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Command Master Chief
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Service Details
Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Command Master Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
9580-Command Master Chief
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Command Master Chief
Primary Unit
1970-1972, ADJ-0000, HA(L)-3 Seawolves
Previously Held NEC
AD-0000-Aviation Machinist's Mate
ADJ-0000-Aviation Machinist Mate-Jet
AD-8215-Helicopter Rescue Aircrewman
AD-8207-Utility Aircrewman
Service Years
1969 - 1991
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Operation Desert Storm
Cold War
Order of the Rock
Order of the Shellback
Suez Canal
1972, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 4355, Atomic Post (Member) (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- Chap. Page
2009, HA(L)-3 Seawolf Association
- Assoc. Page
2009, Gamewardens Association
2011, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)
- Assoc. Page
2011, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 8 (Member) (Riverton, Utah)
- Chap. Page
2014, TWS Memorial Team
2014, Naval Helicopter Association (NHA)
2015, Navy TWS Advisory Group (NTAG)
What are you doing now:
Tracking down everyone attached to HA(L)-3 and NAS Whidbey Search & Rescue.
Augsberger, Lawrence Charles, PO3 , (1967-1971)
From Month/Year - / 1985
To Month/Year - / 1985
Unit USS Mars (AFS-1) Unit Page
Rank Senior Chief Petty Officer
NEC AD-8215-Helicopter Rescue Aircrewman
Base, Station or City Not SpecifiedState/Country Not Specified
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USS Mars (AFS-1) , the third United States Navy ship to bear the name, was laid down by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, California , on 5 May 1962; launched on 15 June 1963, sponsored by Mrs. Clyde Doyle, widow of Representative Clyde Doyle of California ; and commissioned at Long Beach Naval Shipyard on 21 December 1963, with Captain Russel C. Medley in command.
Mars was the first of a new class that was intended to replace three types of supply ships: the AF (Store Ship), AKS (Stores Issue Ship), and AVS (Aviation Supply Ship). Two innovations were Boeing UH-46 helicopters and an automatic highline shuttle transfer system to make a rapid transfer of supplies possible. To speed replenishment processing, Mars became the first ship in the Pacific Fleet to be equipped with a UNIVAC 1104 computer system.
Type
Surface Vessel
Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Auxiliary
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
Last Updated: Mar 25, 2009
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