Guarding a dumpster...NTC Bainbridge winter of 1954
Boot Chief and his family taken in 1963...Guam, M.I.
Transferred to the Supreme Commander for final duty station 12/17/2017
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 Plank Owner
Enlisted 09 NOV 1954...Federal Building Boston MA.
Boot camp NTC Bainbridge, MD company 352 Nov 54-Jan 55
Aviation fundamentals school Norman OK...Feb 55-Apr 55
Aerographers Mate class A school NAS Lakehurst NJ with a tour of messcooking Apr55-Sep55
NSGA Washington DC/Ft George G. Meade Md Sep 55-May 57
NSGA Bremerhaven Germany May57-Sep58
discharged CIVLANT Oct58- Jan59
NSGA FT George G Meade MD Jan59-Nov60
Aerographers Mate Class B school Lakehurst NJ Nov60-May61
Fleet Weather Central GUAM, M.I. May61-Sep63 (made chief..AGCA(acting)16JAN63)
Naval Air Facility Andrews AFB, WashDC Sep63-Nov64
Fleet Weather Central Suitland MD Nov64-Jan66
USS Forrestal CVA 59 Jan66-May68
Fleet Weather Central Pearl Harbor HI May68-May71
CPOIC NWSED Ellyson Field Pensacola FL May71-Jun74 (advanced to AGCM Sep71)
Naval Weather Service Facility (AG training department) NAS Pensacola, FL Jun74-Jun76
IceReconUnit, Suitland Md Jun76-Jul77
Plankowner USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN69 Jul77-Aug79
Command Master Chief-author and editor of "the Straight Skinney from the Master Chief", Naval Oceanography Command Bay St Louis MS Aug79-Apr82
Senior Enlisted Academy, Newport RI (first class president of the first real class) Apr82-Jun82
Twilight tour Command Master Chief, Oceanographic Development Squadron(VXN-8) NAS Patuxent River Md...retired 01 March 1985~~30 years and 23 days and loved every minute
Poems I have written:
A BIRTHDAY WISH FOR MY WIFE...LUCY