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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Petty Officer First Class
Current/Last Primary NEC
MA-9575-Correctional Custody Specialist Ashore
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Master-At-Arms
Primary Unit
1988-1990, BM-0000, USS New Jersey (BB-62)
Previously Held NEC
SN-0000-Seaman
SN-9700-Seaman - Infantry, Gun Crews, and Seamanship Specialists
LI-0000-Lithographer
BM-0000-Boatswain's Mate
BM-9571-Safety Technician
MS-3527-Culinary Specialist
MS-3533-Galley/Pantry Watch Captain
CS-3525-Private Dining Facility
MS-0000-Mess Management Specialist
9512-3-M System Coordinator
CS-3530-Enlisted Aide Specialist
CS-9588-Career Information Program Advisor
CS-9502-Instructor
CS-9575-Correctional Custody Specialist Ashore
CS-3538-Billeting Manager and Superviser
CS-3529-Galley and Wardroom Superviser
MA-0000-Master-At-Arms
MA-9501-Anti-Terrorism Training Supervisor Instructor
MA-2008-Afloat Corrections Specialist
Service Years
1984 - 2007
Other Languages
Japanese
Polish
Spanish
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Decommissioning
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Order of the Antarctic Circle
Order of the Bear
Order of the Rock
Order of the Magellan
Order of the Golden Dragon
Order of the Horned Shellback
Persian Excursion
Plank Owner
From Month/Year October / 2003
To Month/Year November / 2004
Unit USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer First Class
NEC MA-2008-Afloat Corrections Specialist
Base, Station or City KuwaitState/Country Kuwait
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Hull number LHA-3
Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship (General Purpose) :
Laid down, 5 March 1973, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS.
Final Disposition, sunk as a target, 10 July 2006, during SINKEX 2006
Launched, 11 April 1977
Commissioned USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) , 23 September 1978, CAPT. Ted C. Steele USN, in command
Deactivated at Naval Station San Diego, 13 October 2005
Towed to Naval Station Pearl for lay up in the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility Pearl Harbor
Decommissioned, 28 October 2005
Specifications :
Displacement 38,900 tons (fl)
Length 820'
Beam 106'
Draft 26'
Speed 24 kts.
Complement 82 Officer, 882 Enlisted
Troop Accommodations 1900 plus
Armament
two RAM launchers
two single 5"/54 gun mounts
two 20 mm Phalanx (CIWS)
six 25mm chain guns
Aircraft 28 amphibious transport helicopters
Power Plant two 600 psi boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 total shaft horsepower
Type
Surface Vessel
Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Amphibious
Created/Owned By
EM White, Charles (Randy), EM2 254
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2012
Best Friends CS2 Shae Bentley CS3 Vestal
Best Moment Working as a cell block supervisor in the brig.
Worst Moment Falling down a ladder-well by a cabinet bed, injuring my neck, right shoulder, and right knee. Not being able to go to rehab properly and having disability now. The pain and tingling sucks.
Chain of Command 2002-2004: Brigadier General Medina, Commander Expeditionary Strike Force 3 Commodore Federoff, Commander Amphibious Squadron 5 Captain Gay, CO Commander Williamson, XO CMDCM(SW) Knipple, CMC Supply Dept: CDR Baquer Supply Officer LCDR Magallano Assistant Supply Officer S-2 Division: CWO2 Limon, DIVO CSCM(SW/AW) Ejanda, SLCPO CSCS(SW) Perez, LCPO CS1(SW/AW) Abas, LPO CS1(SW/AW) Ejanda, ALPO CS1(SW) Melchor, ALPO CS1(SW) Kerofsky, TPO, Laundry PO, DCPO, Safety PO, Fire Team Investigator, Triage Supervisor during GQ, Speedline Supervisor, Walk In Reefer Supervisor, Combat Cargo Team, Urinalysis Coordinator, Brig Staff, Cell Block Supervisor CS3 Bentley, TPO Administrative Coordinator Security Department: LTJG White, DIVO MACS(SW/AW) Canonizado, LCPO MAC Arboleda, ALCPO MAC(SW) Gonzales, Brig CPO MA1(SW/AW) McKnuckle, Brig Admin CS1(SW) Kerofsky, Cell Block Supervisor, Prisoner Escort MA2 Tep, Brig Staff
Other Memories My friend B was always there for me to talk to, no matter what.