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Command Master Chief
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Service Details
Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Command Master Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
9580-Command Master Chief
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Command Master Chief
Primary Unit
2001-2004, 9580, HS-8 Eight Ballers
Previously Held NEC
AW-0000-Aviation Warfare Systems Operator
9502-Instructor
AW-7881-SH-3D Sonar Operator
AW-7872-SH3H Multi-Sensor Operator
AW-7871-SH2F Multi-Sensor Operator
AW-7876-SH60F Multi-Sensor Operator
Service Years
1973 - 2004
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Operation Desert Storm
Cold War
Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club
Operation Enduring Freedom
Order of the Shellback
Order of the Golden Shellback
Order of the Golden Dragon
Persian Excursion
Plank Owner
What are you doing now:
I am now fully RETIRED and loving it!
Other Comments:
My nicknames changed over the years: Grit, Griff, White Stripe, Jefe, and Helogod are the ones I recall.
From Month/Year - / 1982
To Month/Year - / 1985
Unit USS Enterprise (CVN-65) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer First Class
NEC AW-7872-SH3H Multi-Sensor Operator
Base, Station or City NAS AlamedaState/Country California
Last Updated: Oct 30, 2019
Other Memories I was an AW1 with HS-6. Deployed 01 Sep 82-28 Apr 83 NorPac/WestPac and 30 May 84-20 Dec 84 WestPac/IO/NorPac.