERVICE = Navy;
UNIT = Medical; RANK/RATE/JOB = HM2
MY
INTEREST IN DG IS = My Time There is Lost in an
Alcoholic Haze, Help Me Remember!
SUBJECT OF
MY STORY: = There I Was, Passed Out in My Room
MY
WARSTORY = Im still trying to figure out who picked me
up off my bathroom floor ,put clothes on me and put mt
too bed my last day or so on the island. I was
affectionatly known to all Including the CO as the
Island Buddha!! always seen at the Brit club mostly
naked dancing and Drunk!! I miss you all!!!
My tour on DG was just like any other, good times and
bad, good people and brainwashed idiots. The main
gripe I had about the place was all the people hiding
from ships, and yet still enforcing childish rules. I
honestly did not go to DG to hide from a ship, I was
up for shore duty when I choose DG. >From what I
can recall both CO's I had at my command had never
been on a ship! Ok what is the purpose of the NAVY?
Yet these "sand crab" E-7 and above would put out
rules that made no sense at all. Here is a funny
story. Most islanders rode bikes, some rode there
bikes to work. One day a 2nd class was parking his
bike and had his helmet on. The sand crab CO then
walked by so he saluted. After that huge incident I
think we had 3 or 4 quarters to put out the guidelines
on rendering salutes, and where you have to be
covered, and where you have to wear a helmet. I can't
prove this, but I believe that the navy sends dirt bag
E7 and above to the island. If someone who has really
dedicated their life to the navy, why would they
choose DG? So these dirt bag E7 and above show up and
have no idea of what leadership is all about. If they
were good leaders the navy would want them on a ship
or important shore assignment. In turn people such as
myself get the hell out of the navy, make twice as
much as I did before and do what I want when I want
wherever I want.
From April
24th 2000 till Sep 9th 2001 and counting
MY QUEST =
To survive the Rock and keep myself from doing thr
inevitable.
VT of a
SWALLOW = Is it drunk?
NATIONALITY
= White; SERVICE = Navy; UNIT = R-site SATCOM
MY
INTEREST IN DG IS = My Time There is Lost in an
Alcoholic Haze, Help Me Remember!
MY
WARSTORY = Can I select all of the above on the last
one? I just have a few things to say about the
Rock. I read the complaints page and they took all of
mine, so you know that this island has a bad rep. Not
only have I ben here a year, I'm still here and can't
seem to get off the Rock. I have done everything there
is to do and more. The only way to get away from the
mental state of this place s to get drunk. As anyone
that has been the the Rock can testify this. Beware if
you come here. Try your best to never come here. That
is all I really need to say. DON'T COME HERE!
Due to
land Nov. 2000
NAME =
Doug Guy
MY QUEST =
Get away from the world and party with people that
know how to have a good time.
VT of a
SWALLOW = When swallows fly into my window they're
going pretty fast.
E-MAIL = BeerSquid21@aol.com;
NATIONALITY = American; SERVICE = Navy; UNIT = Satcom
ET
MY
INTEREST IN DG IS = Professional Adventurer Looking
For The Ultimate Get Away
SUBJECT OF
MY STORY: = Other
MY
WARSTORY = Going there to fulfill my lifelong goal of
researching the effects of alcohol on the human brain
when stranded on an island in the middle of the indian
ocean. I cant wait to begin my experiments, see
all you guys on the island in November 2000.
Peace.
I'm here
now
Doug's
Update, Dec. 2000:
MY QUEST =
To try and remember the past month and find the spot
in the jungle where all the girls must be hiding.
VT of a
SWALLOW = Dead
UNIT =
Satcom at R-Site
RANK/RATE/JOB
= ET3
MY
INTEREST IN DG IS = Decided to Join A Monastery, But
Couldn't Find One Stateside
SUBJECT OF
MY STORY: = There I Was, Passed Out in the Club
MY
WARSTORY = Well I couldn't have thought of a better
title myself. The first night I got here went
great, met up with old friends had a few drinks, ended
up seeing more than one moon on the beach. Who
would of thought that a persons ass could be so white
after she'd been here 3 months. The next morning
I woke with great ambition thinking every night would
be so exotic, funny how things work out huh. I
proceeded to get blackout drunk everynight for the
next week and pass outside of the Turner club, Brit
club and other random places in between there and my
room. Hopefully i'll get a tolerance capable of
competing with these professionals here, but as for
now I bestow upon myself as RULING KING OF
OVERINDULGENCE.
MY QUEST =
To find a place on the beach and swim in blue
water!!!!
VT of a
SWALLOW = You have me at a lose on that one!?!?!?!?
NATIONALITY
= US; SERVICE = Navy; UNIT = COMPACWING DET 1 (or
something like that); RANK/RATE/JOB = ET3/E4 active
MY
INTEREST IN DG IS = Professional Adventurer Looking
For The Ultimate Get Away
I'll be
there OCT 2000-2001
JIM
BALDWIN <baldwinj@dinfos.osd.mil>
NATIONALITY
= American; SERVICE = Navy; UNIT = Naval Media Center
Broadcast Det.
RANK/RATE/JOB
= Journalist First Class (Surface Warrior)
MY
INTEREST IN DG IS = Professional Adventurer Looking
For The Ultimate Get Away
SUBJECT OF
MY STORY: = There I Was, Passed Out on The Beach
MY
WARSTORY = ...on my last day of vacation in the
Carribean, dreaming about the next place the Navy
would send me. The only thing that could tear me
away from my week in the Dominican and back to
two-feet of snow in a Wintery Maryland was the much
anticipated call I would make to my detailer. On
my first day back sitting in my cozy cubicle with palm
trees and rum still on my mind, I gave my detailer a
call.
"We've got
two openings in Iceland, but I don't know who the hell
would ever want to go there," he said.
"Yah,"
I said. Who would want to go there.
"How about
Diego Garcia," he said.
"Hell
yes!"
I'm
looking forward to my endless summer. This site
is great. I've been sharing it with everyone I know,
so they can see what I'm getting into. I've
spoken with lots of people I work with who've been to
DGAR and they say they'd go back in a heartbeat.
I look
forward to many adventures and the work won't be bad
either.
Damn, you wouldn't recognize this place, Ted!!!
There are phones in all the rooms, internet available
for only about $20 mn plus 5 cents/minute, too!
The rooms all have fridges and microwaves. The
ship's store has lotssa cards, fishing stuff,
snorkeling gear...all on a sometimes basis, of
course. There is a video store, photo developing
club/facilities, t-shirt shop...what is the
'official' PPDRDG logo anyway? (Bet someone drew
one on a napkin at one time and then put a wet glass
on it...), Many less cats thanks to the 'cat killing
lady' as I call her, many less chickens thanks to the
filmau folks, more cattle egrets thanks to less
chickens(?), and the Seabees try to take the
place of the US Marines when it comes to PTing.
There are big screen TVs in some lounges, video games
in the game room, slot machines, but I still had to
wait 2 1/2 months before there were can openers in the
Diego Depot!!! So maybe you would recognize it,
just kick aside some of the many flipflops that wash
ashore from god-knows-where, take a walk on the beach,
and look around again...you're still in the middle of
nowhere and there is still beer and beautiful sunsets
and more men than women...yep, it's DG alright!
Gotta go now, later, Cindy
A firghting seabee who was here to build this place.
back when the navy was still in the P.I.
And now,
the latest News from Warren: The island is
finally getting cable TV. Again from C&W the
same people
that gives
us the great rates on the phone card ($20 = 8.3 min
talking time). The tower is going to be started soon.
So right now it really isn't know for sure how long it
is going to take to finish before the room have
it. The word is $30 a month. No one is
saying or knows how many channels yet or if they do
they are not saying. Right now we have 3
channels (4 if you can pull it in on your set) I can
get it 4 on my 13 inch but not my 21 inch?
Go figure that one out?
I am starting my third year out here now so this will
be it for me after this tour. Next stop back
yard USA or maybe the Philippines. I love the P.I.,
next to Thailand that is! But if I moved to Thailand
I'd be dead in a year so the P.I. is a safer bet
for me if I go that way. I should be retiring
November of this year with my final separation being
January
2001.
The MWR on the island is doing a good job of getting
acts on the island. (nothing big like the fleet
gets thou) but we have 2 bands on island right and 1
more that came in with Elvis who is here too for
three days. We had a group of wrestlers out here back
in October which went over good. Then half why though
the show they ran out of beer so that
was when I
left. Then due to flights off the island they where
stuck here for like a week, I think it was!
T.I.D. (T.his I.s D.ieogo)
New Years was good. We had a lot going on and I think
most had a good time. but hey what choice did we have.
Well that is all for now. More to come later.
Warren
(the D.G. kid) Carter
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