Hi Everyone! I'm so excited to finally be back on RUclips. This is my first video since 2016... I have a lot to update you on! Please ask me questions for my "Get to know me" Q&A video (:
Aww thank you!! I'm not worried about the down votes to be completely honest. I heard a quote somewhere "a peach can be the sweetest of the entire harvest, but there's going to be someone who doesn't like peaches." oh well!! haha
Had a blast in the Navy! Ships, ships, ships...I like ships..Met great people (boys & girls) on every ship...sorry I had to say goodbye, my sweetheart from high school was expecting, so fatherhood was coming..
Regrets and Grateful (3 each) Regrets... 1. Family Separation (that could be three all by itself). My usual sea/shore rotation was brutal. I earned nine sea service ribbons, and deployed even more (you only get one ribbon per year). Out of 20 years, I did 13+ on sea duty. All of it at least 70% underway. One time I was gone so long my son broke his ankle - and it had healed before I got home. 2. Moving every few years. As exciting as it was, having to yank kids out of schools and family away from friends is hard. 3. I can't think of a third regret. Wish I got promoted more, or faster, but who wouldn't? Grateful for... 1. Seeing 5 continents and dozens of countries. Getting to live in every time zone the US has. 2. The gratitude of patriotic citizens...not all of whom were American, believe it or not. I had Aussies thank me for winning WWII! 3. Benefits... even the ones I didn't necessarily avail myself of! I said above I'd wished I'd gotten promoted more. But my retirement check still shows up every month. Nice!
Joann...everything you have achieved is positive. Shapes you into the person you are today. When you look back, have good memories. Take care Jonathan ( London UK )
I served at Pearl Harbor/CincPacFleet/Makalapa Gate. My family lived at Moana Loa Terrace. All before you were born (1990-93). I loved it. The three years went by like three months. Spent most of it outside... running, swimming, rowing, windsurfing, and lifting weights... Got into great shape. The food, the locals, the local music, culture and the scenery were all great. My fav beach was Kailua (windward), but I loved the North Shore too. Concha shells! Good luck in the reserves and civilian life, shipmate. - ET1 Mac, USN (Ret.)
My only experience with Hawaii was our stops at Pearl Harbor going and returning from our 1984 West-Pac on the USS Long Beach CGN-9 in support of the USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 battle group. A very clean and beautiful place with the occasional rainbows but very $$$. Also invest as much as you can in the TSP (at least 10%) and to put most if not all in the C & S funds. The TSP wasn't available in my navy days but had it since working for U.S. civil service since 1989. My TSP has gone up over 130% since retiring in 2016 so this is all based solely on C & S fund increases in my TSP account.
Bravo Zulu Shipmate ! Hope your school is still enjoyable and fulfilling. Here's a real shocker/trivia - remember in bootcamp during drill and "The Voice" says: "Divisions - Attention!" At a Normal Interval . . . . etc. and "Division Zero - Zero - One (sticks up). . . commanded by . . . and their Recruit Chief Petty Officer , Seaman Recruit . . . . . " I was "The Voice" who you heard all throughout Boot Camp. I worked and taught at Midway Ceremonial Hall for 20 years and did voiceovers for recruit training, as was as well the announcer for grads on Friday . . . over 1200 live "shows" I called them. The Navy preferred "Ceremonies". Thanks for your spirit, your service, your opportunity to use your articulate gifts and your future of positive influence and leadership. My Best ! MUC(RET) USN
First off, thank you for your service young lady.. I did 10 years in the Corps 83-93 and while I never got to Hawaii myself a lot of the pro/con stuff you covered is pretty common among many of us. Salamat!
Welcome back. I definitely didn't explore enough of Hawaii while i was there. Shore duty there's more than enough time to use TA compared being on a ship. My question for the Q&A is what is your favorite Netflix series?
@@JoannBasilio Man it went by quickly. I’m half way through this sea tour. I have less than two years left on board the Carl Vinson and l’ll be back on shore again. Are you in the reserves now?
Ever been to San Diego, shipmate? Huge Navy presence. Lots of beaches, food, and people from everwhere. And terrific weather. Did 10 years... 5 on a ship, and 5 at NAB Coronado. Expensive as all get out, but still nice. Coronado, the Embarcadero, Gaslamp District... dammit, where's my car keys?
Joann, I said thanks in another vid. But thanks for volunteering to serve. Wish you success in post Navy life. I spent 3 years in Oahu in a house built during the war. It had window units for AC but we really didnt run them just opened windows on either side to have a breeze. But you were lucky to be stationed in Hawaii so few do not get that opportunity.
My Dad was Chief of the boat 1966-1970 I was able to sneak on base all the time. I read most of the books in the NAVAL library. I saw Apollo 11 my father's Destroyer DD-825 WAS a REQUESTED escort For the Hornet. Greatest days of my childhood.
@@JoannBasilio No dependants can go on base with anyone who has an ID card my mother took me to see Apollo 11 just watch Apollo 2019 it is the moon mission in hi-def at the end they show all the families of the services involved with the recovery. I had sailor friends that knew my dad and they knew that I wanted to read those books they had. Some of the gate guards knew me. SP and the Marines.
The ability to not spend a single cent in housing is an underrated military perk. People under estimate just how expensive housing is, even if you’re just renting
Joann, what was your rate? Get your degree, come back on AD in USAF with a tour in Europe. Life is good in USAF, I started out in Army and then switched to AF, best decision ever!
Hi Carlos! I was an FC and now I'm a YN in the reserves. My current plan is come back AD as a dentist! We'll see which branch would like to support me through dental school haha
@@JoannBasilio Fair point. I'll be the first to admit that the Navy has nicer base locations. But like I said, competition for HPSP scholarships can be much harder in the smaller services like the AF and the Navy.
Good day to you - Joann, I enjoyed watching the two videos that I have seen thus far that you have put out (Berthing aboard a Destroyer and the current one from this video - Regrets.) My question is, do you sometimes regret not staying in the Navy longer than your 4 years?
Hi Joseph! Thanks for watching and dropping a question. I'm not sure if you've seen it already, but I answered your question in my most recent video (:
@@JoannBasilio Good Morning to you Joann, thank you for addressing my question and clearing up that you hadn't left the Navy as I had originally thought you had. Congrats to you for staying with it and pursuing your goals of getting into the Dental Corps. I just finished my Bachelor's Degree after seven long years of taking classes, it was hard work, but I ultimately enjoyed the process and learning new things from my classes.
@@JoannBasilio I got my degree in Criminal Justice: Homeland Security - Emergency Management. I work for DHS already and figured this would be a good way to help my career with the agency. There were two degrees offered through my school related to DHS, one was for Emergency Management and the other was for Cybersecurity. I'm not a computer geek or really tech savy, so I choose the degree to which I do have some experience in. In my career, I have been through 4 different disasters, two hurricanes, and two tornadoes.
I live without AC in what has been described as a semi-arid desert (I live less than half a mile from the water though in a Navy town though). It's not fun, but what makes it worse is two neighbors next to my room blast it like crazy and my other neighbor is old school Navy (pre-Boomer) and will look down on me if I even once make a comment that I don't have AC during a 90+ degree heat wave.
Aloha Joanna, I’m a local haole born and raise on Oahu, grew up in Kailua my whole life. I grad from Kailua High School in 1994. So if you want to know a little more about the bases on Oahu I can give you more details and also about the places on Oahu with a little of the correct names. Alohaz, Walt
Aloha Joanna, Some good places to eat in Kailua are L&L which stay all over Oahu. Anther one which is a local kine favorite is Zippys which is only found in Hawaii, they have “Ono” (Good or Yummy) food! I’ll ask my brother some other local favorite food places. I’m working on a ship in Yokohama, Japan right now. Alohaz, Walt
I remember watching your videos getting ready to ship off to bootcamp in 2016, I was so scared! Now I’m out and I definitely wish I could go back and take advantage of TA while I was in😭
Great video! Finally someone who agrees that base housing in Hawaii is better than a lot of other choices lol. Quality over quantity for me. In your Q&A, could you list places you enjoyed most while on Oahu? Thanks!
@@sydneywalters8509 I might actually be going back to visit in April and can make a whole video going to my favorite spots. Are you planning to go or do you already live there?
Sorry , i am so late to your channel. Can you please make a video of the pros and cons for Pear Harbor 🙏 I am an LS and going to boot in October, also am looking to go to Hawaii for my first duty. Another thing, are you Filipino? I am🤙🏻 Thank you. Please be safe
Hello welcome! No worries, you are right on time (: congrats on joining. LS’s are great! One of my favorite people on board was a Filipino LS who I called kuya haha yes I am Filipino too. I was an FC when I was active duty. Now I’m a YN in the reserves. How are you preparing for boot?
Thank you very much 🙏 Thank you for your service and still serving as a reserve. I am actually omw to a training session that I took over for everyone in the DEP program. Stepped up as RPOC. Also am studying the START guide front and back. Congrats in advance for finishing your associates degree.
Thank you very much 🙏 Thank you for your service and still serving as a reserve. I am actually just came back to my apartment from a training session that I took over for everyone in the DEP program. Stepped up as RPOC. Also am studying the START guide front and back. Congrats in advance for finishing your associates degree. I have a couple of questions regarding your time in Hawaii if you have time? 🙏
@@JoannBasilio I’m definitely getting out lol. I’m a Seabee so we are on the combat-construction side but if I get out doing the same job with the labor union I’ll be making more than a senior chief just starting
Hi thank you for your comment! Is there anything specific you would like to know about Hawaii? If you haven't already, please check out my barracks tour I just uploaded yesterday (:
Were you ever claustrophobic while confined to the bowels of the ship? (It looked kind of cramped and windowless.) Also, were the other lady sailors you lived in close quarters with ever catty and bitchy? Or was it relaxed & cool? (Just curious.)
Hi thank you for your question! I didn't feel claustrophobic in the ship. I didn't even notice the change in pressure like others did. I enjoyed going outside to watch the sunset on days that allowed it. As far as living with other females, there were a lot of different backgrounds and personalities. I had a couple close friends and others I just simply avoided.
I would've loved to have been stationed in Hawaii! I tried and tried but never could get sent to a sub homeported there! And, I know what you mean: I'd hear all these guys say they hated being stationed there! By the way, Joann, what was your rate? I was an ET (Nuke).
@@JoannBasilio I was station in a lot of different places, so I'll concentrate on just the places where I was stationed on a ship (on a minesweeper while I was waiting for orders to Nuke School) or a sub rather than all my service schools; _lots_ of them! I was stationed in San Diego, New London, Charleston, and Scotland. Out of everywhere I was stationed, I _loved_ San Diego! The times I was stationed in California made me want to settle in California! 😸👍🏻 Wow. An FC! I guess, on a destroyer, besides controlling the cruise missile systems, you controlled the PHALANX gun! I may be wrong, but I think I remember that during a tour I was on aboard the PREBLE during Fleet Week here in San Francisco, the Petty Officer giving the tour said that it was the FCs rather than the GMs that operated that system. I guess Hawaii was your favorite place to be stationed, right?
1000 x YES!! I grew so much as a person. I became an adult in the service and learned so much. I am still affiliated as a reservist and am currently working towards going back active as an officer (:
Hi Everyone! I'm so excited to finally be back on RUclips. This is my first video since 2016... I have a lot to update you on! Please ask me questions for my "Get to know me" Q&A video (:
4 years later and your still a cutie!!! Good for you.
@@user-bd5md5cm2j haha thank you!
@@JoannBasilio you are so welcome.😊 you take good care of yourself
Are you a Filipina?
@@faranger Yes!
Smart lady with the GI Bill!
My brother got his MSW with it! Good luck with the education.
Who in the world would downvote this beautiful and resourceful young woman. THIS young lady is the kind of people the world needs more of!
Aww thank you!! I'm not worried about the down votes to be completely honest. I heard a quote somewhere "a peach can be the sweetest of the entire harvest, but there's going to be someone who doesn't like peaches." oh well!! haha
The background music!!! And this video is #FACTS
hahaha glad you like! Thanks Peter!!!
Love your videos. I lived in Hawaii for 9yrs.
Just retired. Live in Philippines now.
Nice! Hope you're enjoying it (:
Smart! Take your money and live like a king. Happy retirement!
Had a blast in the Navy! Ships, ships, ships...I like ships..Met great people (boys & girls) on every ship...sorry I had to say goodbye, my sweetheart from high school was expecting, so fatherhood was coming..
Awww sweet story! I hope fatherhood is going great for you! (:
Regrets and Grateful (3 each)
Regrets...
1. Family Separation (that could be three all by itself). My usual sea/shore rotation was brutal. I earned nine sea service ribbons, and deployed even more (you only get one ribbon per year). Out of 20 years, I did 13+ on sea duty. All of it at least 70% underway. One time I was gone so long my son broke his ankle - and it had healed before I got home.
2. Moving every few years. As exciting as it was, having to yank kids out of schools and family away from friends is hard.
3. I can't think of a third regret. Wish I got promoted more, or faster, but who wouldn't?
Grateful for...
1. Seeing 5 continents and dozens of countries. Getting to live in every time zone the US has.
2. The gratitude of patriotic citizens...not all of whom were American, believe it or not. I had Aussies thank me for winning WWII!
3. Benefits... even the ones I didn't necessarily avail myself of! I said above I'd wished I'd gotten promoted more. But my retirement check still shows up every month. Nice!
Thank you for sharing!! (:
Joann...everything you have achieved is positive.
Shapes you into the person you are today.
When you look back, have good memories.
Take care
Jonathan ( London UK )
Absolutely!! Thanks for watching ☺️
I served at Pearl Harbor/CincPacFleet/Makalapa Gate. My family lived at Moana Loa Terrace. All before you were born (1990-93). I loved it. The three years went by like three months. Spent most of it outside... running, swimming, rowing, windsurfing, and lifting weights... Got into great shape. The food, the locals, the local music, culture and the scenery were all great. My fav beach was Kailua (windward), but I loved the North Shore too. Concha shells!
Good luck in the reserves and civilian life, shipmate.
- ET1 Mac, USN (Ret.)
My only experience with Hawaii was our stops at Pearl Harbor going and returning from our 1984 West-Pac on the USS Long Beach CGN-9 in support of the USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 battle group. A very clean and beautiful place with the occasional rainbows but very $$$. Also invest as much as you can in the TSP (at least 10%) and to put most if not all in the C & S funds. The TSP wasn't available in my navy days but had it since working for U.S. civil service since 1989. My TSP has gone up over 130% since retiring in 2016 so this is all based solely on C & S fund increases in my TSP account.
Welcome back !!! I watched your videos from boot camp now I’m heading to Rota Spain as a DC
Thank you for sticking around! (: congrats on your orders to Spain!! How long have you been in?
I just made 6 years reserve now I’m active duty
@@simonethatch2764 wow! I did the exact opposite lol I did 6 years active and now in the reserves. Was that your plan the whole time?
@@JoannBasilio it wasn’t. I actually went on 1 deployment to Africa and loved being on active duty.
@@simonethatch2764 Thats awesome! Good luck on your new adventure. I hope Spain is good to you (:
Bravo Zulu Shipmate ! Hope your school is still enjoyable and fulfilling. Here's a real shocker/trivia - remember in bootcamp during drill and "The Voice" says: "Divisions - Attention!" At a Normal Interval . . . . etc. and "Division Zero - Zero - One (sticks up). . . commanded by . . . and their Recruit Chief Petty Officer , Seaman Recruit . . . . . " I was "The Voice" who you heard all throughout Boot Camp. I worked and taught at Midway Ceremonial Hall for 20 years and did voiceovers for recruit training, as was as well the announcer for grads on Friday . . . over 1200 live "shows" I called them. The Navy preferred "Ceremonies". Thanks for your spirit, your service, your opportunity to use your articulate gifts and your future of positive influence and leadership. My Best ! MUC(RET) USN
Amazing!! Thanks for sharing that fact and your very kind words! Your comment made my day (:
First off, thank you for your service young lady..
I did 10 years in the Corps 83-93 and while I never got to Hawaii myself a lot of the pro/con stuff you covered is pretty common among many of us.
Salamat!
Thanks for watching and thank you for your service as well! Have a great day (:
YES DO PRO AND CONS FOR LIVING IN HAWAII ! Pleaseeeeee
ooooh okay! Anything specific that you'd like to know?
Welcome back. I definitely didn't explore enough of Hawaii while i was there. Shore duty there's more than enough time to use TA compared being on a ship. My question for the Q&A is what is your favorite Netflix series?
Thanks Nance!!!!! Are you still in?
@@JoannBasilio Yeah still in and back on a ship.
@@LloydNance wow shore duty came and went huh
@@JoannBasilio Man it went by quickly. I’m half way through this sea tour. I have less than two years left on board the Carl Vinson and l’ll be back on shore again. Are you in the reserves now?
@@LloydNance You're in San Diego? I saw the Carl Vinson at Coronado last week!
Ever been to San Diego, shipmate? Huge Navy presence. Lots of beaches, food, and people from everwhere. And terrific weather. Did 10 years... 5 on a ship, and 5 at NAB Coronado. Expensive as all get out, but still nice. Coronado, the Embarcadero, Gaslamp District... dammit, where's my car keys?
Joann, I said thanks in another vid. But thanks for volunteering to serve. Wish you success in post Navy life. I spent 3 years in Oahu in a house built during the war. It had window units for AC but we really didnt run them just opened windows on either side to have a breeze. But you were lucky to be stationed in Hawaii so few do not get that opportunity.
Thank you for your comment! Yes I loved being stationed in Hawaii, and would go back if I had another opportunity to (:
My Dad was Chief of the boat 1966-1970 I was able to sneak on base all the time.
I read most of the books in the NAVAL library. I saw Apollo 11 my father's Destroyer DD-825 WAS a REQUESTED escort
For the Hornet. Greatest days of my childhood.
Sneak you onto base?
@@JoannBasilio No dependants can go on base with anyone who has an ID card my mother took me to see Apollo 11 just watch Apollo 2019 it is the moon mission in hi-def at the end they show all the families of the services involved with the recovery. I had sailor friends that knew my dad and they knew that I wanted to read those books they had. Some of the gate guards knew me. SP and the Marines.
Any pictures of the U.S.S CARPENTER in the 1960's you see the Battle "E" everywhere. I asked my dad why there were "E" s all over his ship.
The ability to not spend a single cent in housing is an underrated military perk. People under estimate just how expensive housing is, even if you’re just renting
Right! Base pay + housing + all the other extra pay is super underrated
Thanks for your service. Good luck.
Thank you (:
Would like to see pros and cons living in Hawaii
Thank you for your service shipment!
Thank you!
Joann, what was your rate? Get your degree, come back on AD in USAF with a tour in Europe. Life is good in USAF, I started out in Army and then switched to AF, best decision ever!
Hi Carlos! I was an FC and now I'm a YN in the reserves. My current plan is come back AD as a dentist! We'll see which branch would like to support me through dental school haha
@@JoannBasilio Army may be the best choice simply because it's bigger and has more billets available. Navy and AF health care services are smaller.
@@armynurseboy I gravitate more with the navy because I like living near water
@@JoannBasilio Fair point. I'll be the first to admit that the Navy has nicer base locations. But like I said, competition for HPSP scholarships can be much harder in the smaller services like the AF and the Navy.
@@JoannBasilio Nice! YN=good life ;)
Thank you for your service. I tried to go to Hawaii for 20 years, just never happened
Where have you been stationed?
@@JoannBasilio i was in Italy England Korea Turkey and deployed Iraq Afghanistan
Good day to you - Joann, I enjoyed watching the two videos that I have seen thus far that you have put out (Berthing aboard a Destroyer and the current one from this video - Regrets.) My question is, do you sometimes regret not staying in the Navy longer than your 4 years?
Hi Joseph! Thanks for watching and dropping a question. I'm not sure if you've seen it already, but I answered your question in my most recent video (:
@@JoannBasilio Good Morning to you Joann, thank you for addressing my question and clearing up that you hadn't left the Navy as I had originally thought you had. Congrats to you for staying with it and pursuing your goals of getting into the Dental Corps. I just finished my Bachelor's Degree after seven long years of taking classes, it was hard work, but I ultimately enjoyed the process and learning new things from my classes.
@@JasonKelley1701a congratulations on getting your Bachelor's Degree! woo hoo!! What did you study?
@@JoannBasilio I got my degree in Criminal Justice: Homeland Security - Emergency Management. I work for DHS already and figured this would be a good way to help my career with the agency. There were two degrees offered through my school related to DHS, one was for Emergency Management and the other was for Cybersecurity. I'm not a computer geek or really tech savy, so I choose the degree to which I do have some experience in. In my career, I have been through 4 different disasters, two hurricanes, and two tornadoes.
@@JasonKelley1701a that is awesome!! congratulations!!
I live without AC in what has been described as a semi-arid desert (I live less than half a mile from the water though in a Navy town though). It's not fun, but what makes it worse is two neighbors next to my room blast it like crazy and my other neighbor is old school Navy (pre-Boomer) and will look down on me if I even once make a comment that I don't have AC during a 90+ degree heat wave.
Yikes!!! I cannot live without AC. That is a big deal breaker for me. Good luck! Stay cool…
Aloha Joanna,
I’m a local haole born and raise on Oahu, grew up in Kailua my whole life. I grad from Kailua High School in 1994.
So if you want to know a little more about the bases on Oahu I can give you more details and also about the places on Oahu with a little of the correct names.
Alohaz,
Walt
Aloha Walt! Do you mind listing your favorite places to eat on island? I'm sure other people reading the comments would also love to see (:
Aloha Joanna,
Some good places to eat in Kailua are L&L which stay all over Oahu. Anther one which is a local kine favorite is Zippys which is only found in Hawaii, they have “Ono” (Good or Yummy) food!
I’ll ask my brother some other local favorite food places. I’m working on a ship in Yokohama, Japan right now.
Alohaz,
Walt
I remember watching your videos getting ready to ship off to bootcamp in 2016, I was so scared! Now I’m out and I definitely wish I could go back and take advantage of TA while I was in😭
Thank you for sticking around! I hope my videos were helpful and you had a good experience while you were in (:
@@JoannBasilio they were extremely helpful!
Great video! Finally someone who agrees that base housing in Hawaii is better than a lot of other choices lol. Quality over quantity for me. In your Q&A, could you list places you enjoyed most while on Oahu? Thanks!
Hi Sydney, thank you for the fun question! Anything specific you’re looking for like food or activity?
@@JoannBasilio Hmm, activities. Things you would do on the weekends.
@@sydneywalters8509 I might actually be going back to visit in April and can make a whole video going to my favorite spots. Are you planning to go or do you already live there?
Keep striving
Thank you!!!!! 🤗
Love your personality beautiful lady
awww thank you! (:
Thank you
OMG UR SO PRETTY
U.S. Navy Cryptologist (1978-1998).
Sorry , i am so late to your channel. Can you please make a video of the pros and cons for Pear Harbor 🙏 I am an LS and going to boot in October, also am looking to go to Hawaii for my first duty. Another thing, are you Filipino? I am🤙🏻 Thank you. Please be safe
Oh,and what was your rate while you were still in the navy? Thanksss
Hello welcome! No worries, you are right on time (: congrats on joining. LS’s are great! One of my favorite people on board was a Filipino LS who I called kuya haha yes I am Filipino too. I was an FC when I was active duty. Now I’m a YN in the reserves. How are you preparing for boot?
Thank you very much 🙏 Thank you for your service and still serving as a reserve. I am actually omw to a training session that I took over for everyone in the DEP program. Stepped up as RPOC. Also am studying the START guide front and back. Congrats in advance for finishing your associates degree.
Thank you very much 🙏 Thank you for your service and still serving as a reserve. I am actually just came back to my apartment from a training session that I took over for everyone in the DEP program. Stepped up as RPOC. Also am studying the START guide front and back. Congrats in advance for finishing your associates degree. I have a couple of questions regarding your time in Hawaii if you have time? 🙏
Do you have any regrets getting out of the navy?
Hi Sheena, I'm probably going to do a whole video answering this question. Are you currently active duty and thinking of getting out?
@@JoannBasilio I’m definitely getting out lol. I’m a Seabee so we are on the combat-construction side but if I get out doing the same job with the labor union I’ll be making more than a senior chief just starting
@@andaltargren9015 good luck!! (:
Yes, want more info on Hawaii..........................
Hi thank you for your comment! Is there anything specific you would like to know about Hawaii? If you haven't already, please check out my barracks tour I just uploaded yesterday (:
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Were you ever claustrophobic while confined to the bowels of the ship? (It looked kind of cramped and windowless.)
Also, were the other lady sailors you lived in close quarters with ever catty and bitchy? Or was it relaxed & cool? (Just curious.)
Hi thank you for your question! I didn't feel claustrophobic in the ship. I didn't even notice the change in pressure like others did. I enjoyed going outside to watch the sunset on days that allowed it. As far as living with other females, there were a lot of different backgrounds and personalities. I had a couple close friends and others I just simply avoided.
I would've loved to have been stationed in Hawaii! I tried and tried but never could get sent to a sub homeported there! And, I know what you mean: I'd hear all these guys say they hated being stationed there!
By the way, Joann, what was your rate? I was an ET (Nuke).
Where have you been stationed and where was your favorite? I was an FC
@@JoannBasilio I was station in a lot of different places, so I'll concentrate on just the places where I was stationed on a ship (on a minesweeper while I was waiting for orders to Nuke School) or a sub rather than all my service schools; _lots_ of them! I was stationed in San Diego, New London, Charleston, and Scotland. Out of everywhere I was stationed, I _loved_ San Diego! The times I was stationed in California made me want to settle in California! 😸👍🏻
Wow. An FC! I guess, on a destroyer, besides controlling the cruise missile systems, you controlled the PHALANX gun! I may be wrong, but I think I remember that during a tour I was on aboard the PREBLE during Fleet Week here in San Francisco, the Petty Officer giving the tour said that it was the FCs rather than the GMs that operated that system.
I guess Hawaii was your favorite place to be stationed, right?
If you had it all to do over, would you enlist again?
1000 x YES!! I grew so much as a person. I became an adult in the service and learned so much. I am still affiliated as a reservist and am currently working towards going back active as an officer (:
More pro's and con's
Hi Mark thanks for your comment! Pros and cons of joining the military, or the navy?
Why did you get out?
To go to school! I plan on going back active once I’m finished 😊
Why did you take a break from RUclips?
Thank you for this question! Will be answering soon (:
Hi Charles! I answered your question in my most recent video (:
Nice videos
Thanks for watching!
Great videos as ever. You speak so eloquently.
@@gw717d11 aww you're so sweet, thank you sm!
Will you stay in the US Navy Reserves, and possibly complete 20 years?
Happy Mother's Day , to your grandmother, mother, and aunts.
Did you say Hawaii!?
Yes!
Sooo cute, are you single?
Kumusta JB?
mabute! ikaw?
She made her money as a sea wife.
and then what happened?
To save you some time don't blow your money.
Solid advice! Thanks
you're very attractive