Congrats to our own Lostinbownsmad ( Jay )

sparky · Post by **sparky** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:33 am

It was my grate honor today to attend the retirement of my Dive Buddy and best friend Jay Murphy. After 29 yers of service in the United States Coast Guard at the rank of CWO4 Chief Warrant Officer 4

It was a informal affair and even a little light hearted yet very well done to , I thought it was a fitting tribute to a fine career after a few funny stories and a couple tales of Jays creative way and some times funny way of dealing with a problem

Jay was awarded a medial for his achievements while in service
It was more then apparent that he would be truly missed

And I was so impressed at how the young men all made it a point of coming up and shaking Jays hand and thanking him for being such a good teacher and mentor to them

I have to admit I think I was more choked up then Jay

here are a few pictures I took from today

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my great pleasure to present

CWO4 Jay Murphy ( Ret )

CWO4 Murphy (Ret ) Reviews the ships company

Captain Gimple Comanding Officer USCG Cutter Steadfast saying good luck to CWO4 Murphy ( Ret ) USCG Cutter Steadfast is in the back round

Now please join me in wishing
Cheif Warrent Officer 4 Jay Murphay ( Ret ) a happy retirenment.

Congrats Jay and Thank you for your years of service
now go enjoy your familey lord knows they have sacraficed enough for our safety ,
may God bless you and your familey in what ever the future holds for you
Sparky

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:11 am

Congratulations Jay, and thank you for your service! May your diving increase in your "retirement"! (I put retirement in quotes because my guess is you'll still be pretty busy!)

fpoole · Post by **fpoole** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:42 am

Waayy to go Jay....

While it couldn't have been all fun,
now you can think about all the good Times as you're doing to deco stops...
on all the dives coming up...
I'm sure it's been an adventure and something to look back on...

Good show... now enjoy life eh??

Diver_C · Post by **Diver_C** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:44 am

Congrats Jay!!!!!

See ya at Hood Canal....

Rich

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:28 am

Yeah Jay!!! Retirement!!! $\:D/$

jeff98208 · Post by **jeff98208** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:49 am

congrats jay!

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:21 pm

Congratulations, Jay!

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:45 pm

Congratulations, Jay! I hope retirement is good to you- and Thank You for your years of service!

Sergeant Pepper · Post by **Sergeant Pepper** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:05 pm

Congratulations Jay!

See you at Hood Canal!

diver-dad · Post by **diver-dad** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:57 pm

Warrant -

Fair winds and following seas, shipmate.

Wishing you the best of luck that the future can bring!

- from a bubblehead.

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:15 pm

Congratulations Jay!

:wav:

Thanks for serving

And may you have many more dive days ahead of you!
I guess I'll be seeing you at the Hood Canal?

Bubbles Up!
Keith

lostnbrownsmead · Post by **lostnbrownsmead** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:15 pm

Thank you very much for your Congrats. I am looking forward to many dives with everybody now that I won't going away every two months.

Now on to finishing the honey do list.

then on to diving $\:D/$

Jay

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:18 am

lostnbrownsmead wrote: Now on to finishing the honey do list. then on to diving $\:D/$

Jay

That's what I like about you, Jay ... you're such an optimist ... $\:D/$

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Pinkpadigal · Post by **Pinkpadigal** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:03 am

Congrats Jay. Hope to see you up our way diving more often!