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SGT Kevin Hughes
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Aloha Chip,
I met a "Spook" once. He spoke five languages fluently and could "get by" in about five more. I wondered if his life was as exciting as the movies make it out to be. He laughed.

"Kevin, I spent three months at a time on a sophisticated Radio set up on a Fishing Boat off the coast of Russia in the Bering Sea...in Winter! I listened to Russian Radio Stations, and heard our Rock and Roll played very badly, and quite loud...for eight hours a day. Not once did I get a Martini, or a girl. I did get sea sick several times."
So I guess the Life of a "Spook" is scary - cause if you get caught there is "plausible deniability" as my friend said. But no 007 stuff. Darn.
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PO1 Kevin Dougherty
PO1 Kevin Dougherty
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One of my clients was a Nuke Spook ... at least that is my assumption. He was a special weapons type, and spent a lot of time in other countries doing things he could not talk about. He was slowly dying of radiation related complications. I asked him once how he got exposed, he said, "Let's just say other nations safety standards were not up to ours." I know he spoke Russian fluently and drew my own conclusions.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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PO1 Kevin Dougherty - SGT Kevin Hughes Yeah Mostly Boring but Occasionally it does have it's "Highlights" so to Speak. You do get to play a wicked game of Chicken sometimes. Nuke Spook, (DIRSUP) is what I think You're talking about and Yeah they're not going to tell you much. I was Mother Hen for DIRSUP Missions while at CINCPACFLT.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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Excellent video PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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Lt Col Charlie Brown Indian British Lass Playing My Ancestral Instrument, What is Not to Like.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Interest music and video share.
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