Served active duty USN from Jan '80 to Jul "89.
Went TAD in a special forces unit on CV-66 for 3 mos in '80 called "Mess-cranks"! Learned hand-to-hand plate scraping, got qual'd on a fully auto-galley "dragon". Earned a verbal commendation for skill in hurling full garbage bags of trash off the ship's fantail. I wore my hygienic, disposable paper hat with PRIDE!
The rumor that we handled and operated deck buffers is classified and can niether be confirmed or denied!