I&C Tech Openings Department: Rx Author: Michael Greaney Era: 2007 Date: 02/22/07 Job Title Nuclear Instrument Technician, Surry Location VA - Surry Job Summary The successful candidate will perform instrument and control work associated with installing, testing, calibrating, and repairing of electronic equipment used at Dominion's Nuclear Power Stations. In addition, the incumbent will analyze faulty instruments and controls, make adjustments and repairs as necessary, calibrate digital and analog meters and components. The incumbent will assist with the testing, calibration and repair of integrated instrument and control loops. You can email me at michael_greaney@dom.com if you have any Q's. I am one of the I&C Instructors. I was on IKE in 86-90 and have been a Nuke I&C tech here at Surry for 14 years before becoming an Instructor. As of now we have 2 Opening and there are more at our sister station North Anna. You can apply online at www.dom.com.

Grapes con carne Department: Ops Author: Ron Eureka Era: 1986 Date: 02/23/07 I rarely ate on the USNS Darby during the shipyard period from 1985 to 1987, but one day I was grabbing a bite on the mess deck, when a guy I vaguely knew sat down at my table. He said "Woah, man. Fresh grapes. I can't believe it". Then then tore into the large pile of seedless grapes with vigor. Not too longer after, he abruptly stopped chewing, and gave a long stare at his tray. There were a few dead roaches beneath the clump of grapes.

me and len and the XO Department: COM Author: anonymous Era: 1980 Date: 02/24/07 "Len The Chef" and I were hungry, so Len used his clout to ease into the mess decks and score us a plate of bread and slices of ham. As were were on the way back to "our" spaces, we encountered the XO, who was happy to let us know about "rats eating insulation on other ships, and we're not going to have RATS eating ANYTHING on IKE, so eat that on the mess deck!" Len was famous with me for scoring those big balls of Edam cheese, which lasted for days in our refrigerator in PAO. Ah, I got a million of 'em! I still score free chow from my brother at home using the IKE "I'll Fly If You Buy" routine we used to score sodas from the mess decks, when there were any in the damn machines!

Hey Charlie!! Department: Medical Author: DrJohn Era: 1982 Date: 02/24/07 Hi Charlie: I was a member of the IKE Medical dept. from 82-84. I remember those Zippy Pinhead drawings......so, that was you who was responsible for those pictures? That is so funny. What is your last name? Do you remember me? John H.

Porn audio on the PLAT Channel Department: Air Author: Dolphin Era: 1991 Date: 02/24/07 As an IC2 attached to V2 div in Air Dept., worked in the PLAT/LENS shop. Since we had access to a bank of Hitachi VCR's, I made copies of all of the porn tapes I could get my hands on from various divisions around the ship. I must have had one of the best porn collections the ship has ever seen. Well anyway, we had a bunch of our ABE buddies from the Waist Cats in our shop watching a good porn flick.(obviously, this was not during flight ops). We had so many guys in our shop that everyone couldn't view the main TV we had set up behind our equipment rack. So, someone accidentally hit one of our audio switchers to watch the movie on one of the monitors and piped the audio of a girl getting banged over our PLAT channel. Since CIC and Flt Deck Control always had our channel on, we were busted. I believe this was during one of our workup cruises before our 2nd MED in 1 year. (Came back in Sept 90, back out for another 6-months in Sept/Oct 1991).

Porn audio on the PLAT channel Department: Air Author: dolphin7007@yahoo.com Era: 1991 Date: 02/24/07 My bad on the last post. Now that I think about it....the porn audio WAS during an arresting operation...hence the WAIST CAT guys were in our shop. I love this SITE. I remember quite a few stories that have been posted during the time frame I was on-board. There is LIFE after the Navy, BUT there were some good times!!!

THROWIN STUFF AWAY Department: AIMD Author: anonymous Era: 1980 Date: 02/24/07 I am enjoying reading ALL the stories, and in the page sixties or somewhere, posts about throwing resin off the boat reminded me of this one: As Entertainment Radio Program Director, Armed Forces Radio and Television (good old A-FARTS, I would regularly receive A CASE of ten inch reels of audio tape that had been retired from being masters in Los Angeles. I have no idea why. Anyway, these cases of tape weighed about thirty or forty pounds apiece and would pile up in the radio-tv-control room on the 02 level, until late at night, I'd go down one whole ladder to hangar deck level and, heave off cases of tape one at a time. This was around the 175 frame, so i was mid-ships, but damn, did they make a long PLUNK SPLASH noise! So out there in the IO with whatever, is a bunch of AMPEX 406 open reel mastering tape.

Plankowner departing Department: Rx Author: Lee Marabella Era: 1979 Date: 02/25/07 My assignment to Ike began on January 6, 1976 with the pre-com unit. My last day (on Ike and in the Navy) was September 13, 1979. That was 3 years, 8 months and 7 days. If I look back into my records, I could give you hours and minutes. I think everyone can relate. Leaving both the Ike and the Navy on the same day was a special time for me. It all went fairly smoothly. The paperwork was ready and right. I had said all my goodbys and packed my car the night before. The weather was clear and clean. Then, I heard the words I had been dreaming about. The bells and then "Plankowner departing". So sweet! Walking down the pier, I looked back only once. Sorrow for those left behind and those left to come. The only important things I took away were my memories, some of which I will share here. Lee

Where's John? Department: Rx Author: Lee Marabella Era: 1977 Date: 02/25/07 I believe the first from Rx Dept. to die on Ike was ETR2 John Godt. I remember John as a quiet soul who bunked across and below me back in aft berthing. We were in port and John had been sick for awhile, coughing up a storm and staying in his bunk. I heard many tell him to get his butt to sickbay. I went home on weekend liberty and when I got back, John's bunk was stripped and empty. I asked where John went and was informed he had died. The word I got was that John went to sickbay where he was "diagnosed" by a corpsman as having bronchitis, given some meds and sent to his bunk. 24 hours later he was dead of pneumonia. I steered clear of sickbay from then on and promised myself never to do anything that would cause me to seek onboard healthcare.

Shipboard deaths Department: Rx Author: Peter Era: 1984 Date: 02/25/07 In much the same vein... I remember a kid, Andy Neiman. He had only been on IKE a few months. Was constantly going to sick bay. The doctors were getting very pissed at this "malingerer" and were very close to writing up. One day, I saw Andy lying in a stretcher ready to be airlifted off IKE to the hospital. Unfortunately, he didn't make it and was dead a short time later.