My duty stations

 

bulletRecruit Training Command, San Diego CA September - December 1984 (SR), Company 213.
bulletService School Command, COI RadioMan A School, San Diego CA January - March 1985 (RMSA) (Class 851022)

Naval Training Center / Recruit Training Center was returned to the City of San Diego, under much controversy, in late 1997.  Its new name is Liberty Station.  I hope San Diego treats her well.

bulletUSS Hermitage (LSD 34) Little Creek VA April 1985 - September 1988 (RM2) (Decommissioned October 2nd, 1989 in Little Creek, VA)

 
bulletTwo 6 month deployments to the Mediterranean. (I was there when we bombed the Libyan "Navy" and Libya in the latter part of March, 1986 and April 15th, 1986) Why? Because of this.
bullet85Dec?? - 86Jun??   (MARG 1-86)
bullet88Apr01 - 88Aug29  (MARG 1-88)

 

bulletTwo 'Refresher training', AKA "REFTRA" deployments to Guantanamo Bay Cuba.
bullet85May?? - 85Jul??
bullet87Jan26 - 87Mar05

bullet(Yes, this is the same place (Camp X-RAY) our Commander in Chief is
keeping the unlawful combatants from Afghanistan)

bulletService School Command COI RMC7 & CSTS (AKA Tech Control) School, San Diego CA November 1988 - April 1989 (RM2) (2313/2318))

bulletNAVAL Communications Station Puerto Rico April 1989 - May 1991 (RM1)
 
bulletTechnical Control Supervisor
bulletHurricane Hugo - September 18th, 1989.

bulletCOI Navy Leader Development Program for Leading Petty Officers (NLDP-LPO) June 1991

bulletUSS Briscoe (DD 977) Norfolk VA June 1991 - May 1993 (RM1 (SW)) (Decommissioned October 2nd, 2003 in Norfolk VA)

   

 

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bulletDivisional Leading Petty Officer

 
bulletSix month Red Sea deployment - Maritime Interdiction Force (MIF 3-92)   (92July?? - 93Jan14) in support of embargo on Iraq.

 

bulletNuclear weapon release officer alternate

(Did we have any "special" weapons onboard?  I'll leave that up to your imagination)

 

bulletCOI Sealed Authentication System; Emergency Action Procedures December 1991
bulletQualified Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS) January 1993
bulletCOI Group Paced Instructor School, Norfolk VA (9502) June 1993

bulletAEGIS Training Support Group, St Inigoes MD July 1993 - July 1996 (RM1 (SW) (MTS))

bulletCommand Leading Petty Officer
bulletCommand Training Petty Officer
bulletAEGIS Communication Team Trainer Instructor

 

bulletCOI JTIDS (LINK 16) Maintenance; Wayne NJ, June 1994
bulletCOI NAVY EHF SATCOM Terminal Operator; Marlborough MA, September 1994
bulletCOI AEGIS Communication Team Training; St Inigoes MD, November 1994
bulletCOI Curriculum Development; Dahlgren VA, December 1994
bulletMaster Training Specialist, April 1996

bulletNAVAL Computers and Telecommunications Station, Keflavik Iceland August 1996 – January 1999 (RMC (SW))
NCTS Iceland's Logo
bulletCommand DISA Representative
bulletTSCOMM LCPO (20 personnel)
bulletADP Division Officer (157 workstation LAN/NOVEL 4.11)

 

bulletCOI Information Systems Administration (ISA), San Diego CA, Feb-Mar 1999 (2735)

bulletUSS Mt. Vernon (LSD 39) San Diego, CA March 1999 – April 2001 (ITCS (SW)) (Decommissioned July 25th, 2003 in San Diego, CA)
USS Mount Vernon (LSD 39) Logo
bulletInformation Systems Security Manager (ISSM)
bulletADP Division Officer (227 workstation LAN Windows NT/Exchange 5.5)
bulletCommunications division officer (23 personnel)
bulletDepartmental LCPO (57 personnel)
bullet90 day deployment to Australia (Croc 99)
bullet6 month deployment (CARAT 2000) (Asia good will tour)

bulletFleet Technical Support Center Pacific San Diego (FTSCPAC) May 14th, 2001 - September 30th, 2004. (ITCS (SW))
Fleet Technical Support Center Logo

bulletCommand Defense Message System (DMS) manager.
bulletCode 204 (Information Technology) LCPO.

Command www sites:

USS Hermitage (LSD 34) www site.
This was my first command (and shipboard experience)

More on the USS Hermitage, Still more on the Hermitage

Maybe more than you wanted to know about the Hermitage...

Naval Computers and Telecommunications Station, Puerto Rico.

USS Briscoe (DD 977). This is the second ship I was stationed on.

Naval Computers and Telecommunications Station, Keflavik Iceland.

USS Mount Vernon (LSD 39)

 

Advancement timeline:

Rate Paygrade Date    Time to advance
Seaman Recruit E-1 September 25, 1984 N/A
Radioman Seaman Apprentice E-2 April 1, 1985 Six Months
Radioman Seaman E-3 September 1, 1985 One Year
Radioman Third Class E-4 July 1, 1986 Twenty two Months
Radioman Second Class E-5 Dec 16, 1987 Three years & three months
Radioman First Class E-6 June 28, 1990 Five years & nine months
Radioman Chief Petty Officer E-7 September 16, 1996 Twelve Years
Radioman Senior Chief Petty Officer E-8 April 9, 2001 Sixteen years, six months