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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG 29). Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. If you also served aboard and you remember one of the people below you can click on the name to send an email to the respective sailor. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website?
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There are 240 crew members registered for the USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG 29).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1981 | 1982 – 1987 | 1988 – 1992 | 1993 – 1998 | 1999 – 2004 | 2005 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckum, Michael | E4/OS3 | Feb 27, 1993 – Feb 27, 1997 | OI | Alot of good times and some rough; but over all I enjoyed everyone, the places we traveled, the birthing wars and the stars. This is for you Armstrong....."The Stars at night, Are big and Bright, Deep in the heart of Texas......." |
| Mayo, Tommy | QM3 | Mar 1993 – Dec 1996 | Navigation | |
| Pease, Robert | OS2 | Apr 1993 – May 1997 | OI | |
| Farrand, Vincent | E-2 | May 1993 – 1993 | CMCG STINGER DETACHMENT | Best goddam ship I have ever been on!! |
| Rainey, Carl | E-6/ STG1(SW) | Jul 10, 1993 – Jul 17, 1997 | CS-2/CA | The SWG was hell. If not for the courage of a fearless crew, it would have been lost. I served with some awsome people, who i'll forever call my shipmates. To all that made it there mission to make others suffer. You failed. retired and loving it. |
| Pinkham, Justin | RM1 | 1994 – 1996 | Radio | Crap duty in the armpit of Mississippi.... |
| Cherry, Michael | YN3 | 1994 – 1997 | Adm | Where is Seaman (Beaver) Lever? |
| Combs, Greg | DS1 | Jan 1, 1994 – Jul 29, 1995 | CE | |
| Klein, Aaron | MR1(SW) | Feb 1994 – Dec 1997 | Repair | |
| Wood, Stephen (Woody) | ET2 | Feb 5, 1994 – Jun 15, 1996 | CE | Always underway!!! |
| Hayes, Lenny | RM3 | May 1, 1994 – May 1, 1997 | oc | |
| Padgett, Ben | E4/RM3 | May 12, 1994 – May 29, 1998 | OC | My days onboard the Stevie G wasnt that great to remember, stayed in trouble alot, thought I was getting out of the Navy thats for sure. Had the best buddies I still keep in touch with, Lukas Dearmin and Chris Peterson!! |
| Penner, Lawrence | e-4/os3 | Aug 1994 – Feb 1997 | pascagula, ms | miss the friends i made during my time in the navy. |
| Mullen, Paul | FN | 1995 – 1997 | Engineering | Like it or not, you found me. Proud to have served with such a great group of guys. Share a lot of stories on Facebook if you want to find us there. Drop a line here too and we can see if we can help you locate someone! |
| Murphy, Sean | GSM 3 | May 1995 – Sep 13, 1998 | Main Propulsion | |
| Babineaux, Chris | OS2 | Jun 10, 1995 – Dec 14, 1998 | OI | Have you tried the collard greens ? email: cmbabineaux@live.com christopher.babineaux@ngc.com |
| Miles, Aaron | HT3 | Aug 1995 – Jan 1997 | Repair | |
| Gray, Ryan | SM3 | Nov 1995 – Jun 1998 | NAV | Great times w/ great friends. NAV division, Hopson, Ramell, Lopez! SM's oh I mean QMs. At least the bright work stayed shined! |
| Carter, Joshua "Short Round" | SN | 1996 – 1997 | Deck | Deck Division on the Groves was........it was great serving my country. PEACE! -J |
| Overstreet, Joseph | FN | 1996 – Jul 10, 1997 | ||
| Shugart, Jim | GM3 | 1996 – Jun 1998 | Weaps | |
| Mullins, Mark | OS2 | Mar 1996 – Dec 1999 | OI | Ahoy! |
| Walker, Derrick | STG2 SW | Apr 1, 1996 – Nov 1, 2000 | CA | Mixed emotions on my experience, but glad I went through it. Did a lot of my growing up there. I miss the people that I became good friends with. Soooo many stories ; ) |
| Lopez, Juan | SM2 | Jun 1996 – May 2000 | Nav/comm | Great years and memories on SWG. Got a few friends I need to find and connect with. Med cruise in 96, Gulf ops and SNFL cruise 99, great times. |
| Wilson, Jason Jwil | PC2 | Nov 20, 1996 – Dec 16, 1999 | POST OFFICE | Great ship and kick ass crew. Miss the great times, travels and friends I made. My best to all of you. |
| Stanford, Dwayne\red | E-3 | Nov 27, 1996 – Mar 20, 1997 | s-2 | |
| Relander, Bryan | E-4/ DK3 | Dec 18, 1996 – Jun 21, 2000 | S-3 | |
| Ujvari, William | STG1(SW) | Dec 21, 1996 – Jan 5, 2002 | CA | That ship had to be the longest five years of my life! But it is nice to know that ships don't get any worse! All you guys I served with were awesome, without the fun times I think we would have all gone nuts. Why the hell did I go to another F |
| Cribbs, Shank | DC1 | Dec 24, 1996 – Jul 2000 | Repair | Wish someone would've told me to bring all the Bailing Wire and Duct Tape I could lay my hands on. Cassel, Brooks, Putter, Adams, Metzger, we had some long hours and good fun. |
| Lange, Charles | RM 2 | 1997 – 1999 | Operations | |
| Winchell, Ron | SK1 | Jun 1997 – Aug 30, 2000 | S-1 | Good Ship and lots of good times |
| Malouf, Frank | GSE3 | Jun 1997 – May 2001 | nice cruise, good fun and nice friends. Don't wana do it again. | |
| Farland, Stew Burner | MS3 | Jun 17, 1997 – Jan 1, 1999 | Supply | Long days and always deployed |
| Herman, Brandon "Big Pun" | ET2 SW | Oct 1997 – Nov 2001 | MWR closet organizer | WAS mad because they didn't make MEN BE TALLER boondockers. Wonder why that GSM1 Cressione sent me to captains mast? Afterwards my hookups in laundry never washed his clothes the rest of the cruise. then when he got a haircut they gave him a gap |
| Sampas, Kyle | po3/cs | 1998 – 2001 | s-2 | life on the groves was really difficult but i made it through. ............................................................................................................................................................. |
| English, Mark | FC3 | Jan 1998 – Feb 2002 | CM/CG | went to captain's mast more times than the captain. had fun until ed brockavich showed up and ruined my party. Confused I thought sweepers meant sleepers. Had fun anyway |
| Noble, Justin | FC2` | Apr 12, 1998 – Aug 22, 2002 | CS04 | Fun at sea until the upper brass had to put on the curfew. |
| Brooks, Paul | DC2(SW) | May 1998 – Jun 2000 | ||
| Okroi, August | EN2 | May 5, 1998 – Sep 15, 2001 | AUX. | had alot of fun. brooks, leach, and morefield made the time unforgetable. |
| Collier, Bruce | LT, USCG | Jun 1998 – Nov 1999 | NAV & CIC | US Coast Exchange Officer, ANAV & CICO for the SNFL99 deployment |
| Wright, Joseph | EN2 | Sep 8, 1998 – Dec 20, 2001 | Aux | Was an Expeirence to remember, ups and downs, but all worth it. |
| Canizales, Carlos | CS3 | Oct 13, 1998 – Oct 15, 2000 | ||
| Brooks, Paul/ Brooksie | DC2 | Oct 15, 1998 – Mar 15, 2002 | "R" Engineering | Herman, Cressione was an EN1. I feel ya, that boat was full of weird critters. Four of us got locked up in France. R division ruled. Morefield,Rice,Cribbs,Castle,JabPutter and all you guys, thanks for the memories, but I dont want to do it again. |
| Mead, James | BM3 | Nov 22, 1998 – Mar 21, 2001 | Deck | Had some great times with noodle and the rest of the guys |
| Mota, Kevin | EM2 | Dec 1998 – Dec 2001 | E | Had some great times with you all. Darryl, Shane, Gus, Paul, Joey and Bear... You were some of the besy guys that I ever knew . You guys were always there for me. Had some bad times but we always made up for it. Love to see you guys again. |
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