9/2/2018 1.FullName: David Yoder 2.NickName: Dave 3.ArriveDate: May 1971 4.DepartDate: May 1980 5.RateRating: CTI1, CTIC, CWO2 6.Duty: Athens 7.Email: daveyoder@verizon.net 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: (Permanent) TAD from Rota to Athens May 1971 - April 1974, PCS October 1978 - May 1980, Favorite memory must be the super sailors and Marines I served with. 6/11/2018 1.FullName: Robert Nelson Edwards 2.NickName: Bob 3.ArriveDate: June 13, 1967 4.DepartDate: July 28, 1967 5.RateRating: CTI1 6.Duty: Athens 7.Email: Oakpalms@gmail.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Great time during hottimes. Our WV dove to 500 feet do to flair or missile fired at us by fighter off of Egypt...the plane nor the pilot were Egyptian., Friday 12/05/2008 8:55:18pm Nickname: Bob Full Name: Robert Edwards Rank(s)/Rate(s) while in Greece: CTI1 Arrival Date: June 1967 Depart Date: July 1967 Athens / Souda Bay (which station?): Athens Email address: Oakpalms@gmail.com City_State: North Port, Florida Highlights of your tour/Comments: VQ2 Willy Victor flights to the southeast Med area. On TAD from Tuslog Det 28. Friday 12/15/2006 9:26:29am Nickname: Chuck Full Name: Charles Howard Rank(s)/Rate(s) while in Greece: CTI3 (NAC) Arrival Date: 1979 Depart Date: 1981 Athens / Souda Bay (which station?): NSGD/NSGA Athens Email address: chuckspook@yahoo.com City_State: Pocola, OK Highlights of your tour/Comments: Deployed to Diego Garcia Sunday 02/26/2006 7:43:19am Nickname: Bill Full Name: Charles W. Flach Rank(s)/Rate(s) while in Greece: CTI1 Arrival Date: 1973 Depart Date: 1975 Athens / Souda Bay (which station?): Athens Email address: navret82@verizon.net City_State: Point, Tx Highlights of your tour/Comments: A bloodless coup d'etat the day after we arrived. Meeting and working with Igor, J.L. Johnson and a myriad of other great professionals. Almost daily flights for thirty months. Thursday 01/26/2006 12:23:21am Nickname: Full Name: Edward G. Steed Rank(s)/Rate(s) while in Greece: AN Arrival Date: Late winter 1966, June 1, 1967 Depart Date: Various Athens / Souda Bay (which station?): Souda Bay (Tallatchie County, Naples) Email address: edsteed2@juno.com City_State: St. Louis, MO Highlights of your tour/Comments: We lived in tents in until the hangar was finished, then we lived in the hangar. Movies were on the wall of the two story bldg under construction. CB's lived in their garage. There was no plumbing on our side of the field and sometimes no water. Admin and other services were in vans. Thursday 08/04/2005 9:32:42am Nickname: Full Name: Neil L. Brown Rank(s)/Rate(s) while in Greece: CTI3 Arrival Date: June 75 Depart Date: August 78 Athens / Souda Bay (which station?): Athens Email address: nbrown13@sbcglobal.net City_State: Chicago, Illinois Highlights of your tour/Comments: The greatest bunch of misfits that I've ever had the pleasure of being associated with. Thursday 08/04/2005 9:28:33am Nickname: Full Name: Neil L. Brown Rank(s)/Rate(s) while in Greece: CTI3 Arrival Date: June 75 Depart Date: August 78 Athens / Souda Bay (which station?): Athens Email address: nbrown13@sbcglobal.net City_State: Chicago, Illinois Highlights of your tour/Comments: Tuesday 12/17/2002 8:45:47pm Nickname: Jim Full Name: James Cashman Rank(s)/Rate(s) while in Greece: YNSN Arrival Date: 10/71 Depart Date: 11/73 Athens / Souda Bay (which station?): Souda Bay Email address: jimcashman@hotmail.com City_State: Marblehead, MA Highlights of your tour/Comments: Remember bartending in the Red Lantern, which was upstairs from the Quarterdeck. I worked in Admin which was a small room in the hangar. Their were approximately 65 officers and men. The CO was Capt. Blackwelder. I still remember trips to Athens with Mike Tokarek who was from PA. It was a real good group of guys, and an experience I'll always remember. Sunday 11/03/2002 2:14:39pm Nickname: Callsign - Old Buzzard Full Name: Don C. East Rank(s)/Rate(s) while in Greece: LTJG, LT, LCDR, and CDR Arrival Date: Various 68-70, 75-79 and 81-83 Depart Date: Athens / Souda Bay (which station?): Email address: creekstreefarms2@yahoo.com City_State: Lineville, Alabama Highlights of your tour/Comments: Sleeping in the plane in the early days with no facilities. Eating the great chow in the Greek O'club and the local towns (Cheap!). Getting screwed up on Ouzo and retszina wine. Sunday 11/03/2002 1:09:11pm Nickname: Full Name: Don C. East Rank(s)/Rate(s) while in Greece: LTJG, LT and CDR Arrival Date: Various deployed there 68-70 and 81-83 Depart Date: Athens / Souda Bay (which station?): both Email address: creekstreefarms2@yahoo.com City_State: Lineville, Alabama Highlights of your tour/Comments: Flew elect recce msns out of Athens and Soudha Bay frequently during Jr. Officer tour and later during X.O./C.O. tour in VQ-2. Worked in old secgru trailers and later the new building. Sunday 08/18/2002 12:52:45am Nickname: Igor Full Name: David E. Meadows Rank(s)/Rate(s) while in Greece: CTIC(NAC) and Lieutenant Command (CO) Arrival Date: Oct 73 & Jun 1990 Depart Date: Oct 79 & Aug 1990 Athens / Souda Bay (which station?): NAVSECGRUACT Athens, Greece Email address: igor1610@aol.com City_State: Frederick, MD Highlights of your tour/Comments: Meeting and marrying my wife Felicity. Thursday 05/30/2002 12:59:08am Nickname: Steve Full Name: Steve Rennig Rank(s)/Rate(s) while in Greece: CM2 Arrival Date: Jan.1971 Depart Date: Sept.1972 Athens / Souda Bay (which station?): NavDet Souda Bay Email address: strennig@plogic.com or srennig@rcn.com City_State: Whitehall, PA Highlights of your tour/Comments: In 1971 there were 60 some personnel on base, 2 officers and the rest enlisted. We had no doctor or dentist. Our phone system was a crank type phone on the quarterdeck but we had a bar, showed movies and had a great bunch of guys. Some of the best times of my life were on that rock and would'nt trade it for the world. Friday 04/05/2002 10:27:48am Nickname: Full Name: Pete Skalski Rank(s)/Rate(s) while in Greece: CTI3-CWO2 Arrival Date: '77 - '79 Depart Date: '86 - '90 Athens / Souda Bay (which station?): Athens Email address: pskalski@email.com City_State: Granville, OH Highlights of your tour/Comments: One of the best DirSup commands in all of SecGru. Tops in my book. A real shame Hellenikon was closed. Memories will forever live on. Monday 02/04/2002 6:18:49pm Nickname: Full Name: Rise Ruhl Rank(s)/Rate(s) while in Greece: CTA2 Arrival Date: Jan. 1987 Depart Date: March 1990 Athens / Souda Bay (which station?): Athens Email address: LeBuckets@yahoo.com City_State: Memphis, TN Highlights of your tour/Comments: Athens was great, and made even more fun by all the great friends we made there!