I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Addictions Counselor. I'm currently retired and enjoying the good life. I continue to help others with mental health and substance abuse issuse as needed.
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I served 6 months as a town board member from 1999-2000 and 2 terms as the Mayor of Del Norte, Colorado from 2000-2004. I am the former Commanding Officer of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, TX Chapter 23-1 (6 years) and the former Region 5 Representative covering TX, OK, LA and AR (5 years). I served 5 years on the Board of Directors of Victory Therapy Center, Roanoke, TX. I currently serve on the Board of Directors of Restoration 360 based in Glenn Heights, TX.
NEC EN-4291-Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Mechanic
Base, Station or City San Diego
State/Country California
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USS Prairie (AD-15) Details
Hull number AD-15 Dixie Class Destroyer Tender:
Laid down, 7 December 1938, at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
Launched, 9 December 1939
Commissioned USS Prairie (AD-15), 5 August 1940, CAPT. John B. W. Waller in command
During World War II Prairie was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
During the Vietnam War Prairie participated in the following campaign:
Vietnam War Campaign
Campaign and Dates
Vietnam Ceasefire Campaign, 16 t o17 March 1973
Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 26 March 1993
Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
Title transfer to MARAD, 1 April 1993
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 2 April 2 1993 (some sources indicate 6 April 1993) to "Nishant Import & Export" of the United Arab Emirates for $960,000. Towed to India in April 1993 and scrapped
USS Prairie earned one campaign star for Vietnam War service
Specifications: Displacement 18,000 t. (lim) Length 530' 6" Beam 73' 4" Draft 24' 5" Speed 19.6 kts (trial) Complement
officer 123
enlisted 1,576 Armament
four single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
four single 40mm AA gun mounts
two 3pdr gun mounts
Aft two 5"/38 mounts and all 40mm gun mounts later removed, and helicopter platform added Largest boom capacity 20 t. Ship's Service Generators four 750Kw 450V A.C. Fuel Capacity
NFSO 24,555 Bbls.
Diesel 2,705 Bbls. Propulsion
two New York Shipbuilding Parsons-design steam turbines
four Babcock & Wilcox "A" (three drum expansion type) boilers 485psi 720°.
double De Laval Main Reduction Gear two propellers, 11,000shp
Worst Moment Having to identify a fellow "A" ganger killed in an auto accident
Almost getting dropped from AC&R school for challenging an instructor with no AC&R experience when the entire class failed a troubleshooting problem. My punishment was not getting the school plaque as honor student.
Chain of Command MMC Porter Norton was my first chief in the Navy. He was a WWII vet who taught me a lot about being a leader and he was a top notch human being.
Other Memories Made 2 WestPacs-got to see the Asian world
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