VA12 2002 Primary GuestbookName : Dallas H. Willingham |
| Years in VA-12 : June "62-Aug "65" |
| Your Email address : wonjolly@aol.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : FDR & INTREPID |
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Comments : Nickname "Willyfudd".
AE3- Left Squadron from Valencia Spain in Aug. "65". Did'nt have a chance to say goodbye to a lot of really great friends @ mates.
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| Name : Nick Garcia |
| Years in VA-12 : 3 |
| Your Email address : nickgapa@hotmail.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : uss IKE |
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Comments : hi to everyone there and around. |
| Name :: Jim Elias |
| Years in VA-12 : 1974-77 / 85-86 |
| Your Email address : jmpegeli@bellsouth.net |
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| Carriers on which you served. : CVA-62 |
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| Name :: Pat Walters |
| Years in VA-12 : 85-Decomm |
| Your Email address : gunndish@aol.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : USS Eisenhower |
| Comments : Checked in to VA-12 in May 85 as the AOC. Selected for Gunner that year and transferred just before decomm in 86. |
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| Name : Jim Tigner |
| Years in VA-12 : 1972 - 1975 |
| Your Email address : jimdt1@cox.net |
| Your URL :: |
| Carriers on which you served. : Indy |
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| Name :: Wayne Scarborough |
| Years in VA-12 : 69-70 |
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| Your URL : |
| Carriers on which you served. : Shangri-la |
| Comments : Where you guys been, I've been in the Shang reunion association for 12 yrs. Went to Pensocola for one of the reunions and saw a VA 12 patch in there. Joe Turner lives a few miles south of me. He and I were Plane captains / AEs on the 70 West-Pac. Send me |
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| Name :: David Strom |
| Years in VA-12 : 1979-1981 |
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| Carriers on which you served. : Eisenhower |
| Comments : AME in VA-12 from 1979 - 1981. Went from AN - AME2 and then ran the seat shop. Know acouple of you guys in this guest book. Feel free to drop me a line. My lasting memory of VA-12 was the Indian Ocean cruise in which we broke the record for at sea time. 2 |
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| Years in VA-12 : 1981- Until they kicked me out for getting all the guys wasted |
| Your Email address : blazrbabe@aol.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : None...wouldn't let me on board! |
| Comments : The great VA-12!! If this isn't awesome. I sure do miss all you guys I drank under the table. I've quit my wayward ways! I married YN1 Jackson and that lasted 20 years. PR1 Willmeno aka wildman Bill is living here in MO near me. Anyone wanting to contact |
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| Name :: Reggie Workman |
| Years in VA-12 : 67-68 |
| Your Email address : RWORKMAN@GMU.EDU |
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| Carriers on which you served. : ROSY |
| Comments : Came aboard in '67, Yokosuka w/ Russo & Faas; Missed the deployment by one day but she returned to port when the prop fell off! |
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| Name : Jim Hudson |
| Years in VA-12 : 1956-57 |
| Your Email address : hudsonmedia@prodigy.net |
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| Carriers on which you served. : None |
| Comments : When I arrived at Cecil Field in l956, VA-12 was scheduled for the U.S.S. Saratoga's shakedown cruise. Unfortunately, we then had the old F7U Cutlass which was a hydraulic-leaking maintenance hog and at the last minute was scrubbed from the cruise and nev |
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| Name : tom gaudio |
| Years in VA-12 : 1977-1980 |
| Your Email address : tgaudio@snet.net |
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| Carriers on which you served. : indy and ike |
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| Name : John t. Marriott |
| Years in VA-12 : 1982-1985 |
| Your Email address : jtmarriott@hotmail.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : IKE |
| Comments : Served as an AT3 in the intergration shop. Made three MED deployments and all the workups. Looking back, it seems like another life. Had fun didn't we!!! |
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| Name : Richard Darvas |
| Years in VA-12 : 1984 - 1986 |
| Your Email address : RickCFD@aol.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : Ike |
| Comments : Worked as an AMS3. When squadron decommissioned in 86, went to HS17 as NAS Jax. Left the Navy in 1987. Now work as a Fireman in the city of Cleveland. |
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| Name : Steve Hartsfield (AE1.AE2 AEshop, QA) |
| Years in VA-12 : 82.85 |
| Your Email address : sdharts@cs.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : IKE |
| Comments : Great Job on the website. It was a walk down memory lane. |
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| Name : Ken Greemon |
| Years in VA-12 : 1982-1985 |
| Your Email address : K_Greemon@yahoo.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : Ike |
| Comments : The best of time the worst of times. |
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| Name : Michael Hesslink |
| Years in VA-12 : 1982-1986 |
| Your Email address : hesslink@fair.net |
| Your URL : |
| Carriers on which you served. : USS Eisenhower |
| Comments : HMC retired, I was the last sqardron corpsman. you can find about 25 more shipmates at classmates.com in the military section. |
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| Name : Carlton "Charlie" Blakley |
| Years in VA-12 : Sept 71' to Nov 72' |
| Your Email address : CarltonCBlake@aol.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : USS Independence |
| Comments : AMH2 flight line troubleshooter at Cecil and on Independence. Was with first cruise out in 71' with the A7's. |
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| Name : Robert N. Martinausky |
| Years in VA-12 : 3 |
| Your Email address : Martinauskys@aol.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : USS Eisenhower |
| Comments : hopefully I'll be able to meet and hear from anyone who served from '80-'83 |
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| Name : John A. Livingood |
| Years in VA-12 : 66-68 |
| Your Email address : deadbad@comcast.net |
| Your URL : |
| Carriers on which you served. : Just the Rusty Rosie |
| Comments : Had no idea there was a Web Site, let alone reunions. Does anybody hear from Larry McClain? Great memories of a great squadron. Remember when the train ran into Gary Hall's 4-4-2? Probably 6 trains a year used that old crossing at Cecil and one had to be one. |
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| Name : Bill Sigmon - AO2 |
| Years in VA-12 : '73-'77 |
| Your Email address : billsig@mindspring.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : U.S.S. Independence |
| Comments : This is fantastic finding this site. Hello, R. Brents (Flying Buddy), L. Guyton, P. Flores,B. Carawon, D. Smith. Where are you D. Rushton, J. McComb, D. Coleman, J. Ballinger, R. Barth ????? |
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| Name : Jose l.Olan |
| Years in VA-12 : 3 |
| Your Email address : jolan2@netzero.net |
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| Carriers on which you served. : IKE |
| Comments : proudly served w/the Squadron from 80 till 83 as an AME. |
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| Name : Dave Smith {Smitty |
| Years in VA-12 : 1970-74 AQAN |
| Your Email address : smit303@msn.com |
| Your URL : |
| Carriers on which you served. : Indy |
| Comments : I worked out of the AQ/AO shop during the 71 and 73 Med cruises. [mostly on the flight deck] A proud member of the World Famous Flying Ubangis. Your web site brought back some great memories of the most important job I ever had. Those were the days! |
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| Name : Glen Goddard |
| Years in VA-12 : '71 to'74 |
| Your Email address : gleng@gbso.net |
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| Carriers on which you served. : Indy |
| Comments : Was MCO,AMO & MO of flying Ubangis. Retired from NAVAIR OCT 90 and settled out in the boondocks near Florahome, Florida which is halfway between Palatka and Keystone Heights. Was sorry to see both VA-12 and Cecil Field go away! |
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| Name : Glen R. Smith |
| Years in VA-12 : 1962-1965 |
| Your Email address : Gsmithtex@aol.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : FDR |
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| Name : Pablo J. Flores |
| Years in VA-12 : 1974 - 1976 |
| Your Email address : florespj@aol.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : Uss Independence |
| Comments : VA-12 was my first assignment as an LDO LT. I was initially assigned as QAO and later as Assistant Maintenance Officer. During that period we did two Med cruises from July 74 - January 75 and Oct 75 - March 76. The CO's at that time were Jack Calhoun, Jim |
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| Name : Tom Lannom |
| Years in VA-12 : 1 year 8 months |
| Your Email address : tom.lannom@delong-sportswear.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : USS Shangri-La |
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| Name : Mario Rametta |
| Years in VA-12 : 1980-1983 |
| Your Email address : mario@endlesshobbies.com |
| Your URL : www.endlesshobbies.com |
| Carriers on which you served. : Eisenhower CVN-69 |
| Comments : Was fun while it lasted. |
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| Name : John Rago |
| Years in VA-12 : 7/65 thru 7/67 |
| Your Email address : jrago@sfwater.org |
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| Carriers on which you served. : FDR |
| Comments : ATN3 I played rock guitar in a bad, both at Jacksonville and while on WesPac cruise. |
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| Name : Steve Owings |
| Years in VA-12 : 67-69 |
| Your Email address : swowings@bellsouth.net |
| Your URL : |
| Carriers on which you served. : FDR and Shang |
| Comments : Thanks to Geno for contacting me! Sorry to have missed the reunion, but it's great to know this site exists. |
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| Name : Phil Gvozd |
| Years in VA-12 : 1983-1986 |
| Your Email address : pgvozd@hotmail.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : USS Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Comments : I worked mostly in AIMD on IKE and in Cecil Field. I made two Med cruises and work ups. Like to hear from my old shipmates. |
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| Name : George R Davis |
| Years in VA-12 : 1968 1972 |
| Your Email address : Georgcerobertdavis@msn.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : cva38 cva 62 |
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| Name : Joel R Parrish |
| Years in VA-12 : 1956-58 |
| Your Email address : wadago@aol.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : USS Ranger |
| Comments : When I was in Va-12 I was a AMH-3. The aircraft we had was the Cutlas we never could keep them in the air. Then we recieved the first in the series of the A4-D.After that we went on board the USS Ranger for its shake down cruise to the Caribbean. At that |
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| Name : Bob Fossum |
| Years in VA-12 : 68 - 70 |
| Your Email address : rnfoss@aol.com |
| Your URL : bobfossum.com |
| Carriers on which you served. : Shang |
| Comments : The med in '69 wasn't enough - we did Nam in '70 - all on the Shangri-la... better known fondly as CASREP70 (between the evaps, port cat, screw, TACAN, etc.). It was the best thirty months of sea duty you could ask for - a HELL of a Crew. |
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| Name : AMCS Thomas J. Micheli, Retired |
| Years in VA-12 : 1978-1979 |
| Your Email address : tandjmicheli@netscape.net |
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| Carriers on which you served. : Uss Eisenhauer |
| Comments : Command Senior Chief while attached to VA-12. Retired from the Navy when the Ike got back from the Med in 1979. |
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| Name : Keith Harrop |
| Years in VA-12 : 1980-83 |
| Your Email address : Yalla150@Prodigy.net |
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| Carriers on which you served. : IKE |
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| Name : H. Michael Bedenbaugh |
| Years in VA-12 : 1970-1973 |
| Your Email address : mike_bedenbaugh@hotmail.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : USS Independence |
| Comments : I joined VA-12 after their West-Pac Cruise. At that time we went through a transition from A4s to A7Es. |
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| Name : Bruce Carawon |
| Years in VA-12 : Jan 1975 thru Aug 1978 |
| Your Email address : brcar1@bellsouth.net |
| Your URL : |
| Carriers on which you served. : Indy and Ike |
| Comments : Glad to see the Ubangi Page. Please add me to the data base. I was a Lt LDO and served as the Maint/Material Control Officer from Jan 1975 thru Aug 1978. I finally retired as a Commander (LDO)in Oct 1994. Believe it or not I still work with the A-7's. |
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| Name : Derrick Davis |
| Years in VA-12 : 1982-1986 |
| Your Email address : deerfield147@webtv.net |
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| Carriers on which you served. : USS DDE CVN69 |
| Comments : Just wondering if theres someone from the 83 and 85 Med Deployments. Would love to chat sometimes. AQ/AT2Davis aka Double D |
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| Name : Lewis (Brad) Bradford |
| Years in VA-12 : 1970-1972 |
| Your Email address : lewis.bradford@state.me.us |
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| Carriers on which you served. : USS Indy |
| Comments : I was an ASE and served on the Master at Arms force on the Indy Med cruise and served at the GSE hangar at Cecil Field. I would love to hear from others who were in VA-12 same era. |
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| Name : Craig Meyers |
| Years in VA-12 : 3 |
| Your Email address : cmeyers24@mchsi.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : USS Independence |
| Comments : I was an AT with VA-12 from their transition to the A7E until 1973. I made the Med cruise in 1971. |
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| Name : JERRY P THOMAS |
| Years in VA-12 : 1963 - 1968 |
| Your Email address : calgal@kua.net |
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| Carriers on which you served. : F.D.R. DUSTY&RUSTY |
| Comments : RETIRED AS A adj1 in1981,living in kissimmee fl |
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| Name : Gene Neff AE2 (then) |
| Years in VA-12 : 59,60,61 |
| Your Email address : ermms@aol.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : Shangri-la, Roosevelt |
| Comments : Cecil Field, Cuban "cruise", NATO cruise, Med cruise |
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| Name : Jim Swain |
| Years in VA-12 : 1958-1959 |
| Your Email address : jswain1579@aol.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : USS Forrestal CVA-59 |
| Comments : I left VA-12 in Sep of 60 and became a plank owner in VA-163. |
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| Name : Phil Moore |
| Years in VA-12 : 1981-1984 |
| Your Email address : crimsonking12@yahoo.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : Dwight D. Eisehower |
| Comments : Hardest but most rewarding tour I ever had. Our Airframes Workcenter was awesome. I'm now an AFCM serving in Norfolk. |
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| Name : John Grubbs (Grubby) |
| Years in VA-12 : 1974------1977 |
| Your Email address : smokielonesome5@ao.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : Independence, Saratago, Forrestall |
| Comments : Got to work with a hell of a bunch of great guys. Gommer being my best friend, we still keep in touch. Chuck Nace, Coop, Andy, Claud C. and all the Line Animals, We had a lot of good times |
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| Name : Eddie Annibale |
| Years in VA-12 : 67-70 |
| Your Email address : dega4@aol.com |
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| Carriers on which you served. : FDR-SHANGRI-LA |
| Comments : Looking forward to the reunion in June. |
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| Name : Lonnie J. Guyton |
| Years in VA-12 : 72-75 |
| Your Email address : flap@intrstar.net |
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| Carriers on which you served. : USS Indy |
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| Name : N. Cooper (Coop) |
| Years in VA-12 : 1972-1976 |
| Your Email address : juvy02@webtv.net |
| Your URL : |
| Carriers on which you served. : Uss Indy |
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| Name : Ted "Teabo" Weir |
| Years in VA-12 : 79-81 |
| Your Email address : Weir@worldnet.att.net |
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| Carriers on which you served. : "Ike" '79 Med & '80 IO |
| Comments : AT2 serving in the Integrated Weapons shop during my time there. Served at NAMTRADET Cecil Field 81-84 as ECM Instructor. Left in 1984 to make a living . Employed with Fedex for 17 years since my discharge. I would love to hear from some of my ex-shipmates |
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| Name : Neal Russo |
| Years in VA-12 : 66-68 |
| Your Email address : nealrusso@hotmail.com |
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| Comments : Looking forward to next reunion. Love to see you guys again. |