3/20/2022 Full Name Richard L Volgren Arrival date at MARIETTA 09/1970 Departure date from MARIETTA 11/1971 Rate/Rating (e.g. CTRSN) CTR3 Email address Rvolgren@yahoo.com Add email roster to the online roster - Yes or No? Yes Comments and highlights of your tour of duty! Great time. Hunting ducks on the tide fields. Elk and deer in the mountains. Fishing in the sound with special services boat. Got my pilots license, learned how to skydive. Played Soft Ball in the 13th Naval District. The Iron Bull was great. Crab Salads after a late night were great.I wish I had known about this site earlier and maybe I could remember more names. 9/1/2021 Full Name Raymond Newnes Arrival date at MARIETTA 4 Aug 70 Departure date from MARIETTA 8 Jan 71 Rate/Rating (e.g. CTRSN) CTO2 Email address rnewnes@Yahoo.com Add email roster to the online roster - Yes or No? yes Comments and highlights of your tour of duty! TAD from USS Constellation (CVA64) while in the yards at Bremerton, Wa 6/12/2019 1.FullName: Edwin Lemley 2.NickName: Ed 3.ArriveDate: Feb 71 4.DepartDate: Dec 71 5.RateRating: CTOSN (Retired CDR) 6.Duty: Marietta 7.Email: edplemley@gmail.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Fond memories of a time that changed my life for the better. 11/25/2017 1.FullName: David A. Lawson 2.NickName: Dave 3.ArriveDate: 03/1963 4.DepartDate: 08/26/1963 5.RateRating: CTR2 6.Duty: Marietta 7.Email: dvlwsn@aol.com 8.OnLineRoster: No 9.Comments: My last duty base before I was discharged. I was married and my wife and I loved the area. She was a little homesick though. Many times I wonder If I should have stayed in longer. 11/7/2015 1.FullName: David A. Lawson 2.NickName: Dave 3.ArriveDate: April 63 4.DepartDate: August 63 5.RateRating: CTR2 6.Duty: Marietta 7.Email: dvlwsn@aol.com 8.OnLineRoster: No 9.Comments: This was my last station before discharge. I lived off base because I was married, but I loved the duty and the base. Best duty that I had in the Navy. 8/31/2014 1.FullName: CHARLES C. NEAL 2.NickName: 3.ArriveDate: 1968 4.DepartDate: 1969 5.RateRating: CTR1-CTRC 6.Duty: Marietta 7.Email: CPONEAL@BBTEL.COM 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: CORRECT DATA. 2/27/2014 1.FullName: James W. Trowbridge 2.NickName: Jim 3.ArriveDate: 1969 4.DepartDate: 1970 5.RateRating: CTM3/CTM2 6.Duty: Marietta 7.Email: tbridgejames@yahoo.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Great duty station. Fun at the Iron Horse Bar. Trips to Vancouver. Got my Expert pistol shot medal there while on the pistol team 5/8/2013 1.FullName: Rodney Ingram 2.NickName: Rod 3.ArriveDate: 1953 4.DepartDate: 11/1954 5.RateRating: CT3/CT2 6.Duty: Marietta 7.Email: wc7n@afrhgp.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Arrived their with Jack Reese as part of pre-commissioning crew and kept twice a day cw sked with Seattle (NPC). OIC was LCDR Garinzienni (sic). Great tour for young married guy. Monday 06/27/2011 2:25:52pm Nickname: Vince Full Name: Vincent G. Farina Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CTM3/CTM2 Arrival Date: May 1968 Departure Date: May 1970 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): Maint Email Address: Intraining_99@yahoo.com City_State: Fishkill, NY 12524 Highlights of your tour/Comments: A great tour of duty. Great team, some really good chow! The "Mainbrace?" Awesome location, from Bellingham to Vancouver BC, to hiking on Mt Baker. Friday 06/17/2011 9:47:06am Nickname: Jack Full Name: John P. Knight Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CTM3/CTM2 Arrival Date: 68 Departure Date: 70 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): Maint. Email Address: jacklelis@att.net City_State: Braselton, GA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Riding horses, rubber rafting old log road rivers, trips to Bellingham/Vancoover, GREAT CHOW/Chester Britt, and guys off the Pueblo. First week there 6 drunk Lummi Indians with 12 gauge shotguns came to the gate while I was doing military duty/security guard at 1:00 AM; they wanted to go duck hunting on dike. The Chief who was OOD came and got them took them to the Club for beer on the house. Thursday 08/19/2010 8:47:31am Nickname: Jack Full Name: John Lauer Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: PN3 Arrival Date: 9 Jun 1967 Departure Date: 24 Oct 1969 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): Personnel Office Email Address: wvwoodsfolks@yahoo.com City_State: Hedgesville, WV. 25427 Highlights of your tour/Comments: Meeting all the great folks. What a great group. Have to mention Dog Dog and Black Dog. Monday 07/26/2010 7:46:49pm Nickname: Full Name: Doug Marlitt Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CTMSN, CTM3 Arrival Date: 1967 Departure Date: 1969 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): R-390 and antenna maintenance Email Address: doug@ddmarlitt.com City_State: San Martin, Ca Highlights of your tour/Comments: Cod fishing, motorcycling. Barrack's Dog Dog and Black Dog. I remember Fred and Mike (Adak? Try going to high school there). Friday 06/25/2010 7:57:07pm Nickname: Fred Full Name: Fred Long Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CTM3/CTM2 Arrival Date: Aug '67 Departure Date: Aug '69 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): Maint Email Address: BigKahuna@users.hotpop.com City_State: Pensacola, Fl Highlights of your tour/Comments: Everything! Mark Longbrake (techrep) doing antenna inspections in a boat; painting the 2nd deck main corridor (don't ask!); water ski to snow ski in a couple hours; scenery (including WWSC, of course); shooting out at the dike; raiding the galley at night while watching TV (thanks, Chester (Britt)); and so many other things, but especially the great people I served with - best tour I had in my 24 years. Wednesday 04/28/2010 4:28:19am Nickname: Mike Full Name: Michael Moran Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CTR3 Arrival Date: Aug.1967 Departure Date: Aug. 1969 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): Operations Email Address: roadking504@verizon.net City_State: Richmond VA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Wonderful tour. One of the most beautiful places I have ever been. After that, the crushing reality of Adak. Sunday 08/23/2009 6:41:47pm Nickname: Rat Full Name: John Ricker Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CTM3 Arrival Date: 7/69 Departure Date: 7/71 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): Maintenance/TTY Crypto Maint Email Address: jricker08753@gmail.com City_State: Toms River, NJ Highlights of your tour/Comments: Sunday 02/19/2006 9:28:12pm Nickname: Cal Full Name: G. C. Fulmer Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CTRC Arrival Date: Nov 1967 Departure Date: Nov 1969 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): NSGA Marietta Email Address: candj60@sbcglobal.net City_State: Hot Springs Village, AR, USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Super duty station. First worked in HFDF, then ran the Comm Ctr for about 6 mos until CTOC was arrived. Rest of tour worked for XO/NSG HD. Great huntilng and fishing was enjoyed while at Marietta. Sunday 11/13/2005 1:45:59pm Nickname: Full Name: George Ladiser Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CTR3/CTR2 Arrival Date: Nov 58 Departure Date: Nov 60 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): Email Address: ladiser@verizon.net City_State: 1000 Palms Ca. 92276 Highlights of your tour/Comments: Best tour I had in my 21 years in the navy. Thursday 03/17/2005 2:22:44pm Nickname: Ed Full Name: Edwin P. Lemley Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CTOSN Arrival Date: Feb 1971 Departure Date: Dec 1971 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): COMM & TECK CONTROL Email Address: edwinp.lemley@gsa.gov City_State: Birmingham, Alabama Highlights of your tour/Comments: The birth of my Daughter Ruth in the Bellingham Hospital Wednesday 05/26/2004 3:34:54pm Nickname: Full Name: John H. Eichmann Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CTR3 Arrival Date: May 1969 Departure Date: July 1970 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): %22Fantastic Four%22 (Sec. 4 HFDF) Email Address: jeichmann@cityofboise.org City_State: Boise, Idaho Highlights of your tour/Comments: Sweetest little duty station. Great recreation, pretty country, nice girls at WWSC. I visited years later and took a brick out of the incinerator where I used to pull burn every mid. Chester Britt, Dog-Dog and Black-Dog; Crazy Mary, Bus Driver, and Short Diane. Yeah, I remember Grumpy. We broke the XO's arm playing volleyball. (Sorry 'bout that.) Were we ever that young? Monday 03/22/2004 0:25:45am Nickname: Smitty Full Name: Terry Smith Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CT2, CT1 Arrival Date: 1959 Departure Date: 1962 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): NSGD Email Address: mommo805@yahoo.com City_State: Dayton, WA USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Sunday 01/18/2004 5:01:49pm Nickname: MIKE Full Name: MICHAEL K. MORAN Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CTR3 Arrival Date: 8/67 Departure Date: 8/69 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): OPERATIONS Email Address: ROADKING504@MSN.COM City_State: RICHMOND VA Highlights of your tour/Comments: I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT MARIETTA. I WENT CAMPING, FISHING, MOTORCYCLE RIDING. A HALF HOUR DRIVE IN ONE DIRECTION, YOU WERE IN THE MOUNTIANS. A HALF HOUR IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, YOU WERE AT THE BEACH. I MET MY WIFE IN BELLINGHAM (BELLINGBUSH). I WAS IN SEATTLE ON VACATION A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND DROVE UP TO MARIETTA TO LOOK AROUND. I WOULDN'T ADVISE ANYONE ELSE DOING THAT. THE WULENWEBERS ARE GONE. THE DOORS ON THE OPERATIONS BUILDING ARE HANGING OFF. THE ONLY THING LEFT OF THE GUARD SHACK IS THE ROOF. THE REALLY STRANGE THING IS THAT THE OLD BARRACKS LOOKS BETTRER THAN THE NEW BARRACKS.THE LUMI'S USE THE BUILDINGS NOW. IT REALLY WIERDED ME OUT. I SPENT TWO YEARS OF MY LIFE THERE AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED. Saturday 02/22/2003 9:30:18am Nickname: Hal Full Name: Harold S Freeman Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CTCM, CTICM Arrival Date: 1953 Departure Date: 1954 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): Supvr HFDF Email Address: masterchieffreeman@comcast.net City_State: Anne Arundel, Md, USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Briefly became Ops Chief/Great tour Tuesday 01/21/2003 1:46:35pm Nickname: Snake Full Name: Glen Smith Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CTR3 Arrival Date: May, 1971 Departure Date: December, 1971 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): HFDF, Special Services Email Address: snaker.snakeman@verizon.net City_State: Garland, Texas Highlights of your tour/Comments: First tour out of "A" school...short-toured when they closed the base down. Loved the scenery, Vancouver on the weekends, lots of friends (Jim Ramsey, Dan "Grumpy" Grumbach, Ron Burnside, etc.) Daughters and grandchildren still reside in Bellingham. Thursday 08/22/2002 5:37:19pm Nickname: Full Name: Robert E. Curtin Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CWO(W-2) Arrival Date: July 1956 Departure Date: July 1958 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): OIC Email Address: roberte326@aol.com City_State: Highlights of your tour/Comments: Our bowling teams. Great duty and top notch people. Monday 07/08/2002 5:27:17pm Nickname: Rob/Bob Full Name: Robert A. Krom Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CTR3 Arrival Date: 11/65 Departure Date: 6/66 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): OPs Email Address: rkrom277@earthlink.net City_State: Eastford, Ct. USA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Love those Lummis. British Columbia was just around the corner. Wednesday 04/17/2002 8:36:49pm Nickname: Full Name: Gary Duane Carter Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CT2 (M) Arrival Date: May 1961 Departure Date: Sept 1961 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): Email Address: gdcarter@erols.com City_State: Springfield, Virginia Highlights of your tour/Comments: This was my last duty station before being discharged. It was a very small DF site and I don't think the complement of personnel was more than about 25. I liked the area and it was a great bunch to work with. Thursday 02/07/2002 11:04:51pm Nickname: Full Name: Larry Brown Rank(s)/Rate(s) while at Marietta: CTM2 Arrival Date: 07/63 Departure Date: 08/64 Dept/Div attached to/your job(unclas): Email Address: Larry.Brown@ONIZUKA.AF.MIL City_State: Highlights of your tour/Comments: