This sailor was on Liberty in San Diego and got picked up by the Police for being drunk and for vagrancy. The Cop took him off to the Night Court Judge.
The judge reviewed the case and said to the sailor…
The judge reviewed the case and said to the sailor…
"I can understand you getting arrested for being drunk but for vagrancy, I find that hard to believe. I know that your Commanding Officer would have made sure you had money before you left the ship. Would you like to explain to me just what you had done with your money?"
The sailor fidgets for a moment then says…
The sailor fidgets for a moment then says…
"Well you see your Honor, I spent most of it on Wine, Women and Music…
… The judge nods his head …
“Then I just wasted the rest of it."
Ahhh, my youth in wonderful San Diego. Saw my first Burlesque show there, my first visit to a small local restaurant(Taco bell), and my first WEST-PAC on the USS CHICAGO CG-11. Retired as MMCS(SW).
ReplyDeleteDid all that, First Burlesque show, first time to a Taco Bell and KFC and 4 WEST-PAC deployments on USS SAINT PAUL CA 73, didn't retire but ended up SFM2 after four. Wouldn't change a thing.
DeleteSame here, 1st BurlyQ, 1st Taco Bell, 1st West-Pac cruise, A gang USS Chicago CG-11 ('65-'67. Retired May '90, MMCS (SW).
DeleteOnly time I ever was thrown in the drunk tank. Went to boot camp there. Homeported on my 4th ship there.
ReplyDeleteJoined at 17, home base San Diego.
ReplyDelete(The name of the ship is redacted as per the promise myself and the CMC made to the gent in trouble) I remember myself and the CMC found a sailor drunk in a bar in a bad way. We asked him the name of his ship and he told us. We helped him by walking him back down the pier to his ship. We had no idea who he was until we were near the brow of the USS ________. We then hear, ding ding ding ding _________ arriving. ding - we turned him over delicately and quietly to the CDO and went about night - we both decided not to reveal what happened - heck everyone makes a mistake now and then.
ReplyDeleteOld or Recent? I once passed the CMC and Bull nuke each supporting one side of the CHENG on the road back to piers in Panama. A rare sight even then.
DeleteWe were in Subic. I was taking a break from the galley and was on deck having a smoke. Our CO came back to the ship after not being seen for several days. Pretty much out of it. Went to his cabin and came out a couple of minutes later waving a hand gun in the air and demanding the POD sound general quarters. Messenger snuck away and returned with the XO. He called Shore Patrol telling them to bring a officer. They escorted him off the ship and we had a new CO within a couple of days.
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ReplyDeleteThe C.O. mentioned above was a "Man ahead of his time"; Or, so one would tend to believe, given the wholesale Relief from Duty" reports that Splashed across the front pages of Navy Times over the past few years! IT WAS LIKE THEY DECLARED"Pen SEASON" ON EVERY ONE THAT HAD ANY POSITION OF LEADERSHIP, Regardless of Rank, gender, race,creed, or religion. I'm kind of glad I gor out before I 'pinned on' E4
ReplyDeleteSan Diego, best four years aboard an SSN. Boll Weevil, great hamburgers. Poway Mining company, great prime rib. That Place Across the street from the Sports Arena, WOW, and the best Zoo I've been too.
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