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[Enlisted Career] [Officer Career] [Awards & Medals]
I enlisted in the Navy under the Advanced Electronics Field (AEF) Program, and entered active duty as an E-3 (Airman) on July 30, 1976. My highest enlisted rank was Senior Chief Petty Officer (E-8).
| Dates | Duty Assignment, Location | Job Titles Held |
| July 76 - Oct 76 | Recruit Training Command, San Diego,
CA Recruit Company 163 Note: This activity was decommissioned. |
Recruit under training (Basic Training) |
| Oct 76 - Dec 77 | Naval Air Technical Training Center,
Memphis, TN (Web Link) Note: This activity is now in Pensacola FL |
Student - Basic and Advanced Avionics |
| Dec 77 - Dec 80 | Naval Air Station North Island, San
Diego, CA Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (Web Link) |
Avionics Technician, Training Coordinator, Assistant Calibration Manager |
| Dec 80 - Jun 83 | Naval Air Facility, Misawa, Japan Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (Web Link) |
Avionics Technician, Shift Supervisor, Calibration Manager, Training Coordinator |
| Jun 83 - Sep 86 | Fighter Squadron One Twenty Four
(VF-124) Avionics/Armament Division Note: This activity was decommissioned. |
Avionics Shift Supervisor, Quality Assurance Representative |
| Sep 86 - Apr 88 | Fighter Squadron One Ninety Four
(VF-194) Avionics/Armament Division Note: This activity was decommissioned. |
Avionics Branch Supervisor, Drug & Alcohol Program Advisor |
| Apr 88 - Feb 90 | Fighter Squadron Fifty One (VF-51) Avionics/Armament Division Note: This activity was decommissioned. |
Avionics Branch Supervisor, Air Warfare Qualification Board Member |
| Feb 90 - Apr 93 | Fighter Squadron One Twenty Four (VF-124) Fleet Replacement & Maintenance Training Dept. Note: This activity was decommissioned. |
Aircraft Maintenance Training Instructor,
Aviation Maintenance Training Supervisor Maintenance Control Chief |
"Once A Chief, Always A Chief!"
My Officer Career
I was commissioned as a Naval Officer (Ensign) in April, 1993, under the Limited Duty Officer (LDO) Program. I was one of only thirteen applicants, out of several hundred candidates for the Avionics Officer designator, that were selected that year! My very first assignment was aboard the Aircraft Carrier Carl Vinson as the IM-3 Division Officer.
| Dates | Duty Assignment, Location | Job Titles Held |
| Apr 93 - Jun 93 | Officer Training School, Pensacola, FL (Web Link) |
Student: Officer Indoctrination
and Aircraft Maintenance Officer Schools Aircraft Weight & Balance School |
| July 93 - Sep 94 | U.S.S. Carl Vinson (CVN-70), Alameda, CA Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (Web Link) |
Avionics Division Officer (IM-3 Division) Repair Locker Officer - Unit 1F |
| Oct 94 - July 96 | Naval Air Station, Alameda, CA Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department Note: This activity was decommissioned in 1996 |
Assistant Aircraft Maintenance Officer Maintenance/Material Control Officer |
| July 96 | Reverted to permanent enlisted pay grade
(E-8). Transferred to U.S. Navy Fleet Reserve |
Inactive Reserve - Waiting For Orders |
| Nov 2005 | Officially transferred to the retired roster | Civilian, Federal Government employee - U.S. Department of Agriculture |
My Naval career was disrupted in 1994 by a neck injury that caused a stroke. I served out the remainder of my Naval career at NAS Alameda as a Naval Officer (see last entry above), I was selected for O-3 (Lieutenant) but reverted back to my permanent enlisted pay grade of E-8 (due to retirement laws) and retired from active duty - transferred to Fleet Reserve (with Disabled Veteran status) in 1996.
"... he (The LDO/CWO) possesses the one thing that the direct commissions may pretend, but can never attain: the sure knowledge of what goes on in the hearts and minds of enlisted men..."
Gerald P. Averill
(Click on a citation letter to see the
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My Enlisted Career
