Previously Held NEC AN-0000-Airman
8327-Organizational Maintenance
AME-8341-F/A-18 E-F (Super Hornet) Organizational Level Maintenance Technician
Service Years
1972 - 1993
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
What are you doing now:
I'm A Environmental Health Inspector for Mohave County. I have Been living in Lake Havasu Since 1993. I went on the have three children and 8 grandchildren. They fill our lives with love. My wife Heater and i have been married now thirty three years. My son joined the Marines and he did two tours in Iraq and one in Afganistan with out a scratch. He obted to come home and raise his family here. My youngest daughter Jamey is serving in the US Navy she is currently staioned in Wheidby Island. Her first tour was on the last Carrier I was on the Abraham Lincoln. My wife Heather got to go on a dependants Cruise from Hawaii to San Diego with her and it was the trill of her life. My oldest daughter works for lake havasu city Retire the Second time in four years. Not for long though I'm sure I'll find a third career after 21 years in the Navy its hard to sit around just can't do it.
Other Comments:
I lost my best friend Patrick H. Butler. He passed away the end of July after a bitter battle with cancer. He was a good friend who probaly knew me better then I know myself. He was always full of fun, compassion for his shipmates and family, but he also had a stern hand when things needed to be done. The team we became was something of a calvin and hobbs type of thing, He always pulled me back when it wasnt' safe and pushed me in when it was. We held each other up he had my back and I had his. The year we made chief was something else. They rated one PR and one AME that year and we both made it from the same squadron. I wonder what would have become of us had one of us not. He would have smiled and said next time. I of course would have pouted I will miss him, He was so full of life. He honestly cared I trusted him without doubt. If he told you it was so then it was. I have never met a man i admired more. Fair winds and following sails my friend. God Bless and rest in piece we will miss you
NEC AME-8319-P-3 System Organizational Maintenance Technician
Base, Station or City Moffett Field
State/Country California
Patch
VP-19 Big Red Details
VP-19
NAME: Big Red
TAIL CODES: CH ('53 to mid '57) /PE (from mid '57)
Established: 4. February 1953
Disestablished: Active
Latest update: April 19, 2008
Changed format February 17, 2002.
Photo of CH-1 added 30. January 2000.
All 135xx series histories updated 19. April 2000.
Photo of 143172 and patch added 27. June 2000.
Three new photos of 135584 added 4. August 2000.
Photos of 142545, 145902, 145923 and 147948 added 26. March 2001.
Photo of 145903 added Sept. 18, 2001.
Photos of 135590 and CH-12 added 17. February 2002.
Photo of 145901 added October 19, 2002.
Photo of CH-5 added February 11, 2003.
Photos of CH-2, CH-3, CH-5, and CH-7 added October 13, 2003.
Additional photos from Tom Bryant added October 17, 2003.
1000 pixel photos of 135590 formation with CH12 and 145923 added January 28, 2004.
Photo of 147948 added November 01, 2004.
Photo of 145923 added January 30, 2008.
1000 pixel photos of 135584 added April 19, 2008.