[C320-list] Looking to sail in SF

[Chris Burti]

Little (none) experience with navy mess, plenty with Army chow...there is no
redeeming SOS, like boiled okra in the south, you either love it or avoid it
entirely.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Chef Adam Weiner
<esquirecatering at rcn.com>wrote:

> Was in San Diego on the sub base recently but that was for a day.  Last
> year
> on a ship landing in San Diego from Pearl and had two hours to catch
> flight.
>
>
> Base at Panama City Beach, NSA and Yokosuka were quite good.  Did seven
> days
> at Yokosuka last January.
>
> I have been told mine sweepers have the worst food, subs the best.  I have
> done two DDG's and one bases and visited two bases.
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>  [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Richard A.
> Walker
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:46 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Looking to sail in SF
>
> Take the trip to Japan.  It should be great fun.  Ask the crew where
> Thieves
> alley is by the main gate to Yokosuka.  An interesting emporium.......
>
> Shore based station like PT Mugu tend to be bad.  The best food is on
> smaller ships.  Have you helps improve SOS?
>
> Adam if you end up in San Diego please let me know.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dick Walker
> C-320 (687) WindWalker II
> 740 Olive Ave.
> Coronado, CA 92118-2136
> 619.435.8986
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Chef Adam
> Weiner
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:38 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Looking to sail in SF
>
> Thank you very much.  My status with the Navy is an interesting one.  I got
> a phone call today asking if I would like to go offshore Japan instead.
> Presumably a different ship.  What I have learned in doing this is that it
> isn't definite until I get my orders which is only about three days before
> departure.
>
> Kind of tough on my wife and kids, but as Dick Walker will tell you, it is
> a
> lot tougher on the men and women of the Navy.
>
> And Dick, I just got back from a brief visit to Pt. Mugu which was
> unquestionably the worst food I have had in the Navy.
>
> Adam
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Chris Burti Farmville, NC