“I’m very glad of everything I did in the Navy,” he said. He lives in Hampton today and works at the Newport News shipyard. Ultimately, Quandahl left the Navy after a career that lasted just over 20 years. “There was all the thought about, ‘If things get really crazy, if the military has to ramp up to respond, I’m going to have to make a decision,'” he said. Should he stay in the Navy instead of leave? Still, the onset of military action made Quandahl think about his future. Ultimately, the ship returned home one month later than scheduled. The Enterprise did participate in initial air strikes, but the deployment did not turn into a marathon. “You can imagine the types of things that had to be prepared for.” “There was ordnance being assembled,” he said. Are they seeing this in school?”Īs he discovered later, his wife picked up their children from school and explained what was happening. Are they OK? Are they watching this on TV? Are they scared? I had young kids. aircraft carrier to directly support a counter-piracy incident. The ceremony not only marked the end the ships nearly 55-year. “That, by extension, makes you think of your own family. The aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN 65), was decommissioned during a ceremony held in the ships hangar bay, 03 February 2017. “You know people are dying inside those buildings,” he said. All of our families, friends, whatever, are back home, and you didn’t know … nobody had any idea of where this was going to go next.”Īnd even though Hampton Roads wasn’t under attack, Quandahl worried for his family. The atmosphere on the ship immediately changed.
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Later that day, he addressed the crew and gave them the full picture of what happened. Turner (CG 20) during a Sink Exercise (SINKEX) near. The captain had made the decision to turn the ship around and head back into the gulf. NEAR PUERTO RICO (NWSA) - The USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Battle Group sunk the former USS Richmond K. In mid-February 1991 we had four carrier battle groups operating together. “As I was sitting at my computer, you could feel the ship starting to turn,” he said. Carrier Intelligence Center (CVIC) aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-65) when. He immediately sent his wife a brief message, telling her he was OK, but she might not hear from him for a while. About 30 minutes after the attack, Quandahl realized that the Enterprise might not be going home on schedule, and that a security clampdown would shut off email to the U.S.
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