Naval Station, Puget Sound, Seattle,
WA
NavSta Puget Sound
was located at the
former Sand
Point NAS in Seattle WA.
In 1984 NavSta
Puget Sound moved to
the newly consticted Naval
Sation, Everett and Sand Point became Waren G Magisson Park.
My Duties at NavSta, Puget Sound
Mar 1984 - Mar 1987
Real shore duty at NavSta Puget
Sound at Sand point in Seattle WA.! I only had to
stand duty every month
and a half! Wow!
Initially I was assigned to the Everett Home Porting Project. I
had my own desk, my own phone extention, my own IBM Selectric
typewriter, and my own
personal computer. Wow !! At first I worked with the
Shoreline Permit. Once it was approved I went on to other
mondaine
things
such as establishing collateral equipment.
The base armorer, a GMG1, turned out to be a drunk and needed to be
replaced. The command asked if I would fill in until they could
get a relief could be ordered in, so I took over the small arms
armory. As
a kid I
learned fire arms safety from my Dad, a USA Artillery Officer, and the
arms/ammunition
messages were just like our navigation messages so for me it was a
piece of cake.
I did not have a range master certificate, but I found transit
personnel
who did. Most had never heard of the Security Course of Fire, so
I had them stand behind me on the range with their range master card in
their
pocket while I
conducted the small arms qualification for the DoD police and security
forces.
I had always enjoyed photography and got to know the base PH.
When things were things were quiet in the armory I also helped out in
the photo lab, even taking over the lab when the PH was on leave.
Many people thought I was a PH1, others swore that I was a
GMG1.
During my reenlistment ceremony many were shocked to discover
that I
was actually a QM1. The cake read "GMG-PH-QM1(SW)
Husted" At the time there was a resentment of women in the
Navy, so I asked a female LT,
who was in charge of Homeporting project, to preside over my
re-enlistment ceremony and give the oath. She was a good officer
and a friend, but
I mainly did it because I knew it would piss off
some people.
Because of my work in the Armory I was awarded my second Navy/Marine
Corps Achievement Medal from ComNavSurfPac.
In March 1987 I returned to sea duty aboard USS California CGN-36