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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 September / 2001
To Month/Year October / 2002
Unit USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer First Class
NEC MA-0000-Master-At-Arms
Base, Station or City San DiegoState/Country California
Patch
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: Feb 3, 2012
Best Friends SM3 Kira Page MS2 Shae Bentley LI1(SW/AW) Ray Woodfox MA1(SW/AW) Derrick Lloyd MA1(SW) Latisha McKnuckle MA2 Fabry BM3 Kasey Crisp
Best Moment Working with the Master At Arms Office!!!
Worst Moment Working in the Galley!!! I hated the way I was treated unfairly. I hated doing seaman work as a 2nd class and later as a first class. I hated the fact that seaman and 3rd classes sat in the office while I busted my butt. That is why I sent in several request to transfer out of the galley. I finally got to work with the Master at Arms Office.
Chain of Command CAPT Haefner, Commander Amphibious Squadron 5 CAPT Soleman, CO CAPT Gay, XO CMDCM (SW/AW) Penton, CMC Security Department: LT Santillanes, DIVO MACS(SW/AW) Patterson, LCPO MA1(SW) McKnuckle, LPO Roving Patrol: CS1(SW) Kerofsky
Other Memories Though I was not a rated Master at Arms I worked for the department doing roving patrols, security watches, and dispatch.