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Aviation Boatswain's Mate Launch & Recovery
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Service Details
Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
ABE-7006-Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment Maintenance Technician
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Aviation Boatswain's Mate Launch & Recovery
Primary Unit
2009-2012, ABE-7005, Naval Air Station (NAS) Kingsville TX
Previously Held NEC
ABE-0000-Aviation Boatswain's Mate Launch/Recovery
ABE-7005-MK-7 Arresting Gear Operator
ABE-7004-C-13 Mod 1 Catapult
ABH-9549-Acquisition Logistics Specialist
Service Years
1988 - 2012
Other Languages
Greek
Italian
Spanish
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
1993, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 424, Hatton-Gillette-Douglas Post (Executive Officer) (Tampa, Florida)
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2000, National Chief Petty Officers Association
2013, American Legion, Post 111 (Member) (Tampa, Florida)
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2013, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 13 (Instructor) (St Petersburg, Florida)
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What are you doing now:
Traveling the world as an Independent Travel Consultant, Research Analyst and Educator. I have enjoyed engaging people in the Latin American countries of Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile.
Other Comments:
I'm also currenly planning projects to travel and research the cultures of Brazil, India, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, and Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand).
From Month/Year July / 1992
To Month/Year November / 1994
Unit USS Constellation (CV-64) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer Second Class
NEC ABE-7005-MK-7 Arresting Gear Operator
Base, Station or City PHILADELPHIA/SANDIEGOState/Country United States
Last Updated: Nov 10, 2014
Best Friends ABE3 WILL WATSON, ABE3 JAMES REED, ABE2 CHARLES COLLINS; ABE1 J.R. THOMAS; RIP ABE2 KEITH WRIGHT; AN KEVIN SAYLES
Best Moment PORT VISIT IN TRINIDAD; ARRIVING IN SAN DIEGO; AND RIMPAC '94
Worst Moment GOING TO CAPTAIN MAST 1994
Chain of Command CAPT MIKE NORDEEN ABEC BEELAND- LCPO ABE1 ELLIS- LPO ABE1 VENTLING- LPO
Other Memories I WAS IN THE BEST SHAPE PHYSICALLY AND HAD SOME GOOD TIMES ON LIBERTY.