Previously Held NEC NC-9585-Navy Recruiter Canvasser
EN-4366-LSD-41 Class Propulsion System Technician
EN-4308-CSP/SLWT Engineer
EN-4310-ALCO (251C), and General Motors EMD (645) Diesel Engine Technician
Service Years
1980 - 1999
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Order of the Ditch
Order of the Lakes
Order of the Shellback
Order of the Golden Shellback
Order of the Golden Dragon
Panama Canal
Persian Excursion
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What are you doing now:
I work for the Department of State right now, have me working in Kabul Afghanistan . Good job, great pay, lot of travel to where you want... Last 6 mos I have traveled to Dubai x3, Japan, Korea, Afghanistan x2, China, Philippeans x3, London, Hawaii x2, Florida, N carolina, Georga, and back to San Diego........... ya its a good job.. theres individuals that dont believe me ..got my passport
DS2 pretty much screwed me, been with them for 7 years, they give my job to one of the son of a "higher ranked" employee.. Straight up lied to my face... bro code my as$. Good luck in Korea with no engineer, need somebody that knows the new and old system
Other Comments:
I FEEL I WOULD NOT BE WHERE I AM AT TODAY, WITH OUT A GOOD
CHIEF. HERE IS A LIST OF SOME DAMB GOOD CHIEFS I HAVE HAD THE HONOR TO SERVE WITH.
BMSC COOK
BMC SHEPHERD
BTC/ ENS BRUSSARD
BMC GILLSON
the worst E-7 I ever work for
E-7 K BRANDELL :( not as good as i thought... went to the dark side..stabbed me in the back to make himself look good..then dennied it..what an ass
E-7 J Bosckol.. Refused to listen to me about the wind and current while in Jordan, ordered me below, wind and current caused our craft to hit a Jordanian turbo cat and exstensivly damaged the outdrive system(international incedent) told him it would happen, so he got mad, and delayed sending in my extension by 2 months, extension denied,
E-7 Mitchel "the screamer" Just could not ask you for something he had to yell in your face BECAUSE HE WAS A CHIEF AND YOU WERE NOT. Continualy belittle you because he was a chief and you were not, he would walk the parking lot to make sure nobody parked in cpo parking
The Navy is full of these ass*oles, and it shows...
Description Five Filipinos were said to have suffered knife wounds, and at least two American marines were believed to have been badly roughed up in brief battles between pickets and Americans trying to return to the installation after an evening in the adjoining town of Olongapo.
Americans Remain at Base
No one was reported to have been severely hurt, and the walkout continued throughout today without other major incidents.
Nevertheless, pickets continued to block Subic's three major gates. A Navy spokesman, Lieut. Comdr. James Van Sickle, said, ''No one's coming on base, and no one's permitted to leave.''
Wounded Philippine workers, interviewed on television this evening, said they had struck back in anger after the Americans had shouted obscenities at them.
The workers' labor union, the Federation of Filipino Civilian Employees Associations, expanded the strike late tonight by throwing picket lines around Clark Air Base, near the Subic base, and around several smaller American military installations. But a spokesman at Clark, Maj. Thomas J. Boyd, said that the protest was peaceful, and that no attempt had been made to block Americans from entering and leaving.
Clark and Subic are the largest American military installations outside the United States, and protecting them has been an important consideration for Washington throughout the long political crisis in the Philippines.
About 16,000 American military people are stationed there. In addition, 45,000 Filipinos work at the two bases, making the United States Government the third largest employer in the country, after the Philippine Government and the San Miguel Corporation, a food and beverage distributor.
Officials at both bases said the strike probably would not significantly affect normal operations right away. At Subic, Filipinos do repairs and routine maintenance for ships of the United States Seventh Fleet, but Commander Van Sickle said no ships were in port and none were due for several days. Effects on U.S. Operations
Similarly, Major Boyd of Clark Air Base said, ''This has no effect on our flight operations.'' The base runway was closed for repairs, he said, and most aircraft and pilots were transferred to South Korea and Japan for previously arranged military exercises.
This was the fifth strike by Philippine workers at the bases since 1971 and the first since October 1983. Philippine workers are valued by the American military, both for their skills and for their willingness to work for salaries that are about one-seventh that paid to Americans.
Filipino workers at Clark and Subic Bay earn an average of about $3,200 a year in wages and benefits, according to the Defense Department. A spokesman, Lieut. Comdr. Sheila Graham of the United States Pacific Command in Hawaii, said the wages were generally higher than the average Filipino salary in private sector jobs in the areas surrounding the two bases.
The union and the military authorities have come to terms on a range of money issues, but after eight months of negotiations they have been unable to reach agreement on severance benefits for employees who resign.
Specifics of the severance dispute were not clear, but the executive vice president of the employees' federation, Primo Galvez, said, ''Our demands are not too much.''
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
March / 1986
To Month/Year
April / 1986
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories THIS IS ABOUT THE ONLY THING I REMEMBER. I WAS OFF BASE, AND THEY SHUT THE BASE DOWN FOR ABOUT A WEEK. WE JUST HAD TO GET AHOLD OF OUR COMMAND AND LET THEM KNOW WE WERE OK. FREE LEAVE!!