Talabong, Elison, AOCS

Aviation Ordnanceman
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
AO-9502-Instructor
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Aviation Ordnanceman
Primary Unit
2016-2018, AO-9502, Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) (Staff)
Previously Held NEC
8347-S-3B System Organizational Maintenance Technician
AO-6801-Air Launch Weapons Technician
9502-Instructor
Service Years
1994 - 2018
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Decommissioning
Iwo Jima
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Order of the Shellback
Persian Excursion
Suez Canal
AO-Aviation Ordnanceman
Six Hash Marks

 Official Badges 

Master Training Specialist US Navy Retired 20 US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Pearl Harbor Memorial Medallion Navy Chief Initiated Captain Arnold J. Isbell Award

Persian Gulf Yacht Club Persian Excursion Excellence Award Weapons Retention Excellence Awards




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Association of Aviation Ordnancemen
  1997, Association of Aviation Ordnancemen


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"Never Forget our Sailors, for they are greatest and most valuable asset in The Navy; we must treat them as such."

October 2008:  Recently detached from USS KITTY HAWK; on our way to Sunny Florida for Shore Duty after 6 1/2 years on FDNF/Aurdous Duty in Japan...

March 2009-July 2010:   Served @ NATTC PENSACOLA FLORIDA, AS AO(A1) "A" SCHOOL CIRRICULUM CHIEF/AOA1 INSTRUCTOR NATTC AND MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT CAREER COUNSELOR...         I. Y. A. O. Y. A. S.!!!

July 2010:  Currently AO Schoolhouse Course Supervisor... HooYAH Ordies - HooYAH CHIEFS! 
   
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  1995-1998, 8347, USS Independence (CV-62)

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Unit
USS Independence (CV-62) Unit Page

Rank
Airman
NEC
8347-S-3B System Organizational Maintenance Technician

Base, Station or City
CFAY Yokosuka, Japan
State/Country
Japan
  
 
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 USS Independence (CV-62) Details

USS Independence (CV-62)

USS INDEPENDENCE (CVA-62)
(later CV-62)







Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - November - Quebec - November
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "GUN TRAIN"
 
 CLASS - FORRESTAL
Displacement 56,000 Tons, Dimensions, 1046' 6" (oa) x 129' 1" x 37' (Max)
Armament 8 x 5"/54, 100 Aircraft.
Armor, Unknown.
Machinery, 280,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 34 Knots, Crew 3800 - 4280.

Operational and Building Data


Built by New York Navy. Laid down 1 July 1955, launched 6 June 1958, commissioned 10 Jan 1959. Redesignated as a multimission carrier (CV 62) 28 February 1973. after being modified to operate ASW aircraft. SLEP at Philadelphia Navy Yard 4/1985 to mid-1988.


Replaced Midwayas forward-deployed carrier in Japan, 1991. Island was extensively enlarged during SLEP and other modernizations. Replaced by Kitty Hawk in July 1998 and decommissioned to reserve on 30 September 1998. Struck from the Navy list on 8 March 2004.


Status:Stricken, to be disposed of (Maintenance Category X).

Berth:NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Bremerton, WA.


Planned disposition:In April 2004 Navy officials identified ex-Independence as one of 24 decommissioned ships available to be sunk as artificial reefs. As of February 2008, however, she was scheduled to be dismantled in the next five years.

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Forrestal-class
Strength
Aircraft Carrier

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Jul 8, 2009
   
   
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1953 Members Also There at Same Time
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USS Independence (CV-62)
Grigsby, Rodney, CPO, (1997-Present) 00 8347 Petty Officer Third Class
King, Brian, CPO, (1992-2007) 00 8347 Petty Officer Third Class
Pearce, Jeffrey, PO1, (1996-2006) 00 8347 Petty Officer Third Class
Hare, Michael, MCPO, (1971-2001) 00 9517 Master Chief Petty Officer
Taylor, Curtis, MCPO, (1976-2003) 00 8800 Master Chief Petty Officer
Rich, Michael, MCPO, (1979-2005) 00 9502 Senior Chief Petty Officer
FISH, Robert, SCPO, (1981-2007) 00 9517 Chief Petty Officer
Losinio, Siegmeunde, SCPO, (1979-2005) 00 00E Chief Petty Officer
Moser, Gary, SCPO, (1982-2008) 00 8800 Chief Petty Officer
Price, Ron, SCPO, (1981-2008) 00 8316 Chief Petty Officer
Bjorndal, Mark, PO1, (1978-2000) 00 8331 Petty Officer First Class
Brody, Josh, PO1, (1987-1999) 00 00E Petty Officer First Class
Decell, Ledwin, SCPO, (1983-2008) 00 8342 Petty Officer First Class
Heard, Rich, SCPO, (1987-2010) 00 8342 Petty Officer First Class
Johnson, Chris, MCPO, (1984-2014) 00 9595 Petty Officer First Class
Nabas, Ariel, (1986-Present) 00 9527 Petty Officer First Class
Peck, Jeff, PO1, (1989-1999) 00 8342 Petty Officer First Class
Pelley, Lee, PO1, (1982-2003) 00 9520 Petty Officer First Class
Salonga, Dante, SCPO, (1985-2009) 00 8805 Petty Officer First Class
Severns, Steve, PO1, (1982-2002) 00 8878 Petty Officer First Class
Bowen, Rolando, SCPO, (1989-2011) 00 8342 Petty Officer Second Class
Connell, Scott, PO1, (1993-2006) 00 8878 Petty Officer Second Class
Dupire, Jason, PO2, (1994-1998) 00 AO-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Miller, Robert, SCPO, (1991-2018) 00 8342 Petty Officer Second Class
Norris, Barry, MCPO, (1991-Present) 00 00E Petty Officer Second Class
AMC(AW) Russell, Philip, CPO, (1994-Present) 00 8332 Petty Officer Third Class
Bolin, Gary, CWO2, (1992-Present) 00 00E Petty Officer Third Class
Castleman, Joseph, LT, (1993-2014) 00 8342 Petty Officer Third Class
Cook, Roger, PO1, (1990-2010) 00 00E Petty Officer Third Class
Duffy, John, PO1, (1992-2012) 00 8342 Petty Officer Third Class
Duna, Victor, PO1, (1990-2012) 00 8312 Petty Officer Third Class
Fleming, Don, PO1, (1994-2014) 00 9595 Petty Officer Third Class
LaFontaine, Gregory, PO3, (1996-2001) 00 8406 Petty Officer Third Class
Lupo, Mark, PO1, (1993-2013) 00 8312 Petty Officer Third Class
Mammola, Anthony, PO2, (1995-2009) 00 8845 Petty Officer Third Class
Paxton, Anthony, CPO, (1991-2007) 00 8342 Petty Officer Third Class
Shelley, Clifford, MCPO, (1993-2013) 00 00E Petty Officer Third Class
Stowe, Jacob, PO3, (1995-1999) 00 8332 Petty Officer Third Class
VAN NIMWEGEN, PETER, CPO, (1993-Present) 00 8319 Petty Officer Third Class
Weber, Jake, PO1, (1993-Present) 00 8342 Petty Officer Third Class
Wilbur, Ronald, PO1, (1992-2007) 00 00E Petty Officer Third Class
Moran, Adalberto, PO1, (1996-2012) 00 00E Airman
Ober, David, PO2, (1996-2004) 00 8342 Airman
Portwood, Curtis, PO3, (1996-2000) 00 8342 Airman
Scott, John, LT, (2002-2007) 00 8342 Airman
Smith, James TWS, CWO3, (1920-2021) 00 8216 Airman Apprentice
Barger, Eric, PO1, (1993-2007) 00 00E Airman Recruit
Irelan, Dennis Wayne, CAPT, (1968-1997) OFF 131X Captain
Kircher, Hardy, CAPT, (1973-2003) OFF 131X Captain
Schlientz, Steve, CAPT, (1973-2005) OFF 132X Captain
Sullivan, Mark, CAPT, (1971-1999) OFF 131X Commander
Brunn, Chuck, LCDR, (1984-2004) OFF 163X Lieutenant Commander
Colton, Scott, CDR, (1978-2009) OFF 618X Lieutenant Commander
Hornbrook III, John, CDR, (1973-2007) OFF 651X Lieutenant Commander
MacKenzie Jr, Warren "Gair", LCDR, (1982-1995) OFF 165X Lieutenant Commander
Nichols, Paul, CDR, (1974-2003) OFF 310X Lieutenant Commander
Spires, Tony, CDR, (1971-2001) OFF 631X Lieutenant Commander
Stillwaggon, Joseph, CDR, (1982-2015) OFF 163X Lieutenant Commander
Wilson, Tony, CDR, (1985-2005) OFF 111X Lieutenant Commander

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