Bodin, Michael, STC

Sonar Technician
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
ST-0465-AN/SQQ-89(V)2 Sonar Supervisor
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Sonar Technician
Primary Unit
1994-1995, ST-0465, USS Carr (FFG-52)
Previously Held NEC
STG-0000-Sonar Technician Surface
ST-0431-MK 111 Underwater Battery Fire Control System Technician
ST-0459-AN/SQQ-23 A/B PAIR Operations and Maintenance
STG-9585-Navy Recruiter Canvasser
Service Years
1973 - 1996
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Neptune Subpoena
Order of the Ditch
Order of the Rock
Panama Canal
Persian Excursion
Safari To Suez
ST-Sonar Technician
Five Hash Marks

 Official Badges 

Recruiter U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms US Navy Retired 20 US Navy Honorable Discharge




 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose) Navy Chief Initiated Navy Chief 100 Yrs 1893-1993

Persian Gulf Yacht Club Persian Excursion Cold War Veteran


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Sonar AssociationNational Association of Destroyer Veterans (Tin Can Sailors)Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA)National Chief Petty Officers Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)Chapter 119American Legion
  1973, National Sonar Association - Assoc. Page
  1974, National Association of Destroyer Veterans (Tin Can Sailors) - Assoc. Page
  1974, Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA) - Assoc. Page
  1986, National Chief Petty Officers Association
  1996, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) - Assoc. Page
  1996, The Retired Enlisted Association (TREA), Chapter 119 (Member At Large) (Superior, Wisconsin)
  2002, American Legion - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

I have been working as a Wisconsin State Security Officer at the University of Wisconsin-Superior since 1996 after retiring from the Navy.  http://www.uwsuper.edu/safety 
I will be going on terminal leave on October 16, 2020; with an actual retirement date of June 25, 2021.  (After 25+ years of service to the university.)

   Other Comments:

Read a fictional story of the "new" USS Towers with an honorable mention of the "old" USS Towers (DDG-9). 
This is a great read for all NTWS members and old Truckin" T shipmates... 

Bravo Zulu, Jeff!

http://www.navythriller.com/torpedo.htm
 

   

 Remembrance Profiles -  3 Sailors Remembered

  1979-1981, STG-0000, Break in Service

STG-Sonar Technician Surface

From Month/Year
- / 1979

To Month/Year
- / 1981

Unit
Break in Service Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Second Class

NEC
STG-0000-Sonar Technician Surface

Base, Station or City
Superior

State/Country
Wisconsin
 
 
 Patch
 Break in Service Details

Break in Service

Type
Surface Support
 

Parent Unit
Status - Special Circumstance

Strength
Unit

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Jul 4, 2007
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
Brenda K. Bodin
Tracy M. Kauti

Best Moment
Got married to Brenda on June 20, 1981...

   

Worst Moment
"You have two days to get to MEPS and re-enlist or you will loose your E-5 status and will not be qualified to do shore duty as a MK-111 Instructor in San Diego, CA for the next 3 years!" Recruiter's words...early May of 1981.

Other Memories
Commercial fishing in Bayfield, WI with my Dad summer of 1979.
Two years of college at UW-Superior.

   
   
Yearbook
 
My Photos For This Unit
No Available Photos
239 Members Also There at Same Time
Break in Service

Fischer, Paul, CWO4, (1973-2010) ST STS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Welch, Michael, PO1, (1974-1996) ST ST-0451 Petty Officer Second Class
Landsteiner, Douglas, PO1, (1972-1997) ST STS-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Cohenour, Bernard, CDR, (1966-2007) OFF 00X [Other Service Rank]
Taft, David, CAPT, (1966-2000) OFF 210X Lieutenant Commander
Gintzer, Harry Clay, CAPT, (1965-1997) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Barnes, George, PO1, (1970-1998) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Bourland, John, SCPO, (1976-2000) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Covington, George, CPO, (1974-1995) YN YN-0000 Other Service Rank
Elam, Stephen, PO1, (1966-1994) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Gladue, Lewis, PO2, (1970-1988) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Hawbaker, Donald, PO2, (1968-2005) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Johnson, Steven, PO2, (1976-1986) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Jones, Jimmy, PO2, (1973-1997) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Lynch, Edward J., PO1, (1956-1992) 00 00E Other Service Rank
McCartney, Stephen, CAPT, (1982-2012) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Mehelic, Richard, SCPO, (1956-1999) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Roberts, Stephen, PO2, (1964-2005) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Sforza, Kevin, PO2, (1969-1987) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Stokes, Selby, MCPO, (1967-2006) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Terrell, Richard, LCDR, (1970-1997) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Veazey, Jimmie, PO1, (1973-1994) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Washburn, Wirt E., PO1, (1968-1996) SK SK-2830 Other Service Rank
Gray, Richard, MCPO, (1953-1992) AD AF-0000 Master Chief Petty Officer
Agnew, Curtis, PO1, (1971-1982) AC AC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Case, James, PO1, (1972-1994) CM CM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Connelly, Floyd, CDR, (1960-2001) HM HM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Griesman, Michael, SCPO, (1972-1993) AC AC-6901 Petty Officer First Class
Harris, Morgan, CPO, (1975-1994) MT MT-3313 Petty Officer First Class
MacNeil, Roderick, PO1, (1970-1984) AT AT-8284 Petty Officer First Class
Swan, Parker, LCDR, (1968-2004) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Waters, Terry, PO1, (1971-1992) DK DK-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Adams, Robert, PO1, (1970-1994) AD AD-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Bouchard, David, CPO, (1977-2001) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Brinegar, Paul, CPO, (1965-1996) MU MU-3803 Petty Officer Second Class
Brown, Glenn, PO1, (1972-2007) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Carmine, Edward, SCPO, (1973-1996) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Carmine, Edward, SCPO, (1973-1996) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Cline, Steve, CPO, (1959-1991) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Columbus, David, LCDR, (1969-1997) HM HM-8404 Petty Officer Second Class
Conger, Rex, CAPT, (1966-2008) 00 00E Petty Officer Second Class
Davis, Jack, SCPO, (1975-2001) AD AD-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Dijkman, Perry, CPO, (1976-1998) HM HM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Dupree, Wylie, SCPO, (1977-1998) OS OS-0318 Petty Officer Second Class
Greene, Arthur N., SCPO, (1972-2005) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Harper, Randall, PO1, (1972-1996) UT UT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
KAETTERHENRY, ROBERT, SCPO, (1972-2007) AD AD-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Kalebaugh, Mathias, CPO, (1976-1996) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Kilgore, Cheryl, CPO, (1971-1998) YN YN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Kinshasa, Musa, PO2, (1970-1988) AD AD-8341 Petty Officer Second Class
Kirkland, Richard, PO1, (1966-1990) ET ET-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Lontkowski, Thomas, PO1, (1976-1994) CE CE-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
McCoy, Wilburn, CPO, (1974-1997) EN EN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
McCraw, Gordon, CPO, (1973-1998) AC AC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Mellen, Charles, CPO, (1975-2005) HM HM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Quarm, T. Michael, CPO, (1970-1995) HM HM-8483 Petty Officer Second Class
Savoie, Richard, PO1, (1976-1996) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Sawicki, David W., CPO, (1973-1995) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Schwartz, John, CDR, (1971-2009) AC AC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class

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