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We lost a chief same way on a deployment. He simply passed in his sleep. 5000 plus men like a small town some do pass on by heart attacks etc.

[cva66snipe]

Oh for Pete Sake people use your brains. My Division Chief while we were in the yards for drydock began feeling bad and drove himself to Pourtsmouth Naval Hospital up the road. He died {full cardiac arrest} walking into the ER Lobby. They brought him back thankfully. Rumors flew around she ship for months he was an invalid would not ever be the same etc. I got out shortly after his heart attack.

A few years ago I began hunting down some shipmates. Guess who I found? Alive and well. He told me what had happened. He did have some convalescent leave then got shore duty in the yards then later retired. He makes kids toys in his shop in Va Beach.

A heart attack by a senior enlisted especially on a carrier is not that uncommon.