Ball, Steven D., ETC

Electronics Technician

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Service Details

Current Service Status
USN Retired

Current/Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer

Current/Last Primary NEC
ET-1574-DAIR/GCA (TPX-42) Maintenance Technician

Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Electronics Technician

Primary Unit
1990-1992, NAVSUBASE Pearl Harbor

Previously Held NEC
ETR-1501-Basic Electronics Maintenance
ET-1507-Radar (SPS-67(V)) Technician
ET-1579-Precision Approach Radar Technician
ET-1438-Communications Security Devices Equip. KW-7 Tech
ET-1420-Surface HF Communications Systems Maintenance Technician
NC-9589-Command Career Counselor
9512-3-M System Coordinator

Service Years
1969 - 1992

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)


	1976, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA), Branch 314 (Member) - Chap. Page
	1984, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) - Assoc. Page
	1992, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	1999, American Legion, Post 193 (Member) (Pensacola, Florida) - Chap. Page

Additional Information

What are you doing now:

Fully Retired , Volunteer with USO NWFL at NAS Center, Pensacola, FL.

Other Comments:

Fleet Reserve Association Member since 1976.
Life Member of Veterans Foreign Wars since 1983..
American Legion Member since 2001.
Transferred to Fleet Reserve: �1992-1999.
Navy Retired List- 31 May 1999.

Remembrance Profiles - 1 Sailor Remembered

Ball, Floyd D., SA, (1945-1946)

USS Roark rescues Vietnamese refugees
From Month/Year October / 1981	To Month/Year October / 1981
Description Off the coast of Vietnam we, the crewmembers of USS Roark (FF-1053), conducted a rescue of 60 Vietnamese refugees ("Boat People") in the South China Sea as they fled Communism after the fall of Saigon.