Croix, John, MMCS

Machinists Mate
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
MM-4204-Steam Propulsion Maintenance Supervisor
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Machinists Mate
Primary Unit
1985-1988, MM-4505, Readiness Support Group Norfolk, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)
Previously Held NEC
AD-0000-Aviation Machinist's Mate
MM-3385-Surface Ship Nuclear Propulsion Plant Operator - Mechanical
MM-0000-Machinist's Mate
MM-4505-Steam Propulsion Maintenance Supervisor
Service Years
1961 - 1988
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club
Order of the Shellback
Suez Canal
MM-Machinists Mate
Six Hash Marks

 Official Badges 

Career Counselor U.S. Navy Chief Master-at-Arms U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms Firefighter

US Navy Retired 20 Command Master at Arms Firefighter Cross Battle E

US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club First Nuclear Powered Task Force in Combat Cold War Veteran

Did the Ditch (Suez Canal) Blue Water Navy


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Fleet Reserve Association (FRA)American LegionNational Association of Destroyer Veterans (Tin Can Sailors)
  1988, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) - Assoc. Page
  2000, American Legion - Assoc. Page
  2019, National Association of Destroyer Veterans (Tin Can Sailors) - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

I am finally retired completely.

   

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  1965-1966, MM-3385, USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25)

MM-Machinists Mate

From Month/Year
September / 1965

To Month/Year
August / 1966

Unit
USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Second Class

NEC
MM-3385-Surface Ship Nuclear Propulsion Plant Operator - Mechanical

Base, Station or City
Charleston

State/Country
South Carolina
 
 
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 USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25) Details

USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25)

Type
Surface Vessel
 

Parent Unit
Surface Vessels

Strength
Destroyer Leader Guided Missile

Created/Owned By
DP Chief Administrator, TWS, DP1 2813  
   

Last Updated: Aug 15, 2019
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
MM1 Tom Slater; MM2 "Robbie" Robinson, MM2 William C. "Bill" Bell

Best Moment
getting radio message my son was born.

   

Chain of Command
Capt. H.C. Castle, CO

Other Memories
Took her from Charleston around Africa to Vietnam and on to Long Beach

   
   
Yearbook
 
My Photos For This Unit
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At Anchor
Berthing USS Bainbridge DLG(n)-25
Cruising Through the Philipines - 1965
Making Steam
44 Members Also There at Same Time
USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25)

Troyer, Don, SCPO, (1964-2004) MM MM-3385 Petty Officer First Class
Bell, William, PO2, (1960-1968) MM MM-3385 Petty Officer Second Class
Olmstead, Mickey, PO2, (1961-1973) MM MM-3385 Petty Officer Second Class
McGaffic, Vern, PO1, (1963-1970) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
McGalliard, Larry, PO2, (1960-1966) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Hamon, David, PO1, (1962-1972) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Tsantes, George, CAPT, (1955-1983) OFF 111X Lieutenant Commander
Palmer, Charles, LT, (1966-1970) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Alexander, Stephen, SCPO, (1961-1981) ET ET-3383 Petty Officer First Class
Covington, Roy, CPO, (1956-1979) HM HM-8407 Petty Officer First Class
Meyer, William, PO1, (1958-1967) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Olivocanales, Carmelo, CMDCM, (1958-1989) FC FC-1159 Petty Officer First Class
Vasseur, Robert, PO1, (1958-1966) ET ET-3383 Petty Officer First Class
Witt, John, CPO, (1957-1977) HM HM-8407 Petty Officer First Class
Barger, Jim, CPO, (1958-1979) ST ST-0431 Petty Officer Second Class
Christianson, Richard, PO2, (1966-1969) FT FT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Douglass, Melvin, PO1, (1963-1969) IC IC-9904 Petty Officer Second Class
Gogolin, Jim, CDR, (1963-1991) ET ET-3353 Petty Officer Second Class
Means, Philip, CPO, (1962-1983) ET ET-3373 Petty Officer Second Class
Means, Philip, CPO, (1962-1983) ET ET-3393 Petty Officer Second Class
Michael, Collyer, PO2, (1966-1972) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Moeller, Walt, PO2, (1966-1972) MR MR-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Mondragon, Ronnie, PO2, (1963-1971) RD RD-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Snyder, John, PO2, (1966-1970) YN YN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Williams, Charles K., PO1, (1960-1980) IC IC-3384 Petty Officer Second Class
Butcher, Butch, PO3, (1963-1967) 00 00E Petty Officer Third Class
Dugan, Daniel, PO3, (1963-1966) RD RD-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Dugan, Daniel, PO3, (1963-1966) RD RD-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Grace, Larry, PO3, (1962-1968) 00 00E Petty Officer Third Class
Hansen, Darrell, PO3, (1966-1968) SF SF-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Hansen, Darrell, PO3, (1966-1970) HT HT-4954 Petty Officer Third Class
Hitch, Gary Wayne, PO3, (1963-1966) RD RD-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Langford, Myron, CPO, (1961-1989) DC DC-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Louden, William, PO2, (1963-1969) ETN ETR-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Ockman sr, Dick, PO3, (1964-1968) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Ottey, Thomas, PO3, (1963-1967) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Peavy, Thomas, SCPO, (1963-1997) GM GMG-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Perry, John, PO3, (1964-1968) PC PC-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Saffell, Michael, PO3, (1963-1967) HM HM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Stearly, William, MCPO, (1953-1973) Chief Petty Officer
JOBE, ROBERT, PO1, (1961-1968) EN Petty Officer First Class
Phipps, Barry, PO1, (1959-1968) Petty Officer First Class
Thompson Sr., Larry, PO1, (1962-1969) Petty Officer First Class
Ursery, Ronald, LCDR, (1963-1986) RM Petty Officer Second Class
Hansen, Darrell, PO3, (1966-1970) SF Petty Officer Third Class

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