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January 5th 2004
06:46:37 PM Name: Bob Souza Are you currently a member of MCCA?
Yes Hometown? Sequim Washington
Do you have any comments? Happy New Year
to all Cryptologic Marines. A well done to those of you on active
duty in support of the effort in Iraq.Semper Fi Bob Souza
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January 23rd 2004 09:45:31 AM Name: jake
bowditch Are you currently a member of MCCA? think
so EMail: jake999@msn.com
Hometown? st. augustine fl
Do you have any comments? Am I still a member?
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February 3rd 2004 02:29:44 PM Name: Kevin Brittin
EMail: kevinbrittin@yahoo.com
Do you have any comments? I am trying to locate
any information on my deceased fathers military service in Vietnam.
My dads name is Robert Paul Brittin.He worked in Radio intelligence
but that's all I know. I had little contact with him and I am tyring
to piece together his military service records/experiences,ect. Any
info. would be appriciated. Thank you. Sincerely, Kevin Brittin kevinbrittin@yahoo.com
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February 4th 2004 11:54:58 PM Name: Scott Cole Are you
interested in joining MCCA? yes Are you currently a member
of MCCA?
no EMail: ecsesc7@hotmail.com How did you find this
website? not sure Hometown? Turner,Maine
Do you have any comments? Looking to contact Mike
Morrissey or Billy Douglass
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February 9th 2004 01:07:46 PM Name: Tom Sheys
Are you interested in joining MCCA? Yes Are you currently a
member of MCCA?
no EMail: tpsheys@yahoo.com How did you find this
website? search Hometown? Purcellville, Va
Do you have any comments? SemperFi!
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February 9th 2004 06:49:07 PM Name: Donald Kope
Are you currently a member of MCCA? Yes EMail: c.kope@worldnet.att.net
How did you find this website? Radio Log Hometown?
Carmi, Illinois
Do you have any comments? I've been back to Carol's
homtown, Oceanside, CA, since 1980 when I got out of the Corp. I
had a bad stroke in 1995 but think I now may be up to attending the
reunion in Reno. I'm mostly in a wheel or power chair and can't climb
bus steps. Can Jim Park find a bus with a lift so Carol & I can take
a tour together? Carol works the computer for me and we'd like to hear
from you via e-mail. We enjoyed visiting the website as its been a long
time. Semper Fi.
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March 2nd 2004 05:01:56 PM Name: John Travis Cowell
Are you interested in joining MCCA? Yes, mailing application
tomorrow
Are you currently a member of MCCA? No EMail: TravisInVt@aol.com
or Travis@vthomes.com How did you find this website?
Searching Internet several years ago Hometown? Now Mount
Holly, Vermont
Do you have any comments?
After reviewing the guest book, hello to a lot of old friends,
JJ Leist (My first ops MSgt), lost contact with a lot of people since
I retired, but I still have a lot of good memories about most. I hope
to make it to Reno for the ths 2004 reunion as my son now lives in reno.
Feel free to drop me a line or visit our web site at www.trckillingtonrealestate.com
and contact us from there. Semper Fi and it has been great seeing some
old names on the membership list. Looking forward to seeing some of you
in Reno.
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March 19th 2004 03:12:52 PM Name: Charles E. (Chuck)
Henderson Are you currently a member of MCCA? yes EMail:
cehenderson@cox-internet.com How did you find this website?
from a retired navy chief Hometown? Alexandria, La.
Do you have any comments? glad to see we have not been
forgotten
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May 2nd 2004 09:54:46 PM Name: jr How did you find this
website? http://www.internetnewsdaily.com
Do you have any comments? good work
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May 17th 2004 07:27:26 PM Name: Jake Bowditch Are you
currently a member of MCCA? yes EMail: jake999@msn.com
Hometown? st. augustine fl
Do you have any comments? Just got back from a visit to
corry field, er, station now I guess. My, how things change! Not much
left that I could recognize, the admin bldg is still there, and the
geedunk, and what is left of the old sea-air club. The old hanger/classroom
bldgs are still there too, but it has just changed so much. Left feeling
old, but then I guess I am. jake
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May 24th 2004 07:48:06 PM Name: Jake Bowditch Are you currently
a member of MCCA? yes EMail: jake999@msn.com
Hometown? st. augustine fl
Do you have any comments? sorry about the sea air club thing,
it was and will always be the Naverine club.
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May 26th 2004 From "Q": Catherine M. Hart (Cathy, of course)
passed away yesterday morning at 0830. The following is what I learned
talking with her daughter, Patty, today. Cathy is in:
Coble-Ward-Smith Funeral Home
3915 Oleander Drive
Wilmington, NC 28403
(910-791-4444)
Flowers may be sent to the above address, or, in lieu of flowers,
gifts in her memory may be sent to the American Cancer Society or to:
Lower Cape Fear Hospice
725 A Wellington Avenue
Wilmington, NC 28401
There will be a private (family) viewing on Thursday and the
funeral will be held at 1400 on Friday 28 May 2004 at
St. Mark Church
1011 Eastwood Road
Wilmington, NC 28403
(910-392-0720)
Burial will be in the same cemetary (the name of which I don't
have at the moment, but I am sure the funeral home will give it to you)
that Bob and their grandson now rest in.
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June 7th 2004 11:23:24 AM Name: Joe Armstrong Are
you currently a member of MCCA? yes EMail: sgtmaj@zianet.com
How did you find this website? my favorites Hometown? Alamogordo,
NM
Do you have any comments? Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 5:35
PM
Subject: MARINE CORPS CRYPTOLOGY
Sir,
I am LtCol Vincent C. Kucala, USMC. My Father Master Chief Kucala,
CTO, sent me your email concerning Marine Corps Cryptology. I believe
I can offer you a few answers. I am a Marine Corps Intelligence Officer
and currently serving as the Marine Corps Intellingecne/Cryptologic Occupational
Field Sponsor.
I began my commissioned service as a 2602 - Crytptologic/Electronic
Warfare Officer. For the first 12 + years of my career Basic Intelligence
and Cryptology were separate Occupational specialties. However the field
merged with Intelligence back in the mid 90's. Today we break our officers
down as follows - 0203 (Basic Ground Intel Officer), 0204 (Counter Intelligence),
0206 (Cryptologic Officer), 0207(Aviation Intelligence), 0210 (Warrant
Officer Counter Intelligence) and 2602 (Warrant Officer Cryptologic).
At the Rank of captain all officers become 0202's Basic Intelligence Officers
and can serve in various intelligence and Cryptologic billets.
From the Enlisted side for Cryptology we have the 2621 Occupational
Specialty (this was the old Manual Morse but has turned into Special
Signals), the 2631 field (ELINT), 2651 (which is the Marine Corps version
of CTO'S) and 267X which is our language trained Marines (CTI). With the
exception of the 267X's all of the basic Cryptologic Marines currently
go through Corry Station along side their Navy counterparts. Naval Cryptology
is changing though -- the old CTO rating has been dissolved with Information
Technology being the direction pursued by the CTO community.
The old Marine Support Battalion which was co-located with CNSG
has been redesignated Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion, and we now
have three Radio Battalion, 1st Radio has been moved to Southern California
to Camp Pendleton, 2nd Radio Battalion remains at Camp Lejeune and 3rd
Radio Battalion is now in K-Bay Hawaii. Marines receiving the
MOS 2600 can plan to serve duties at both MCSB, and RADBN. The support
battalion is made up of the following companies:
Company A, MCSB - Denver, CO.
Company B, MCSB - Ft. Meade, MD
Company D, MCSB - Ft. Gordon, GA
Company G, MCSB - Menwith Hill, UK
Company H, MCSB - San Antonio, TX
Company I, MCSB - Kunia, HI
Company L, MCSB - Suitland, MD
The old Companies, C, E, F all have been closed. Company K was
redesignated a Training Command under Marine Corps Training and Education
Command. I have had the pleasure of being the first Commanding Officer
of Company A, in Denver and was the Company XO for Company L when the company
was in GITMO. I have also served at 2d Radio Battalion. As an 0202 - I
have been a
MEU S-2, MEB G-2 and served as staff officers at HQMC Operations
branch and now in the Intelligence Branch.
Sir, feel free to contact me at work my number is (703)614-6561
if you have any questions or if I can be of further assistance. My Work
Email is kucalavc@hqmc.usmc.mil.
Semper Fi,
Good luck to your son in his future. Very Respectfully,
Vincent C. Kucala
LtCol of Marines
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June 10th 2004 11:10:37 AM Name: Terry Kaelin Are you
interested in joining MCCA? yes Are you currently a member of MCCA?
nope EMail: tpkaelin@comcast.net How did you find this website?
just "messing" around Hometown? Louisville, Ky
Do you have any comments? I'm sure this is going to make some people
groan but I liked the old "guy" (talk about infamous . Anyone know what
happened to W.T. Roberts, he was my Sr Enlisted at Co C on Guam back
in 85 and my NCOIC of 26 MAU's RadBn det in 87. tks, Terry
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June 15th 2004 05:48:03 AM Name: Phil Ratzsch Are you interested
in joining MCCA? Yes Are you currently a member of MCCA? No EMail:
ratzsch@hotmail.com How did you find this website? My CO referred me
Hometown? Grand Rapids, MI
Do you have any comments? I thought that I'd send you the
link to my unit's web page. I'm currently in Fort Gordon, GA and a part
of Company D, MCSB. Our site is http://www.gordon.army.mil/mar_co_d. Take
care all.
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Would appreciate your publicizing our October reunion:
Group: New England Chapter, Naval
Cryptologic Veterans Association
Dates: 8 / 9 October 2004
Location: East Lyme, CT
Contact: Phil Sirmons
492 Boston Post Road
East Lyme, CT 06333
Tel: 860-739-6006
E-mail: asir@peoplepc.com
Website: http://web.meganet.net/kman/ncva-ne.htm
Thanks, Ken Cadran ( kcadran@comcast.net ) Publicity
Chair, NCVA-NE
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July 8th 2004 02:21:40 PM Name: Mark Smith Are you interested
in joining MCCA? Maybe Are you currently a member of MCCA?
no EMail: mark.r.smith@usace.army.mil Hometown? Cedar Falls, IA
Do you have any comments? Terry, Kind of wondered if Top Roberts
hadn't taken a job at Wal-Mart so he could tell people to F*** off like
he threatened. Miss Guam and the USS Nashville?
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July 14th 2004 09:20:28 AM Name: Harry Williams Are
you interested in joining MCCA? Yes Are you currently a member of
MCCA? No EMail: bitterbrush@yahoo.com How did you find this
website? Searched Internet Hometown? Reno, NV
Do you have any comments? Looking for former members of the
SESU deployed to SVN in 1964. Also, specifically seeking current e-mail
address for Arthur J. Kidd.
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July 20th 2004 05:27:58 AM Name: Art Kidd Are you
currently a member of MCCA? Yes EMail: vietlingie@att.net How did you
find this website? Long time member Hometown? Nashua, NH
Do you have any comments? I would like to collect as many names
as possible of those that went with Major Al Gray to Khe Sanh, DaNang, PhuBai,
Dong Bach Ma and Tiger Tooth during the time frame May - Sept '64. P.S.
Please note my latest change in email address. Semper Fi
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NOTICE: Jim Vance passed away Wednesday 28 July 2004. The following
information is provided for your information:
Funeral Home:
Brown Funeral Home (810-239-8636)
1616 Davison Road
Flint MI 48506-3549
Visiting hours at the funeral
home are 1400-1600 and 1700-2000 on Saturday and Sunday 31July & 1
Aug. There will be a prayer service at 1700 on Sunday and an honor
guard from the Marine Corps League there at 1800.
Funeral Service: At 1030 on Monday 2 August in
St John Vianney Catholic Church (810-235-5687)
2415 South Bagley Street
Flint MI 48504-46134
Burial at New Calvary Cemetery,
Flint. Do not have the address.
Family asks that no flowers be sent and that in lieu of flowers, if
you wish to send something in memory of Jim, please send it to one or the
other of the below organizations in his name.
Powers Athletic Program (Powers High School - 810-591-4741)
G2040 West Carpenter Road
Flint MI 48505-1028
or
Genesee County Association for Retarded Citizens
5069 Van Slyke Road
(810-238-3671)
Flint MI 48507-3959
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August 9th 2004 01:20:03 PM Name: John Collick Are you interested
in joining MCCA? Yes Are you currently a member of MCCA?
No EMail: jcollick@quik.com How did you find this website? Web
Surfing Hometown? Abington, MA
Do you have any comments? I've been away from the Corps for over
3.5 years -- there are days that I do miss being a Marine (on active duty)
until I remember the PT, Force Marches, and Counseling sessions. Found my
"niche" as a consultant in a major firm, continuing to support the military
as an Intel specialist, in Norfolk. While on active duty, life was good;
now, life is great!!!
Semper Fi.....
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September 12th 2004 08:53:33 PM Name: Rex Jones Are you interested in
joining MCCA? possibly Are you currently a member of MCCA? no
EMail: ellarexjones@earthlink.net How did you find this website? bobbrew -current
member Hometown? Canterbury, NH
Do you have any comments?
ImpBeach '60; Radio School MCRD, San Diego; 29 Stumps; 1stCompRadCo,
Kaneohe '61; Pleiku '62-63; Davis Sta, Saigon, '63; Nav/Sta, Key West Fla
'63-64. Recognize very few names on ur roster. Doubt if anyone remembers
me. Was 2571 (Ditty chaser/ DF). Anyone remember Chuck Boll, John Polzin,
James Gandy, Steve Steffans ?
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September 25th 2004 11:15:34 AM Name: Rick Freitas Are
you interested in joining MCCA? Sure Are you currently a member of MCCA?
No EMail: my.bunny@verizon.net How did you find this website? Bob Souza
told me about it. Hometown? Whidbey Island, Washington
Do you have any comments? Very nice site!! Seeing the list
of members and reading the posts brought back good memories. Anyone know
the where abouts of: Gary Bliss, "CB" Brown, Tony Flowers? BTW, I was in
from 73 to 94 (Oki, Rota, Q2, Q4,1st Radio, GTMO & 29 Stumps). Have
a great day!!
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October 7th 2004 08:33:45 AM Name: Dave Moser Are you currently a member
of MCCA? Yes Email: davemoser@mccaonline.org How did you find this site?
Webmaster Hometown? Red Oak, TX
Do you have any comments? Just got back from the 2004 Reunion in Reno.
Had an outstanding time. Nancy and I both thought it was the
BEST reunion we have attended so far. Really want to thank Jim Park
for his hard work in setting this one up. The active duty Marines
really added to the atmosphere. Thanks again, Jim!!!
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October 12th 2004 07:18:40 PM Name: Billy D. McGINNIS Are you currently
a member of MCCA? already am EMail: lisak@yucca.net How did you find this
website? from the MCCA Hometown? currently Melrose NM
Do you have any comments? couldn't make the 2004 reunion due to new job
and (still got a kid in school) but will try to make the next one. ran into
Dave Champion and Dennis Dolan on the net. good to hear from old friends!!!!
wish I could have connected in Reno with lots More!!
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November 12th 2004 10:05:39 PM Name: Billy D. McGINNIS
Are you currently a member of MCCA? YES EMail: lisak@yucca.net
Hometown? MELROSE, NM 88124
Do you have any comments? RAN INTO ROMAN ROMERO 2651 FROM 88-92
AND HAS A BROTHER (SILVA) WHO WAS A 2651 MID 80'S. HE WANTS TO JOIN MCCA
AND REHOOK WITH OLD FRIENDS. CURRENTLY IS A RESERVE GYSGT 0193 AND A POLICE
DETECTIVE WITH THE CLOVIS NM POLICE DEPT. HE WANTS TO JOIN THE MCCA AND RE-ESTABLISH
TIES. INFO/ADDRESS; ROMAN ROMERO GYSGT/USMCR 1385 GROVE ST CLOVIS, NM 88101
HP 505-683-2588
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December 9th 2004 03:30:32 PM Name: Mike Morrissey Are you currently
a member of MCCA? yes EMail: vmcpreacher@netlimit.com How did you find
this website? search engine Hometown? Connecticut
Do you have any comments? Still looking for Scott Cole/2631 and Craig
Miller/2621-29. If anyone has info, I would appreciate it.
Support you local veteran
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December 19th 2004 09:29:35 AM Name: scott cole Are you interested in joining
MCCA? yes Are you currently a member of MCCA?
no EMail: ecsesc7@hotmail.com How did you find this website? web Hometown?
maine
Do you have any comments? Hey Mike have tried e-mailing you with no
success, try emailing me
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