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NTC San Diego RTC 61-148 (1961)

USS Lowe DER-325, San Francisco (1961-62)

Radarman "A" School, San Francisco (1962)

USS Courtney DE-1021, Newport, RI (1963-64)

USS Assurance MSO-521, Panama City, FL (1964-65)

NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (1966)

Point Mugu NAS, Oxnard, CA (1967-68)

College in Chattanooga, Tennessee (Broken Service 1969-70)

Data Processing "A" School, SSC San Diego, CA (1971)

Naval Support Activity, Saigon, Vietnam (1971-72)

DPSCPAC, North Island, San Diego, CA (1972-1976)

Data Processing "C" School, COBOL Programming, SSC San Diego (1972)

USS Jason AR-8, San Diego, CA (1976)

Released from active duty December 1976

Joined the Naval Reserve in January 1977, drilled at N&MCRC Chattanooga, Tennessee

USS Yosemite AD-19, Mayport, FL (reserve unit)(1977-1984)

SIMA, Mayport, FL (reserve unit)(1984-1988)

Appointed Command Senior Chief N&MCRC Chattanooga (2nd drill weekend) (1986)

Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) (1988-1991)

Filed retirement papers in March 1991 (26 ret. years)

I enjoyed every minute of my naval service. During this time I finished my associate's degree, my undergraduate degree and my postgraduate work in history (not completed) all in night school (the hard way.) I'm a retired software development manager from the Tennessee Valley Authority, living in Chattanooga, Tennessee.