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[ugm84]

After serving in the Submarine Service for 15 years, I use the naval designation of submarine weapons for my screen names. I was a Fire Control Tech, the guy that launched all the cool weapons

UGM84 is the US Navy designation for the Submarine-launched version of the Harpoon Anti-ship missle.

[irishrob]

"Rob", or Rab as my Scottish son-in-law spells it, is one of the diminutives of my first name. In my family, Robert is the first name of the first son in every generation since coming to the US. Infact at one time, there were four us at one table. Now, we are down to two.

"Irish", because my grandfather always told us "there are only 2 kinds of people in this world...those that are Irish and those that wish they could be!"...even though he was half Irish and half German.

I have since learned that my ancestors were hired in Scotland as gallowglasses and guards of the original O'Neill and stayed in Ireland.

Rob