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Best Moment Our second daughter (4th child) was born during this tour of duty, on Thanksgiving Day.
Chain of Command Formerly "Fleet Training Group, Pearl Harbor"
Other Memories Assigned Instructor Duty at Fleet Training Group, Pearl Harbor, HI, from June 1974 to June 1977. Set up and established a course of instruction in Communications Quality Monitoring Systems (CQMS) and off-line cryptographic systems. Instructed several classes of fleet personnel in these systems. Rode various U.S. Naval and Coast Guard ships in the Hawaiian area, including Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand naval ships, conducting observations and critiques of simulated battle exercises for communications divisions.
I think the best and the proudest period of my career was while I was stationed at this command, being responsible for establishing a new course of instruction in Communications Quality Monitoring Systems (CQMS). I converted a basically empty classroom into a communications lab with all the necessary electronic equipment to teach the course. It took me two years just to procure, barter, cumshaw the needed communications and teletype equipment from the area, then to wire everything together on my own. By the time I finished, I had to write the curriculum for teaching the course. I have to say, I was pretty proud of the work that I had accomplished. Once I completed lab & paperwork, I began teaching the course to fleet personnel. At the end of each 2-week class I taught, the students filled out critiques about the course and I got numerous "outstanding" compliments for the course. I was only able to teach seven 2-week courses before being transferred to my next command for my final year of sea-duty. The other proud moments of this duty at Fleet Training Group was riding the various U.S. Naval and Coast Guard ships in the Hawaiian area, including Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand naval ships, conducting observations and critiques of simulated battle exercises for the communication divisions. As I went to work each day by boat to Ford Island, I would pass the USS Arizona Memorial. It was a very somberly experience, no matter how many times you go by it. (Note: Fleet Training Group, Pearl Harbor was later renamed by the Navy as Afloat Training Group, Middle Pacific (ATG MidPac).)