I am retired, living in Orlando Florida with my family. Upon retirement, I did some time working for Rinker Materials as a foreman for a concrete block manufacturing plant. I then moved out to Cape Canaveral, doing web application development for the Air Force and the Launch Program. After that, I was offered a position as a deevloper for Electronic Arts (EA Sports) where I spent four years.
IT restructuring eliminated my position (i.e., they moved my job to a lower cost center- Romania) so they gave me a nice severence package and let me go. Three days later, i was hired by Darden Restaurants (Olive Garden, Red Lobster, etc...). on a two month contract.
With that now ended, I have been hired for a logterm (18 month!) contract for Disney World Shared Services doing development work. (I lasted only 3 months befre i had to get out, as the work truly sucked).
After Disney, I worked for about 8 months for PLanet Hollywood, before landing my current gig as a software engineer for SeaWorld, where I am still helping make the guest experience a memorable one. I't been nearly 5 years and I cannot see myself working anywhere else.
Remembrance Profiles -
1 Sailor Remembered
Regis, Wayne
Operation Earnest Will (Iran)
From Month/Year
July / 1987
To Month/Year
August / 1990
Description Operation Earnest Will (24 July 1987 – 1 August 1990) was the American military protection of Kuwaiti-owned tankers from Iranian attacks in 1987 and 1988, three years into the Tanker War phase of the Iran–Iraq War. It was the largest naval convoy operation since World War II.
The U.S. Navy warships that escorted the tankers, part of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, were the operations' most visible part, but U.S. Air Force AWACS radar planes provided surveillance and U.S. Army special-operations helicopters hunted for possible attackers.
Other U.S. Navy vessels participated in Operation Earnest Will. They were then under the command of the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet which had primary responsibility for combat operations in the Persian Gulf region. The numerous ships used in Operation Earnest Will mostly consisted of Battleship Battle Groups, Carrier Battle Groups, Surface Action Groups and ships from the Pacific's Third and Seventh Fleets and the Mediterranean-based Sixth Fleet. They generally operated in and near the Gulf for parts of their normal six-month deployments.
This was the first tactical operation of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) that involved Navy SEALs, Special Boat Units, and 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) ("Nightstalkers") aviators all working together.
