Previously Held NEC MS-0000-Mess Management Specialist
Service Years
1988 - 1996
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
What are you doing now:
I now work as a Management and Program Analyst Certification for the Fed. I currently live in the Atlanta suburb of Lithonia when I'm not traveling. I am an active member of Indigo Ink Atlanta and can be seen performing around town at a Literary Latte function near you. In addition, I am working on my first book. I am an active FB user.
Other Comments:
My older son, Reggie, is 19 (20 in December) and is pre-med in Valdosta
Damonte is 14 and a freshman in high school
1992-1993, MS-0000, USS Forrestal (CVA-59)
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CLASS - FORRESTAL
Displacement 56,000 Tons, Dimensions, 1039' (oa) x 129' 1" x 37' (Max)
Armament 8 x 5"/54, 100 Aircraft.
Armor, Unknown.
Machinery, 260,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 3800 - 4280.
Named after
CVA-59 was named after James Vincent Forrestal (1892-1949). He became the first Under Secretary of the Navy in August 1940, charged with building the world's largest Fleet. His brilliant work in procurement and production led to his appointment as the 48th Secretary of the Navy in May 1944. Forrestal carried out this new assignment with such distinction that he was the natural choice as the first Secretary of Defense, a position to which he was appointed in September 1947, and in which he continued outstanding service to the Nation, until he resigned in March 1949. He had served in the US Navy as a naval aviator during World War I.
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