Where did you retire to? I still remember your sign on your office door..."Common things happen more commonly"! There are a few of us from SFIDC 15(Graduated JAN 1995) on active duty.....I Know HMCS Reggie Dean is still active in Pensacola?, HMCS Brad Gallimore is in Brunswick Maine, HMCS Keith Staples is in Norfolk, HMCS Greg Davis is in Japan, HMCM Glen Mcbride is in Norfolk as well and HMC Tony Schlimm is in Bethesda......Everybody else is retired. I am stationed in Madrid Spain with NATO. Most of us will be looking to retire in the not to distant future.

HMCS(SW) Ron Rutherford

Keith Staples is on his way out to relieve me on USS NASSAU (LHA 4) in about 2 months and finishing out the deployment.

Ken

Keith Staples = "BRANIAC". He was the IDC on a ship where my best friend was the SUPPO several years ago. LT Raia (a former HM, now CDR-select) was very impressed with IDCs!

Class 15 was one of my favorites. A combination of a good sense of humor, integrity and intellect and you honored me by asking me to be your guest speaker at graduation. My "50th Anniversary Class"...

Senior Staples is a stand up guy. I started off as a baby doc on a DD about 12 yrs ago and every since then I have no desire to go to IDC school. I spent the last year or so listening to that guy and is compadres in RSO, and am now sitting in IDC school. He can sure put the fire back into a person. He is a true motivator :twisted:
I'd work for that guy anytime.
Just don't ell him I said that. We don't need to build him up :lol:

HM1 Moffatt
NSHS IDC 06010-25B

I remember Class 15. I am glad to see that most of you guys made it to Senior and Master there was some good IDC's in that class. I am retired in Arizona and doing a lot of hunting and fishing.

Chuck Davidson
HMCS (SW) Ret
AHCS 49

:D 8O :P :x :twisted: :roll: :wink: :evil: :!: :?: :idea: :arrow: :o

Hey Duck, I was in AHCS - 19 not many of us out there I am sure. Considering I was the most junior in class and retired in 96 after 20. I started as an HM2 and just barely had 4 years at the time, thankfully I had a slamdunk endorsement and solid clinical hands-on behind me (including lab) when applying. God, remembering Bubba Logsden just getting ready to retire and start his career as a long haired hippee freak drug salesman.

I remember you Ron, y'all were just leaving when we started in 1980. You were there I believe when I came back as an instructor in 86-89 (Supply/ 3 M ----GAG ME) and finally Pharmacy and Systemic Illnesses (everything from AIDS to Yellow Fever that didnt fit neatly anywhere else).

Now working as a Clinical Analyst for Sentara here in Norfolk. Being an analyst with SAMS for my last tour gave me a good foot in the door although no one knew what to with my type of clinical experience - "but your not a nurse and not a PA - what are you???"

Tom Tomzak was an instructor the same time I was as well,
Don Weeks I heard from thru here and is up in the great white north of NH, VT or one of them there states
Jeff Smith - ran into here in one of the hospitals - not mistaking his height and accent and he has been a RN there for some time.

OK, who else is out there from 19?

Mike Shepehrd
HMC/USN/RET
Chesapeake, VA
hcorpsman@cox.net

HMCS Davidson.......Good to hear you are doing well. You definatly did me a favor when you made them change my orders from 2nd MARDIV to the USS Aubrey Fitch FFG-34.....That ship was a great start for me as an IDC. I still remember you telling HMC Rogers "WHAT?? your sending HM2 Rutherford to the Marines?? He's the only Surface Warfare qualified guy in his class!! That ain't happening" . Best thing you could have done for me! Thats been 11 years ago and I don't regret one minute of going to IDC school. Made some great friends and several are still out there doing great things for the Navy.

Ron Rutherford
HMCS(SW)
USNSE Madrid Spain

Senior Chief Rutherford,

Good to hear from you and that you are doing well. I am glad you had a good tour on the Fitch. The Perry Class Frigates are fine machines. Thanks for the kind words and for jogging an old memory.
Take care and I look forward to catching up with others on the IDC Board.

Cheers,
Chuck Davidson

BEAKER?

'ZAT YOU?

MY AHCS CLASS WAS GRADUATING (OCT 1980) WHEN YOU GUYS WERE STARTING. WAS JIM MELLO IN YOUR CLASS?

E-MAIL ME AND I'LL GET YOU SOME E-MAILS FOR OTHER PORTSMOUTH GRADS AND STAFF.

RICH MONDAK

"DUCK"

Glad to see some Portsmouth names flying around here! I am in the same boat, trying to remember my class number!! I know it was a single digit! Still going strong and living the American dream! Of course, now I am on a big deck with all the amenities! Senior Morris, is that a PA I see after your name?!? CONGRATS!

HMCS(SW) Steve Richardson
USS BOXER LHD-4
PORTSVA Class 92-93

Steve,

It was somewhere around class 7 back in 92/93. LT Mondak was the "lead dog" and could p-- anywhere he wanted to. Send me an email:

robert.martel-1@nasa.gov

Bob Martel, HMCS(SW) (Retired)

Bob!!
How the hell are ya brother?? I see you grew up and left the club! Are you still in VA? I was able to find some classmates who kindly reminded me my class number. Sounds like most of my classmates have moved on as well. Drop me a line when you have a sec! I am in San Diego now. Thought I would try out the earthquakes and give the hurricanes a break. Take care!
Steve

... which is a close alternative.

Keep riding the big grey ones, Steve.

Hey!

Just wanted to say "hello" and let all who care know I am still causing trouble wherever I go.

Kevin Hermey
AHCS 46

[color=blue:ecda233217]BRING IT ON KEVIN! I KNOW WHERE YOUR STENTS ARE...
ARE YOU IN ROCHESTER, NY?

I APPRECIATE IT WHEN MY SHIPMATES CALL OR WRITE TO GIVE ME A HARD TIME. IT KEEPS ME AWAKE ON SOME DAYS...[/color:ecda233217]

Hey, what's up to all my fellow IDC. Just wanted to see if their are any of the old SFIDC9 classmate around. I'm presentlly station in Camp Lejeune 2D MLG, SEL in the Group Surgeon Office.

HMCS (FMF/SCW) Edwin Soto :P

I was in [color=darkred:c2ae35a493]SFIDC 05[/color:c2ae35a493]. I retired after 20 At NAS Kingsville, TX as a Chief. Wanted to stay longer but other pressing issues prompted my retirement.

I remember you LT Mondak. I see a few other of you as well... Soto, knew you when you were a HM1. I get to see a bunch of the "old" IDC's in my work. Pete Crawford is the CMC at NOMI. Wyatt Twilleager is in Coronado, teaching spec ops guys how to operate jet skis... Roger Bennett is retired and is now the director of the newly formed MEMA, in Maryland. Mike Rexroad is a bubblehead IDC onboard the Saipan, just to name a few and I've heard stories about several other shipmates.

I'm currently working for a company [color=darkblue:c2ae35a493](Medical Education Technologies Inc. - METI[/color:c2ae35a493]) that provides Medical education through simulation... We manufacture simulators, including human patient simulators. We also create curriculum, set up sim centers and provide networking for sim users, among other things.

We have a few positions open for those who are or will be retired, as soon as Ken gets things straightened out on here, I'll post 'em. Any of you's guys interested in seeing the advances METI has made in medical education and simulation... give me a shout, email or phone.

Garth Huetter
HMC(SW), IDC, USN retired
ghuetter@meti.com
941-504-2054

Garth, glad to see you made it! Was good to meet you for this last class. Got your call, and will try and get in touch with you on Wednesday. Getting underway for some training but will be back!

Thanks for the training this past week!

Ken

LT great to hear from you and I remember well when you moved on to new and more exciting things lol. It was a pleasure then and heaing from you again now.

HMCS Davidson OMG I cant believe I saw your name and man the memories it brought back go ESTOCIN got love the figs lol I would love the opportunity to tlk to you off board and catch you up on things here and with HMCS Jeff Neibauer. well give me a holla.

HMCS Eric Duchesneau

Chuck,
Found and joined this site couple of weeks ago. Due to class sked here, have not had time to figure out how to respond/reply ....(error msg said you were not receiving)??? Anyway, think this is going to get thru (to ALL).
Anyway, I sure hope all is going well for you. I'm in twilite tour at Senior Elisted Academy....yeah..back in Newport. Recently left DDG95 (precom cmc). Starting to look at reality of transition, not liking it so much....but oh well. Please email 'edward.elliott [at] navy [dot] mil' or "cmcelliott [at] yahoo [dot] com' if you actually get this.
Any other old timers (Shep/Soto/etal) feel free to yell this way. Good bye for now from God's (cold) Country.
CMDCM Ed Elliott
AHCS 1988-89

Edwin Soto!

Here is an old SFIDC09 'mate!

I visited Camp Lejeune in the summer (2006) for the first time since I left the Second Marine Division in 1986 (!?) -- It seemed so quiet. I wondered if all theMarines and their Navy corspmen were deployed?

I looked into teaching jobs in the area, and I am still looking.

Wow! I am envious that you are "hanging" at Camp Lejeune. Good on you, Senior Chief!!!

Steve Applebaugh

Michael T Morris HMCS USN Ret

I graduated in April of 1979 from Portsmouth IDT school, a very junior HM2 but I loved medicine. Remember Bob Stonehocker and a few others who drifted off...anyone from that year still around? I am currently working as a PA in Houston Texas in Urgent Care/ER's. Bubba taught us some good stuff and mystfied us that he was still alive...

Michael T Morris HMCS USN RET PA-C

I think I was one of your instructors. in 88/89 I should have been teaching Pharmacology and Systemic Illnesses (AIDS to Yellow Fever).

/mike Shepherd
HMC/RET/USN
Chesapeake VA

I graduated IDC School in Portsmouth 1993. I am still in for another year and I am sure like alot of people starting to wonder about transitioning to civilian life. I am currently with Naval Special Warfare and should probably be moving on, but DAMM, I love this job and keep thinking that I can grow up and join the civilian life later; but, once I move on this is something that I can never go back and do this again. Any others from Class 13 still around? Mr Mondak, I remember you well, we called you Lord Mondak and Greg Marlot you were definately the best of the Instructors during that time period for our class.

Stuart Bapties

Wow,,, Bubba Logsden.. thanks for memory jog Michael T. I remember when he was suffering from HNP and he taught my class while laying on his back on a desk...too funny,, yeah he was definately a poster child for 'better living through pharmacology".

yeah an old AHCS 19 class grad here (1981. I was getting confused (easily done) when i was seeing class numbers 15 and such with grad dates in the 1990's.... Heck, i was there as an instructor (the spelling Nazi myself ) and we had classes in 30's - 40s. Good times... i enjoyed teaching, once i got rid of 3M and Supply management. Saw someone mention Greg Marlot as an instructor, i remember him as a student.

later..............
Mike Shepherd (beaker)
HMC/USN/Ret
8425/8482

Hello Ed,

Just curious if you are the same person I knew back at the Annapolis Clinic and ran into in Rota... Sorry, has been just a few years ago.... lol

David Bozak
david.bozak [at] vb [dot] socom [dot] mil

I was in IDT-1 Portsmouth, graduated January 1977. Retired in 1997 with 26 years. I'm now working as a Healthcare Quality Improvement Specialist in Houston, TX.

Michael D. Chance MSM, MBA, CPHQ
HMCS(FMF) USN Retired
mchanceusn [at] aol [dot] com

SHEP,
Yes, you taught me pharmacology and systemic illness. Cannot remember class number, but was classmate of Ron Rang,Digger Dean, Dave Kellet, John Brannigan. All that I mentioned made MCPO, so maybe it's cauuse of your instruction! Getting ready to retire in December and am dragging my heels all the way. Would stay for 40 if I could. Take care.../Ed

SHEP,
Yes, you taught me pharmacology and systemic illness. Cannot remember class number, but was classmate of Ron Rang,Digger Dean, Dave Kellet, John Brannigan. All that I mentioned made MCPO, so maybe it's cauuse of your instruction! Getting ready to retire in December and am dragging my heels all the way. Would stay for 40 if I could. Take care.../Ed

What's up Buddha Brother, Long time no see! Drop me a line man!!!
Capt. John Gregg (HM1 retired)