Bateman, Tom, GMM1

Gunner's Mate M (Missiles)

TWS Ribbon Bar

Service Photo

Service Details

Current Service Status
USN Veteran

Current/Last Rank
Petty Officer First Class

Current/Last Primary NEC
GMM-0986-TERRIER GMLS MK-10 Mods-0 & 7 Maintenance Tech

Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Gunner's Mate M (Missiles)

Primary Unit
1978-1982, GM-0986, USS Preble (DDG-46)

Previously Held NEC
GM-0986-TERRIER GMLS MK-10 Mods-0 & 7 Maintenance Tech

Service Years
1976 - 1989

Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates

Cold War

Neptune Subpoena

Order of the Ditch

Order of the Shellback

Panama Canal

Persian Excursion

Safari To Suez

Suez Canal

Voice Edition

Voices Profile

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)

United Services Automobile Association (USAA)


	1982, National Rifle Association (NRA)
	1998, Association of Gunner's Mates
	1998, United States Naval Institute - Assoc. Page
	1999, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) - Assoc. Page
	2005, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2010, United Services Automobile Association (USAA) - Assoc. Page

Additional Information

What are you doing now:

I am the Network Engineering and Information Security Manager for Wayne County Airport Authority, the entity that manages the Detroit Metropolitain Airport and Willow Run Airport.

Other Comments:

I am the webmaster of the USS Preble (DLG-15/DDG-46) website. Stop on by and visit.

I am also the Cruiser Archive Manager at NavSource.org. An expansive website which provides a photographic history of every United States Navy vessel.

Remembrance Profiles - 26 Sailors Remembered

Bailey, Fred, CAPT, (1951-1987)	Blundell, Peveril, CAPT, (1953-1983)
Bowen, Alva, CAPT, (1945-1975)	Calhoun, William, LCDR, (1950-1972)
Cameron, Alan, CAPT	Ditzek, Joseph, CWO2, (1920-1951)
Eiben, James, PO2, (1968-1972)	Fitz-Patrick, Edward, CAPT, (1941-1962)
Gibbons, Paul, RADM, (1952-1982)	Haynes, Kenneth, RADM, (1942-1978)
Jeremiah, David Elmer, ADM, (1956-1994)	Kalleres, Michael, VADM, (1962-1994)
Killebrew, Thomas, CAPT, (1950-1974)	Killinger, Edwin, CAPT, (1956-1990)
Kirkpatrick, Tracy, PO2, (1978-1982)	Morris, Robert, RADM, (1952-1977)
Pedneault, Henry, CDR, (1938-1968)	Phillips, David, PO1
Relyea, Cris, MCPO, (1963-1993)	Sadler, Stuart, CAPT, (1944-1974)

1985-1989, GM-0986, Retired Reserve

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From Month/Year - / 1985	To Month/Year - / 1989
Unit Retired Reserve Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer First Class	NEC GM-0986-TERRIER GMLS MK-10 Mods-0 & 7 Maintenance Tech
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	Retired Reserve Details

	Type Shore Support
	Parent Unit Status - Special Circumstance	Strength Command
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Dec 12, 2022

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7 Members Also There at Same Time

Retired Reserve

Johnson, Jeanne, CAPT, (1980-2010)	OFF	290X	Captain
Kennicutt, Roger, CDR, (1966-1971)	OFF	00X	Commander
Whitehead, Mike, LCDR, (1974-1995)	OFF	1955	Lieutenant Commander
Grazevich, Al, PO1, (1968-Present)	BM	BM-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Jones, Julia, LCDR, (1984-2014)	BM	BM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Flores, Hector, PO1, (1980-2003)	PC	PC-0000	Petty Officer Third Class
Kindler, Scott, PO2, (1984-1992)			Petty Officer Second Class