Submarine Sea Stories | Ever wonder what it's like to spend the cold war under water with 100 other guys?
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Submarine Sea Stories | Ever wonder what it's like to spend the cold war under water with 100 other guys?
During the height of the cold war when Ronald Regan called the Soviet Union the evil empire, Bill Nowicki was in the Navy. He was a nuclear-trained electrician's mate aboard the Los Angeles class fast attack submarine, the USS Minneapolis / St. Paul (SSN 708) with 100 highly trained shipmates. The...
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EP63 Generations Below: Patrick Roche’s Legacy in the Silent Service
Join Bill Nowicki as he delves into the compelling life of Patrick Roche—a submariner shaped by family tradition, personal responsibility, and decades...
EP62 A Submarine Collision and The Life Lessons Learned: An Interview with Chris Waits
In this crazy episode of Submarine Sea Stories, Chris Waits shares his fascinating journey, from growing up in a Navy family, attending MIT, and findi...
EP61 Preserving Nuclear Legacies Oliver Hannan's Story
Join host Bill Nowicki as he dives deep into the remarkable journey of Oliver Hannan, a submariner with 44 years in the nuclear industry. In this epis...
EP60 A Decade Later: Revisiting Submariner Dave Bowman's Journey
In this episode of the Submarine Sea Stories Podcast, host Bill Nowicki reunites with Dave Bowman, a former submariner who was first interviewed nearl...
EP59 Advancing Nuclear Power: Mark Schneider’s Journey from US Navy to Australia
Join us in this insightful episode as we dive into the world of nuclear energy with Mark Schneider, a former US Navy nuclear operator now working to r...
EP58, Commanding a Legend, Captain Bob Schuetz
Bob Schuetz grew up in New Jersey and chose the ROTC when his parents couldn't afford college for all 4 kids. He joined the Navy and fell in love with...
EP57, Flying through the air on a sub, Bob Bailey Sonar Tech First Class
Bob Bailey had to get out of New Mexico. He was running with the wrong crowd and "ran away from home into the Navy." He started out slow and was not t...
EP56, Surfer turned polar explorer and circumnavigator, Joe Miller
Joe Miller grew up in Virginia Beach surfing and staying away from Navy. It wasn't until he was married and laid off, that Joe reconsidered his decisi...
EP55, From Community College Professor to Sub Captain, David Rifkin
David Rifkin never planned on joining the Navy. He found the salary for a community college professors not quite enough. He consented to an interview...
EP54 Smoke Shack Standout, Daniel Newcomer
Daniel Newcomer started his submarine career aspirations in 8th grade. His dad was a traveling Baptist preacher and when he was onboard the USS City o...
EP53, Playing with the radio, Kevin Loewe, Radioman
Kevin Loewe couldn't find a job in his native St. Louis, so he proposed joining the navy out of necessity. That began an over 22 years stint of active...
EP52, From a steel town to a submarine, Jim Glunt
Jim Glunt grew up tough suburb of Pittsburgh, Pa where the smoke from the steel mills blocked his view of the night sky. He had to grow up quick also...
EP51, From a Supply Officer’s Son to Trident Missile Tech, Wood Frampton
Wood Frampton grew up around the enlisted club on base where his Dad was a supply officer. He’d have french fries and watch the sailors get into fight...
EP50, Stew Burner (Mess Cook) Greg West
Greg started his military career in the 8th grade (crazy story) and continued over several decades until he retired as a Chief Culinary Specialist. No...
EP49, Submariner through and through, PJ Clarke
PJ Clarke made a rash decision to join the submarine service. He was promised that the galley was open 24/7.
That was enough to get him to volun...
EP49, From Subs to the Internet of Things, Rob Tiffany, CTO of Hitachi
Rob Tiffany grew up in West Texas and set off to become a Navy pilot after seeing Top Gun. Of course, that didn’t work out, but he found the submarine...
EP47, Royal Navy Artificer and Officer, David Cunningham
David grew up on the West Coast of Scotland and was surrounded by water. His Mom said he always talked about joining the Navy, but he doesn’t remember...
EP46, Field Vets CEO and farm boy, Dan Eddinger
Dan Eddinger grew up on a farm in eastern Ohio. He played in the woods a lot and really didn’t have a plan after high school. He did fall in love with...
EP45, Duck down, there’s a sub overhead!
Neil Midkiff got a tour of the USS Iowa when he lived in Rio de Janeiro as a child from the Naval Attache, Captain Andrews. At that point his mind was...
EP44, West Virginia golfer and submariner, Matt Tate
Matt Tate grew up in the mountains of West Virginia and landed a job at the Greenbrier as a caddy by the age of 12 (he lied about his age). After doin...
EP43, 9/11 Recruit and A Ganger, Hector Rodriguez
Hector Rodriguez thinks everything happens for a reason. He grew up in East Oakland, California in a rough neighborhood. He loved sports so he played...
EP42: Vietnam War Hero and friend, Lee Ellis
*FOR MATURE AUDIENCES*
Lee Ellis grew up on a farm in rural Georgia, but when he saw an airplane, everything changed. Even as a child, he longed...
EP 41: Sonarman, enlisted, officer, skimmer and marine
Stu Hubbard is the son of a Navy Mustang and became one himself. At the age of 17, he approached his Mom and Dad about enlisting which started his 20-...
EP40: Linguist, Lawyer and Bubblehead, Michael Goldstein
Michael Goldstein grew up in Cleveland Heights, OH and was fascinated by submarines. He won a science fair contest at the age of 14 and was invited t...
EP39: Listen up Bubblehead! Shannon Cason, award winning storyteller, shares his wisdom
Listen up bubbleheads! Shannon Cason is an award winning storyteller and he tells his backstory and explains his motivation to share his life on stag...
EP38: 2nd grade detention to striker, Tim Sullivan
Tim Sullivan was an outlier. He went against his parent’s wishes and joined the Navy on a whim. He became a striker, which means he started painting...
EP37: Jersey boy submariner and Sub Vets National Commander, Tom Conlon
Tom Conlon was born and raised in the garden state of New Jersey. As a boy, submarine TV shows excited him so he joined the sub service when he was ol...
EP36: Sonar dog fighter and listening to the ice
Andrew Fletcher went three years in college and freaked out when he had $5,000 in debt. He ended up joining the Navy and trained as a Sonarman, one o...
EP35: Women in a snake ranch and smoke boat sister, Nancy Yockey Bonar
Nancy Yockey Bonar became fascinated with submarines thanks to her brother, Captain Harry Yockey. You’ll love Nancy’s explanation of submarine living...
EP35: Message from Bill and some great old episodes
Bill provides some information on upcoming episodes and new initiative to help vets! Transitioning Vets Checkout some funny previous episodes: Clayton...
EP34: Boston native, submariner, tank guy and detective
Ken Westhaver grew up in the tough streets of South Boston. He wanted to be on a submarine so bad he could feel it. Thrown aboard the Minneapolis /...
EP33: Submariner, A-Gang Chief, and Former Knucklehead Cage Fighter
Darryl Jackson grew up on the tough streets of Newark, New Jersey. He was a standout athlete in school, but ended up in trouble with the Navy being a...
EP32: Active duty chief, submariner and submarine rescuer
Raul Robles is a chief on a mission. He has 15 years serving aboard fast attack submarines and deep submergence rescue vehicles. Raul balances his w...
EP31: Adapt, improvise and overcome: an ET story
Mike Fieser is a winner. Besides being and Nuc ET and now a photographer, he won a radio contest to guess his profession. He came up with the ET ver...
EP30: RADM Chuck Beers, Captain my Captain, where did the butter go?
Radm Chuck Beers (retired) was a submariner as his dad before him. He eventually became the commanding officer of the USS Minneapolis / St. Paul, SSN...
EP29: The lean submariner and coach, Bob MacPherson
Bob MacPherson is the Lean Submariner, he know efficiency!. He started out as a submariner by chance and did not put in his best effort – to start. ...
EP28: We’ve dated for 3 weeks, let’s get married and have 4 kids!
Kurt Jarrio, a 20 year submariner was a hard partying, somewhat crazy plankowner aboard the USS Minneapolis / St. Paul. He was tied up by robbers, ro...
EP27: Scamp Smells, Saturn Bologna and Barking Squids
Rich Hust grew up scared he was going to end up in Vietnam doing something he might not like. Instead, after leaving jail, he walked into the Navy re...
EP26: First Naval Academy grad and Sub Captain
Dave Butler grew up in a small town in Louisiana. By a twist of fate, he was handed a Naval Academy appointment. As a midshipman, he was first assig...
EP25: Boomer sailor sleeping between the missile tubes
Rich Damm was born and raised on Long Island and decided to join the Navy. He spent several years working as a ballistic missile tech and transitione...