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Best Friends Senior Chief Grochen, SEAL Team Leader. We were Libo buddies!
Best Moment All of it. Just loved being deployed where the Marines & sailors had nothing on their mind except their mission. Although I must say Rhodes, Greece was a very good time!
Worst Moment Col. Pete Metzger was taking over and sending me home awaiting orders. He was upset because I chose not to have my Post & Relief until after I had completed K12's Change of Command. He wanted SgtMaj Charlie Brown (good guy) to do his COC. Wasn't there but a couple of days before I was reassigned to 10th Marines to fill in for Dossy Felts who went down to JTF Gitmo!
Chain of Command Col. George "Butch" Karamarkovich (BGen. select)aka "K12" was the MEU CO, XO was LtCol. McHenry, LtCol. Bob Wolf was the OpsO and Capt. Don Swingler was the S-1. LtCol. J.K. Lynn had BLT 2/2 With SgtMaj. Steve Campbell. HMM-365 was commanded by LtCol. K.J. Glueck (now a MGen. who commands 2nd MAW) and his SgtMaj. was Richard M. (Mike) Roark another Aircrew Qualified Sergeants Major - super guy! LtCol. A.A. Washington had MSSG-22 with First Sergeant Charles L. Jones as his right hand man.
Other Memories Mod-locked in the Adriatic for Operations Deny Flight and Provide Promise. The CO's and my flight to Rota to visit some of our troops for the MC Ball. About an hour after takeoff, when the USN pilots of the C12 realized the fuel wasn't transfering properly from the wing tank we over heard their comment " I think we can make it, should we just go for it?"! Turned around - and believe there was "divine intervention" - as there was an incident at the Ball similar in nature to "Tailhook"!Also flying with HMM-365 "gogging" at night doing a mid-air refuel with a KC-135.
