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Lumpen (Military service)
Image by Anders Österberg
Karlskrona örlogshamn 1982 med torpedbåten HMS Västerås och systerfartyget Nynäshamn. Bilden tycker jag väldigt starkt förmedlar känslan av hur det var att rycka in i lumpen i flottan 1981. U137-händelsen och dessutom politisk kris i Polen, med förväntade flyktingströmmar, gjorde att vi snabbutbildades för att kunna ta hand om dessa. Jag minns fortfarande mycket tydligt hur det kändes att i smällkalla vintern släpa ner den tunga persedelsäcken genom de trånga slussarna i fartyget och när jag på tok för dåligt klädd stod vakt i 2 timmar den första vakten på HMS Västerås. Aldrig har tiden gått så långsamt....
Karlskrona naval harbor 1982 with the torpedo boat HMS Västerås and it's sister ship Nynäshamn. The negative has some spots of dust (I have now - 2011-06 - removed the dust spots and also made som image corrections), but I would still like to show the photo, because it conveys the feeling of entering the military service in the Swedish navy 1981. The Russian submarine U137 would run aground the same year and the crisis in Poland was upcoming with anticipated refugees overseas, so we had a quick education to take care of these. I still remember very clearly carrying the heave parcel bag down through the narrow ship locks and without enough clothing for the 15 minus degrees outside, standing guard for two hours on my first guard duty onboard HMS Västerås. The time has never passed as slowly since….
Armstrong Memorial Service (201209130017HQ)
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The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of Washington, delivers the Homily during a memorial service celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, died Saturday, Aug. 25. He was 82. Photo Credit:(NASA/Paul E. Alers)
Armstrong Memorial Service (201209130004HQ)
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Apollo 17 mission commander Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, speaks during a memorial service celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, died Saturday, Aug. 25. He was 82. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
