Pappa, Edward, BT1

Boiler Technician
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Petty Officer First Class
Current/Last Primary NEC
BT-9512-3-M System Coordinator
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Boiler Technician
Primary Unit
1995-2000, BT-0000, Shore Intermediate Maintenance Facility (SIMA), NRMF Newport
Previously Held NEC
BT-0000-Boiler Technician
BT-4512-Automatic Combustion Control (Hagen) Maintenanceman
BT-9502-Instructor
BT-4524-Steam Propulsion Advanced Maintenance Technician (Phase I)
BT-9573-SNAP II Ship System Coordinator
Service Years
1980 - 2000
Other Languages
Polish
Serbo-Croatian
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Operation Desert Storm
Great Lakes
Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose)
Order of the Shellback
Order of the Emerald Shellback
Order of the Golden Shellback
Order of the Golden Dragon
Order of the Horned Shellback
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
BT-Boiler Technician
Five Hash Marks

 Official Badges 

Recruit Company Commander Master Training Specialist ComSixthFleet Firefighter

US Navy Retired 20 Command Master at Arms US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Order of the Golden Shellback Order Of The Lakes Cold War Medal

Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose) Order of the Emerald Shellback Order of the Golden Dragon Cold War Veteran

Cold War Veteran Did the Ditch (Suez Canal) Maritime Warfare Excellence Award Engineering/Survivability Excellence Award

Commander, Naval Surface Forces (CNSF) Ship Safety Award Efficiency Excellence Award



Cold War Event - Tracking a Victor III class Soviet submarine
From Month/Year
March / 1985		 To Month/Year
August / 1985

Description
Tracked a Victor III class Soviet submarine for 10 days, around Cyprus and Crete, to Sicily thru the Straits of Messina, around Sardinia and out thru the Straits of Gibralter.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
March / 1985		 To Month/Year
August / 1985
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories
   
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

  33 Also There at This Battle:
 
  • Ambron, Martin, CPO, (1979-2012)
  • Anderson, Richard, CMDCM, (1955-1988)
  • Benson, Jeff, LCDR, (1983-2007)
  • Conley, Robert, PO3, (1983-1987)
  • Corbin, Michael, CPO, (1974-1998)
  • Fusco, Michael, PO2, (1983-1989)
  • Giezentanner, Jon, PO2, (1984-1990)
  • Griffith, James, SCPO, (1978-1999)
  • Hahn, Dugan, CPO, (1982-2006)
  • Hertlein, Mark, PO2, (1983-1988)
  • Kelly, Tyrone, CPO, (1983-2007)
  • Lanfair, Kevin, CPO, (1981-2001)
  • McElroy, Greg, CPO, (1976-1998)
  • Murphy, John, PO1, (1984-2004)
  • Sieren-Celli, Evelyn, SN, (1985-1991)
  • Smallwood, Paul, CPO, (1981-2002)
  • Spradlin, Larry, LCDR, (1984-2007)
  • Stanford, Kirk, PO1, (1984-1996)
  • Struthers, Chuck, PO1, (1981-2002)
  • Tanner, Jeffrey, SCPO, (1981-2007)
  • Tolbert, Scott, PO1, (1983-2004)
  • Vandergrift, Sam, CWO3, (1982-2007)
  • Wagner, Woody, PO1, (1976-1998)
  • Williams, Lawrence, PO1, (1982-2002)
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