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Originally Posted by ApS
Thanks. I am a VN-era veteran, and wouldn't have reflected on this day without your reminder. 
I was glad to sign up, and looking back, remember great years serving this country in three different lands. (And almost daily, Navy friends who I communicate with to this day). Until 1972, the work-pace was 2 Eve-, 2 Mid-, 2 Day-shifts, then 72-hours off—never to be experienced again!
It began in 1966 with being sworn-in before my assembled US Naval Security Group—by my Dad—a US Navy Commander. (Who outranked everyone there!)
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Oh yeah: 4 to midnight, 4 to mid, 8 to 4, 8 to 4, back in at midnight for a mid to 8, mid to 8. Off the rest of that day, off the next day, and the following day it was back in for a 4 to mid, and start it all over again.
I couldn't tell you what day of the week it was, but I could tell you if I was working a swing, day, or mid shift, or off.
