| Hi everyone. I was on the T2 from ''78 - '82. I remember Bingo...Hi Bingo. I lived through the great sinking in the Med (broken shaft) as well as the fried RPC incident (the vomiting Commodore) in Lamadellina, the contaminated ORSE Board, a few fires, at least one other flooding incident, an exploding MG, an exploding shore power cable...you know you guys that were onboard after '82 were lucky to even have a boat. I know Bingo remembers all of that stuff! By the way, hi Bucky...I remember foosball in NL. Wrong Way Gallagher...contrary to your prediction I did live past the age of 24 (by the grace of God), and I'm doing quite well. Tony K., I remember a beach in Bermuda - 'nuff said. Spaz, I won't even say over email what I remember...just send money and I'll keep my mouth shut. No, really, I hope you guys are all doing well. I'm working in the RadEngineering group at PVNGS out in Phoenix...been here for a while. I've got a beautiful wife and 2 kids who know nothing about my jaded Navy past. Left several of the boys from the T2 back at TMI in '82 (remember Ultra-man?). I haven't heard from my old running mate Kevin Jesenski (KJ) since I got out. I remember we spent 10 years in combat together one month in Rhoda, Spain. Yep, we were lucky to make it out alive. Let me know if any of you know where he is. A reunion sounds very intriguing. It's unlikely that I could attend since I live on the west coast, but keep me updated. Dave Heckman dheckman@apsc.com |
| Hello fellow Tullibee survivors, for those who remember me I Mark Sperrazza aka SPAZ. I served onboard T2 from Sep 1976 - Mar 1982. As Dave Heckman may have alluded to and contrary to popular belief I am not serving time, although I did transfer of the boat with an outstanding warrant for my arrest (DUI/Resisting Arrest). Thank you Luther Peel for covering my ass. Believe it or not the navy eventually made me a master chief instead of sending me to jail. What can I say, when one door closes another opens?!?! I also got married on that first shore tour in England and have 2 boys 13 and 16. I also went from the smallest to the largest, I served on 2 Trident boats after the T2. I have been able to overcome the traumatic experience of conversion to boomer sailor with extensive counselling involving my low self-esteem. I've been retired for 5 years now and currently work in a juvenile prison out here in washington state. Guess I ended up in jail afterall. It's just like running seaman gang except my inmates are more courteous! Hello John Fleitz, Rookie, Dave H., Bingo, and jersey Joe d. (remember atlantic city, are you still a degenerate compulsive gambler??? ) I reported on the T2 a 17 year old kid and learned a lot, most of all I learned how to make the best out of a bad situation. It was the best crew that I served with in my 20 year career. - Mark "The Spaz" Sperrazza bublhd_99@yahoo.com |
| Hey Gary, I was trying to remember my favorite sea story and had so many good ones.. I realized something. Of all the crap and weird shit that happened to us all, it was the T2 crew that stuck out as my favorite part of being there. No matter what happened to the boat we were a great crew, in port and at sea. No matter what other ships had to say about the poor old boat, when they got one of us to ride on their boat they realized how much better a T2 sailor was than regular sailor the jokes would stop after they saw how much better we could do things and how easy it was for us take the mission with a boat that didn't pull it's own drills!! (regular sailors = sailors on boats that had current equipment, plenty of berthing, standard equipment that could be ordered without someone asking what the hell it was, and crews that were such cliques that they looked like a girls room at a junior high dance.) We were always a great crew.. we pulled some shit on each other but, if you weren't a T2 sailor keep your hands off and your mouth shut around our guys!! That's my best memory of the T2 Gary, all great guys that could do anything with less than nothing to make an old, one of a kind, cruel bitch run as long as possible and do "just one more mission." I'll think of some good stories... but just wanted to pass that on. SGT Dean A. Cosentino B Company, 1st RGMT, 181BAT, 26th BDE, 29th DIV also known as "Tino" or "Mr. 597" in a Squadron 2 galaxy far far away....... but not forgotten! boat710@aol.com |
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