Prater, John V., NCCS

Navy Counselor
 
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Service Status
USN Retired
Final Rank
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Last NEC
9592-Career Information Program Advisor
Last NEC Group
Navy Counselor
Primary Unit
1993-1996, NC-9516, Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar (NAVCONBRIG), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar
Previously Held NEC's
AO-0000-Aviation Ordnanceman
NC-9589-Command Career Counselor
NC-9585-Navy Recruiter Canvasser
NC-9516-Correctional Counselor
Service Years
1977 - 1998
Other Languages
Spanish
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Decommissioning
Neptune Subpoena
Order of the Magellan
Order of the Shellback
Order of the Emerald Shellback
Order of the Golden Dragon
Safari To Suez
Suez Canal
Operation Southern Watch
Persian Excursion
Tailhook
NC-Navy Counselor
Five Hash Marks

 Official Badges 

Cold War Medal Career Counselor U.S. Navy Corrections Battle E

Navy Recruiting Gold Wreath Award (10th) US Navy Retired 20 US Navy Honorable Discharge US Marine Corps Honorable Discharge (Original)




 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Order of the Golden Shellback Persian Gulf Yacht Club Navy Chief 100 Yrs 1893-1993

Navy Chief Initiated Order of the Golden Dragon Persian Excursion Cold War Veteran

JEST GONZO Station Yacht Club Did the Ditch (Suez Canal) Vietnam Veteran 50th Commemoration

Vietnam 50th Anniversary Indian Ocean Yacht Club Olongapo 100 Missions Vietnam Era Veteran






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 Ribbon Bar
Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist Badge

 
 Enlisted/Officer Basic Training
  1977, OSVET Indoctrination (Great Lakes, IL)
 Unit Assignments
Naval Station (NAVSTA) Roosevelt Roads, PRAttack Squadron-105 (VA-105)Navy Recruiting District (NRD) Jacksonville, FL, Commander Naval Recruiting Command (CNRC)USS Dale (CG-19)
USS Worden (CG-18)Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar (NAVCONBRIG), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) MiramarUSS Constellation (CV-64)
  1977-1980, AO-0000, Weapons Department, Naval Station (NAVSTA) Roosevelt Roads, PR
  1980-1984, NC-9589, Attack Squadron-105 (VA-105)
  1984-1988, NC-9585, Navy Recruiting District (NRD) Jacksonville, FL, Commander Naval Recruiting Command (CNRC)
  1988-1990, 9592, USS Dale (CG-19)
  1991-1993, 9592, USS Worden (CG-18)
  1993-1996, NC-9516, Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar (NAVCONBRIG), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar
  1996-1998, 9592, USS Constellation (CV-64)
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  1982-1982 Deployment - Mediterranean (MED) Cruise '82
  1983-1983 Deployment - World Cruise '83
  1983-1983 Training Exercise - Bright Star '83
  1989-1989 Deployment - Mediterranean (MED) Cruise '89
  1992-1993 Operation Southern Watch (Iraq)
  1992-1993 Deployment - Western Pacific (WESTPAC) Cruise '92
  1996-1996 Operation Gatekeeper 1996
  1997-1997 Operation Northern Watch (Iraq)
  1997-1997 Deployment - Western Pacific (WESTPAC) Cruise '97
  1997-1997 Exercise Arabian Skies 1997
 Colleges Attended 
Central Texas CollegeChapman UniversityFlorida Atlantic University
  1982-1982, Florida Communinty College at Jacksonville
  1991-1991, Central Texas College
  1995-1998, Chapman University
  2000-2000, Florida Atlantic University
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