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I joined the Navy in 1986 and I don't think I would have made it through several long deployments without Tom Clancy novels.  The first 5 or 6 he did were really excellent.  After that, it became somewhat hit and miss, but most of his books were still very popular.   

 

I liked the Ryan series, but Red Storm Rising was probably my favorite Clancy novel. 

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I joined the Navy in 1986 and I don't think I would have made it through several long deployments without Tom Clancy novels.  The first 5 or 6 he did were really excellent.  After that, it became somewhat hit and miss, but most of his books were still very popular.   

 

I liked the Ryan series, but Red Storm Rising was probably my favorite Clancy novel. 

 

In 1986 I had just made Chief and had been assigned to the commissioning crew on USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), the first VLS equipped guided missile cruiser.

 

For obvious reasons, we commissioned her in Boston, which also happened to be our Skipper's hometown. We spent a week in Boston and, without question, one of the best stateside port calls I ever made. Anyway, I think he and the Skipper were friends and Clancy actually rode with us from Boston down to Annapolis, our next stop. He was genuinely a very nice guy and, back then, all we could talk about was how did he know so much about the technology we had on those ships, especially the Aegis combat system with its SPY-1 phased array radar system, which was relatively new at the time.

 

A couple years later I was stationed at the submarine base in Point Loma, San Diego and met Sean Connery along with some of the other folks working on the "Hunt for Red October" movie, which was being filmed onboard one of the subs.

 

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In 1986 I had just made Chief and had been assigned to the commissioning crew on USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), the first VLS equipped guided missile cruiser.

 

For obvious reasons, we commissioned her in Boston, which also happened to be our Skipper's hometown. We spent a week in Boston and, without question, one of the best stateside port calls I ever made. Anyway, I think he and the Skipper were friends and Clancy actually rode with us from Boston down to Annapolis, our next stop. He was genuinely a very nice guy and, back then, all we could talk about was how did he know so much about the technology we had on those ships, especially the Aegis combat system with its SPY-1 phased array radar system, which was relatively new at the time.

 

A couple years later I was stationed at the submarine base in Point Loma, San Diego and met Sean Connery along with some of the other folks working on the "Hunt for Red October" movie, which was being filmed onboard one of the subs.

 

 

 

Our skipper invited him aboard the Iowa in part because USS Iowa was mentioned in Red Storm Rising.  I think he used this picture on one of his books.

 

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His books were always better than the movies.  (Most are.)

 

The first book I read of his was "Hunt for Red October."  Then, I read all the Jack Ryan books. 

 

I always felt he was like the Military Uncle that you only saw every so often.  Always great stories and someone you liked being around.

 

RIP Tom

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