{"id":57091,"date":"2014-12-13T18:25:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T23:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=57091"},"modified":"2014-12-13T18:27:55","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T23:27:55","slug":"saturday-silly-kindasorta-just-a-sea-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57091","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Silly, Kinda\/Sorta Just A Sea Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1969 I was TDY on Guam. I was assigned to the dive locker. These sailors were Navy Divers. Not SEALS ,mind you,\u00a0 just work-a-day folks who were responsible for salvage and hull inspections, etc.<\/p>\n

They had a thing for the UDT (You Did Its) lot across the bay, more on that in a bit.\u00a0 On their off time they would take the Mike boat out and visit The Shark Pit to spear fish.\u00a0 I was diddling with their electronics and adapting well enough.\u00a0 A UDT type or two would join in because a big Grouper was worth some money with the locals.<\/p>\n

At that time there was STILL a Japanese soldier from WWII <\/a>alive and active on Guam. I didn’t quite spend time looking over my shoulder, but it was a regular topic of conversation.<\/p>\n

While there I decided to learn to scuba dive. A Navy Diver types figured I aughta get it done right. So in a regular pool I was put through the UDT type education.\u00a0 Got my mask ripped off underwater, etc. No official certification – just fun. I then got to go to the Shark Pit and watch from underwater while they hunted.\u00a0 I also got to help clean the fish.<\/p>\n

Odd Wannabe sidebar: I’ve related this story over the years and heard back later that I claimed to BE a SEAL? Never got the connection myself.<\/p>\n

OTH When I related this Sea Story to Capt Bailey HE laughed.\u00a0 He also observed that there was a SEAL Team there\u00a0 at the time.<\/p>\n

So, memories and memories OF memories exposed. I DID get comfortable underwater. I was made comfortable during that visit to Guam.\u00a0 Truth is… I had never actually heard of the SEALS back then.<\/p>\n

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