"Steve
Grimsley 'ere, Currently (not) looking forward to spending christmas
and the new year in the Northern Arabian Gulf, pretty much back where
it all began many moons ago, it must have been xmas 80/81 in the gulf
or was it
81/82 just before the Falklands?. At the moment I am working for the
Fleet Battle Staff, currently employed for CTF58 and I am writing
this to you from on-board the USS San Jacinto a ticonderoga class
cruiser, so not only am I away from family and friends for xmas but
they have sent us to a US navy ship, which is dry (my poor old kidneys
think i've joined alcoholics anonymous). I was dissapointed not to
have made the last get together, some of the photos are great, and
some of the guys havnt changed alot at all, I was amazed to see Leon
Symms there, and Dougie Branson. I worked just down the road from
Dougie recently and never did meet up with him, pity. I have enclosed
two phots for you to use on the site, Number 1 was taken whilst on
board the san jac in the northern arabian gulf, the second one was
taken at pickle night this year at the WO & Sgt's mess RAF Digby,
Lincolnshire, it is of me and the wife Ann, yep still married it was
23 years this october (and
4 teenagers later, all still living at home, aarrgghh).
So
I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all the Ambusmen and their
families a very merry christmas and a happy new year, (reunion 2007
penciled in diary already)"
Grimsley
Steve RO1G 1979-1982