by Troy Riggs | Mar 10, 2020 | Sea Stories
1991, during my second tour of Sea Duty, I was in VS-28 and we deployed on the USS Forrestal to the Mediterranean Sea. During that deployment I was the Flight Deck Coordinator for the squadron and I worked alongside two other Chief Petty Officers most...
by Troy Riggs | Mar 9, 2020 | Sea Stories
In 1991, during my second tour of Sea Duty, I was in VS-28 and we deployed on the USS Forrestal to the Mediterranean Sea. During that deployment I was the Flight Deck Coordinator for the squadron and I worked alongside two other Chief Petty Officers most...
by Troy Riggs | Mar 9, 2020 | Sea Stories
I think this will be my last sea story about Naval Air Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico. The Navy closed the base in 2004, and I think it was detrimental to both the Navy and to Puerto Rico. The Navy lost a great deployment area, and Puerto Rico lost a...
by Troy Riggs | Feb 12, 2020 | Sea Stories
In a previous story, I recounted how I became back-seat qualified to fly in an S-3 Viking aircraft. I have a few stories about some of the things that happened while flying. This is one of those stories. It happened while we were deployed to the Mediterranean Sea,...
by Troy Riggs | Jan 6, 2020 | Sea Stories
When I was in my Navy Electronics School training, I wanted to have the best chance possible to be selected for Aircrew. One of my roommates, Paul Poudrier, also wanted to be Aircrew, so we did the quals together in hopes of being selected. Paul was an...