Visiting sailors enjoy weekend liberty (Nimitz in Guam ?)

[legin]

Source: local paper

Three guided missile destroyers arrived on Guam over the weekend to enjoy liberty and give to the community. The missile destroyers are assigned to the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group II and arrived for a routine port visit. The crew members aboard the U.S.S. John Paul Jones, the U.S.S. Higgins and the U.S.S. Chafee have been participating in numerous community relations projects beginning with several local civic organizations.



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[wakeme2008]

1. I see a "Short Arm Inspection" in some sailors futures

:rofl:

[AnneD]

2. All I can say is...

:applause::applause::applause:and more:applause:

[Demonaut]

4. As a former sailor I can attest to the lines outside the med deck

on my old carrier every time we left Subic City...as we'd walk past the lines in those narrow corridors a round of applause would break out from those not in line...fond memories

[PsN2Wind]

7. But Subic City, Olongapo

ain't Guam.
On edit, What old carrier? I was there on the Lexington and Midway.

[MindPilot]

3. I recall participating in some Guamanian "community relations".

Passed the inspection too!

[maxrandb]

5. Yes! It's getting to where we can't go anywhere anymore

I did an eight-month WESTPAC in support of the GWOT, and the carrier I was on pulled into Guam FIVE TIMES for liberty. The first time we were there, we so overwhelmed the local economy that the McDonald's ran out of hamburgers and french fries.

Guam is quite a unique place. There is great snorkelling and diving there, but the "main" liberty attractions in town are a strip of hotels, and more strip clubs/karaoke bars per block than the Riepperbohn (sp). Some call Guam the "poor Japanese Haiwaii". Lot's of Japanese tourist and ex-US military there.

Good stepping off place to go to the Phillipines, or some of the other islands.

They had recently had a major typhoon that came thru before we first pulled in there. We pumped so many "single dollar bills" into the place that we began to call our WESTPAC the "F.E.M.A. Guamanian Economic Recovery Tour"

Trust me, if it weren't for "beer on the pier", we'd probably have stayed on the ship.

[PsN2Wind]

6. Like you maxrandb

I "pulled liberty" in Guam a few times but can honestly say I never enjoyed it. A squadron party on Gabgab beach was the closest to enjoying it.

[ohio2007]

10. The stories of the PI, as I understood them is you have to be stationed there

in order to live off base ...like ...well, the king of Siam.
Some of you may know what I mean. As for the rest, don't bother to ask

[reprobate]

8. The navy has no lock on 'social indescretions'. RAF Croughton was the only

USAF base with test-your-strength meters on the urinals. Of course, everything in the Air Farce is high tech.

[ohio2007]

9. Article didn't say Nimitz was in Guam, only the smaller tin cans

of the task force. A nuke powered carrier isn't welcome in many ports around the world. well, unless they stand off a mile or two that is,then the $ailor$ can come a$hore