who else do you know that can tell you that halloween 1980 was the first night spent in bootcamp? anybody? heh, i know. it's difficult. but they're out there.
ya, i went into the navy in denver. i went to denver out of being in cherokee's drug rehab wing. for the 2nd time i think. wasn't that when cdu was on the north side? i believe the 3rd time was when it was over at the hospital, and that was in 1986. i went in on mother's day in 1980. landed there from new orleans via des moines, chicago a coupla times.
but getting back to denver. i was playing dj at a club, one of the best in denver, and had quite the following. so the night i left, there was huge party - i jacked myself full of cat tranquilizer with my new friend, jerry. he was from new york. he wrote me all during boot in orlando. even came to meet me in new york on new years 1981. graduation day.
but getting back to denver. i got sick and tired of the new owners at this other club thatl i went and got high, then signd up for the USN across the street. they told me that i HAD to go, with my score i would become quite well known or something like that, played on my need for attention. came and woke me up at the side of jerry on halloween morning @ 0630, to take me to the airport for the flight to orlando.
ayup. don't ask, don't tell wasn't on paper yet. but reagan sure had to get tough, just like bush had to this time. the navy lost a lot of good, very much in demand sailors over that. anyway, ayup, i was in the navy, in bootcamp, stuck on a friday without any authorized issue which meant, i had to stay in my street clothes - which were at the time, full camouflage with bars. so they knew me right away in boot. i became the company yeoman - the one who kept all the records. i was a born natural at it.
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