Good morning , I was on the uss benfold , our ship was recommissioned in pascugula mississippi in 1996. I was 24 years old. I lost my dad in February of 1996, I also went awol too Captain and I didn't know how to communicate with you back then, and I'm sorry about that. When I got to San Diego where we were stationed, I was very emotional about losing my dad. I don't want you to be sad. Your face was the last face I seen before I got discharged out of the navy in 96. You gave me the choice to stay or leave, I chose to leave 💔. We've past this😊. Since then though I was making a living working and went to college ,didn't get my degree though. I kept moving forward where I worked for taco bell company and moved up to assistant manager, from 2006 - 2015. I'm great at it. My dd 214 does say Doris L. Long but I signed it Doris Louise Long ll. Being named after my mother. I would love to visit our ship again. That's what I missed. Thank you for reading and listening. Have a great day. God bless you. ❤️
Oh yeah, I joined the proud veterans of the navy on fb. I was very proud to serve when I did. I do have my uss benfold hat. I want to honor us better. They are a few shipmates I would like for you to be careful around. Tammy Allgood-resindiz ,Singletary and Brown. I think they were pretending to be me. I'm very cautious about now. I did my basic training at great lakes,illinois. I was in company 351 and 373.
I do have time to communicate with you, I got married to Danny Kemp who also was in the navy, he was stationed in norfolk,va. and is also why I went awol 2 times,I was with him. I did not inform you that I was married at the time. It was after you put on 45 day restriction when I returned to the ship. I didn't know what was happening. But since then ,like I said before I kept moving forward in my life. I've recently got divorced. I'm 49 now. My mother was Doris J. Long- Parker. My nickname is Punkin. Things you never knew about me. I wanted to retire from the navy ,that was one of my dreams. Since that didn't happen, I made up for it by becoming successful in the fast food business, I found compassion in that. My former boss and now friend Lee Sockwell coached and trained me. We worked for Grisham fast foods Taco bell. It was a great experience for me that I enjoyed. I'm blessed and I want to continue to do great things in my life. I go to church, not as often as I should, but I do go. It's very good to see you after all these years. I do hope everything is well with you and your family. And again have an awesome day.🙂
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Good morning , I was on the uss benfold , our ship was recommissioned in pascugula mississippi in 1996. I was 24 years old. I lost my dad in February of 1996, I also went awol too Captain and I didn't know how to communicate with you back then, and I'm sorry about that. When I got to San Diego where we were stationed, I was very emotional about losing my dad. I don't want you to be sad. Your face was the last face I seen before I got discharged out of the navy in 96. You gave me the choice to stay or leave, I chose to leave 💔. We've past this😊. Since then though I was making a living working and went to college ,didn't get my degree though. I kept moving forward where I worked for taco bell company and moved up to assistant manager, from 2006 - 2015. I'm great at it. My dd 214 does say Doris L. Long but I signed it Doris Louise Long ll. Being named after my mother. I would love to visit our ship again. That's what I missed. Thank you for reading and listening. Have a great day. God bless you. ❤️
Oh yeah, I joined the proud veterans of the navy on fb. I was very proud to serve when I did. I do have my uss benfold hat. I want to honor us better. They are a few shipmates I would like for you to be careful around. Tammy Allgood-resindiz ,Singletary and Brown. I think they were pretending to be me. I'm very cautious about now. I did my basic training at great lakes,illinois. I was in company 351 and 373.
I do have time to communicate with you, I got married to Danny Kemp who also was in the navy, he was stationed in norfolk,va. and is also why I went awol 2 times,I was with him. I did not inform you that I was married at the time. It was after you put on 45 day restriction when I returned to the ship. I didn't know what was happening. But since then ,like I said before I kept moving forward in my life. I've recently got divorced. I'm 49 now. My mother was Doris J. Long- Parker. My nickname is Punkin. Things you never knew about me. I wanted to retire from the navy ,that was one of my dreams. Since that didn't happen, I made up for it by becoming successful in the fast food business, I found compassion in that. My former boss and now friend Lee Sockwell coached and trained me. We worked for Grisham fast foods Taco bell. It was a great experience for me that I enjoyed. I'm blessed and I want to continue to do great things in my life. I go to church, not as often as I should, but I do go. It's very good to see you after all these years. I do hope everything is well with you and your family. And again have an awesome day.🙂
I was discharged July 31,1996.