Albanese, Thomas, SCPO

Electronics Warfare Technician

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Service Details

Current Service Status
USN Retired

Current/Last Rank
Senior Chief Petty Officer

Current/Last Primary NEC
CTT-1781-Electronics Warfare Technician (Advanced Application)

Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Electronics Warfare Technician

Primary Unit
1999-2002, EW-1781, USS La Salle (LPD-3)

Previously Held NEC
EW-0000-Electronics Warfare Operator
EW-1733-Electronics Warfare Systems Technician (AN/SLQ-32(V)2)
9502-Instructor
EW-1781-Electronics Warfare Technician (Advanced Application)

Service Years
1985 - 2005

Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates

Cold War

Operation Enduring Freedom

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Order of the Ditch

Order of the Rock

Order of the Shellback

Safari To Suez

Suez Canal

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Additional Information

What are you doing now:

Acquisition Logistics Lead.

1996-1998, EW-1781, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 20, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)

From Month/Year - / 1996	To Month/Year - / 1998
Unit Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 20 Unit Page
Rank Chief Petty Officer	NEC EW-1781-Electronics Warfare Technician (Advanced Application)
Base, Station or City Norfolk	State/Country Virginia

Patch	Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 20, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT) Details

	Type Combat - Sea
	Parent Unit Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)	Strength Navy Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Mar 15, 2007

Memories For This Unit
Best Friends LT Ken Worthy, OS1 Dave Westbrook, OSCS Tim Heath, GSCS Dave Benninger, YNCS Cory Doe	Best Moment Time spent getting involved in everything from Surface, Sub Surface, to Tomahawk. We did great things for a 19 person staff.

Worst Moment Not making Chief until my second year there.	Chain of Command CAPT Paul Danks, CDR Ron Adamo,

Other Memories Lots of Liberty, Russian Navy 350th Jubilee.

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My Photos For This Unit

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9 Members Also There at Same Time

Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 20

Kratochwill, Paul, CDR, (1985-2007)	OFF	111X	Lieutenant Commander
Diamond, David, CDR, (1986-2006)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant
Worthy, Kenneth, CAPT, (1985-2021)	OFF	112X	Lieutenant
Doe, Corey, SCPO, (1980-2002)	YN	YN-0000	Senior Chief Petty Officer
Gant, Jim, PO2, (1991-2001)	GS	GSE-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Benson, Richard Adam, CDR, (1979-2006)			Commander
Crouse, Randy, PO2, (1993-2001)			Petty Officer Second Class
Moscoe, Brian, CPO, (1974-Present)			Petty Officer Second Class
Whitlock, James, PO2, (1994-1999)			Petty Officer Second Class