


Guarding a dumpster...NTC Bainbridge winter of 1954


Boot Chief and his family taken in 1963...Guam, M.I.
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