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August 30th, 2008

NCCM Tom Goering First off, thank you for visiting my web site. Navy CyberSpace is a hobby for me that dates back to my time stationed at Navy Recruiting Command. My wife calls Navy CyberSpace my “other woman” because of the time I have spent working on it. When I started I knew absolutely nothing about HTML, PHP or any internet programming whatsoever. I really knew very little about how the internet worked. I am still very much in the learning stage, it is a “science and art”. When someone links to my web site I find that to be the best compliment, it is so cool when someone finds your stuff interesting enough to do that! To the many people who have, Thank you!

I joined the Navy during my senior year of high school, Valentines Day of 1980 to be exact, and shipped to Recruit Training Command Orlando November 3rd of the same year. I kinda knew what I was getting myself into as I had completed four years of NJROTC at Crystal River High School in sunny Florida and had the privilege of attending mini-boot camp just a year before I was actually getting paid to be there. Boot camp was a blast for me - I remember one person in my company ask me if I was home sick and my reply to him was, “No, I am sick of home!” - one of the first quick and sarcastic responses I was able to generate during my time, there have been countless since… Anyway…

After boot camp and Electronics Technician A and C schools I was on my way to the USS Forrestal, checked aboard and 8 days later we pulled out for the Med. (Feel free to read about some of my experiences in other posts). After the deployment we arrived back in Mayport only to pack everything up and head to Philly for a two and a half year overhaul, fun fun.

It was while stationed in Philadelphia I met my wife, I’ll keep this short story short - we met and five weeks later we were married. We have three boys (men now…) - Tommy, Kevin and David. David is pursuing a degree in the culinary arts. Kevin is currently serving as a Nuke on the GW and Tommy completed six as a Nuke and is now almost an ambulance chaser lawyer.

During my 26+ years in the Navy I have served as a shipboard communications technician, satellite ground terminal tech, Leading Petty Officer, Recruiter, Recruiter in Charge, Region Trainer, Zone Supervisor, Chief Recruiter, Career Recruiting Force Program Manager and Region West CR/CMC. If you have any questions about joining the Navy or suggestions about this web site feel free to contact me (email is in the nav bar - upper left of the page).

Now? In retirement from the Navy I am extending my hobby and spending as much time with my wife as she can tolerate :)

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9 Comments »

  • Followed your link on SA New York to here. Welcome to blogland! :)

    I am going to bookmark your site, and visit as often as I can.

    Thank you to ALL your family for their service in the military family. Thank YOU!

    Brat

    Comment by brat (1 comments.) — September 7, 2008 @ 8:54 pm

  • Thank you Brat! Welcome to my site :)

    Comment by Ouch — September 7, 2008 @ 9:06 pm

  • NCCM, Thank you for commenting on my website! You are once again, my first! Well, you know what I mean…

    As you can see I have a very early work in progress on my website, but that so called “news report” got me riled up and felt I had to respond!

    Aside from responding to that, I am definitely in the R&D stages and being part time, have been for some time. Your bio reminds me of where I am now. Little knowledge about all of this, but a desire to blog away anyway! I see news reports here and there and this has prompted me to find an outlet to speak out when I feel I should! I also plan on presenting a perspective that is a little more edgy, when it comes to my take on things. It’s just more the “true” me, and maybe my style when I feel that’s what I need to do.

    Again, thanks for checking out my blog, and maybe sometime you can shoot me a few pointers on the technical side!

    p.s., if my html or something is jacked up in this comment, feel free to delete it.

    Comment by Marvin (1 comments.) — September 14, 2008 @ 1:42 am

  • Dear Sir,
    Your web site is truly an inspiration to all those who wish to join the American Navy.

    As an European, I found myself fascinated by the passion, knowledge and commitment you put in your articles — I also found them to be both educative and informative.

    I would therefore like to thank you for sharing your knowledge with the World Wide Web :)

    Your efforts are appreciated.

    Comment by European — September 27, 2008 @ 7:21 pm

  • Greetings! Thank you for the comment. Actually quite impressed you found it somehow seeing it’s only the start. I do plan on continuing to and writing in it after boot camp and through my journey in A school. Although I know Nuke School is challenging I want to make time for my blog. The reason is like I said, I googled a lot, and found answers here and there but never quite a full blog with process and procedures etc. Especially coming from a woman’s perspective. And if I did find information it would not be updated.

    Thank you again for your comment. AND of course I have come to this site many times, I have it book marked ;).

    Comment by Kim (3 comments.) — September 27, 2008 @ 11:09 pm

  • Oh wow so both of your sons in the Nuclear Field! Amazing.

    Thank YOU for serving this Great Country. I can only hope to do the same. Also thank you for posting my blog on your website. It is much appreciated! I hope we keep in contact. I’m sure we will.

    I hope all is well with you and yours.

    Comment by Kim (3 comments.) — September 28, 2008 @ 2:43 pm

  • I and my readers look forward to hearing about boot camp, A school and of course Nuke school and beyond!

    Comment by Ouch — September 28, 2008 @ 3:55 pm

  • Great getting to know you here!

    Comment by Trish | eMail Our Military (1 comments.) — September 30, 2008 @ 9:45 am

  • Thank you for the comment! A whole Navy family, that is something to be proud of!

    I come from an all Army family, so they were definitely proud that I qualified for Nuke and didn’t go grunt. I am looking forward to having this challenging rate and the opportunity to serve my country!

    I set up that blog so that other people can be a part of my experience along the way, I hope to fill it with many adventures.

    Thanks again for stopping by!

    -Chuck

    Comment by DEPJones (1 comments.) — November 7, 2008 @ 4:31 am

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