6 years, Naval Supply Depot Yokosuka, Japan....CTF-77/ComSubGr5 Cubi Point, P.I rode Kitty Hawk, Oriskany, Ranger, admiral staff, USS Norton Sound AVM-1, gunnery test missile ship, formerly a sea plane tender out of Oxnard, CA.  SK2, made in in three years, had waivers from E-9's thought I was cocky and what ever they did by passed time in grade.  Knees gave out on me, found the Navy for five months to stay in, had shipped over, lost the battle, so medically discharged.  Funny thing about a year later the Navy asked if I would like to come back, overseas duty, by then I had started a new life.  Enjoyed it, especially overseas, something about state side sailors, learned that from the carriers since the admiral put them through drills, since they were there for only six months, we rode for a month or so, they went home, we went aboard another carrier, really the only way to travel.