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Last Address Virginia Beach, Virginia
Date of Passing Jul 09, 2012
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Robert Cimbalist
Virginia Beach - Robert Dudley Cimbalist, 50, of Virginia Beach VA died Monday after a 9 month battle with cancer.
Born on May 26, 1962, in Huntington NY to Joan Cimbalist and the late Theodore Cimbalist. Robert graduated from Walt Whitman High School, Huntington NY, in 1980. He married his bride Cherene Augsburger 1991. He later received his Bachelor of Science degree from Excelsior College in 2002.
Robert spent 20 years in the United States Navy having served as an Aviation Warfare Operator and Sonar Technician. His career included tours at VP 49, USS Dewey DDG 45, Surface Ship ASW Analysis Center (SSAAC), USS Comte De Grasse DD 974, USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 and Submarine Learning Center.
Robert became a Training Specialist who worked for the Center for Naval Intelligence (CNI) / Center for Information Dominance (CID) at the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center (NMITC) in Virginia Beach VA. He was selected as the CNI 2008 Civilian of the Year while serving in this billet. He was employed as a contractor by Veridian and General Dynamics in support of the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System "C" school and the US Coast Guard WLM / WLB Buoy Tender programs.
For over 20 years Robert was also a local dealer of vintage sport cards and rare sports memorabilia. Robert also enjoyed coaching Rush Soccer and Great Neck Basketball League.
Robert has chosen not to have a memorial service and wanted everyone to remember him as you will whether it be the wild teenage from his youth, the work hard, play hard sailor or the proud husband, father and family man that he became and was so proud of.
Robert is survived by his beautiful wife Cherene and their two children, Ryan 20 and Taylor 16. He is also survived by his mother Joan Cimbalist of Plainview NY and sisters Debbie Ryan, of Levittown, NY, Donna Blackwell, of Concord NC, Barbara Le Barron, of Ballston Spa, NY and Susan Yoli, of Melville NY as well as his brothers-in-law Bob, Steve, Don and Lenny and 10 nieces and nephews. In addition, his in-laws, Donna & John Augsburger, Bryan, Brett, and Simone all formerly of Virginia Beach.
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I have been married to my wife Cherene for 20 years and have two great children, Ryan 19 and Taylor 15. We live in Virginia Beach VA. I still bump into old shipmates from time to time. Life is good.
Operation Support Democracy
From Month/Year
May / 1994
To Month/Year
September / 1994
Description The U.S. and allied warships in CJTF 120 boarded over 600 ships during the operations’ first five months, and the big ships’ effectiveness soon drove embargo-busting smugglers to use vessels to carry contraband along shallow coastal routes beyond the larger ships’ reach.
CJTF 120 selected the US Special Operations Command Cyclone-class patrol craft (PC) as the best response to the smugglers’ new tactic. The PCs were new to USSOCOM’s inventory, and needed sea duty certification before assignment to Haiti. After being certified for participating in exercise Agile Provider, the USS Cyclone and the USS Tempest departed for Guantanano, Cuba, on 24 May to participate in Support Democracy.
On 30 May, CJTF 120 directed the PCs to begin operations with the warships off the north Haitian coast. The plan to integrate the PCs gradually into the interdiction operation ended when the ships, on their very first voyage, encountered a Bahamian sailing vessel trying to skirt the embargo. As the smugglers’ vessel headed for Port-au-Prince, the Cyclone ordered it to stand clear of the Haitian coast, but the vessels did not heave to until Cyclone fired warning flares and launched a rigid hull inflated boat (RIB) with SEALs aboard. The vessel attempted to play a waiting game that night, but at first light a combined party from the Cyclone and the HMCS Terra Nova – six Canadians and three SEALs – conducted a boarding and search operation. They found embargoed goods, and the Cyclone towed this vessel to Guatanamo.
By 23 June 1994, the CTJF 120 fleet had boarded over 1,100 ships, but embargoed goods flowed steadily into Haiti from neighboring Dominican Republic. General John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave approval for the PCs to conduct patrols with Dominican Republic ships. On 11 July 1994, SEALs from the Cyclone boarded and cleared the Vinland Saga, a Danish vessel carrying a cargo of wheal flour. CJTF 120 directed Cyclone and Tempest to patrol the inner areas of the coast. These operations provided an opportunity to check sea traffic and collect information. The USS Hurricane and USS Monsoon patrol craft replaced the Cyclone and Tempest in September.
Because of the continuing political repression in Haiti, the Clinton Administration sought UN Security Council approval for an invasion and occupation of Haiti if the sanctions failed to restore Aristide to the presidency. The Council granted its approval on 31 July 1994. The invasion plan had two phases: first, a 15,000 multinational force would invade, restore public order, and reinstate Aristide; subsequently 6,000 UN forces would train a new Haitian police force to maintain order. Accordingly, US Army, Air Force, and Navy SOF supported the XVII Airborne Corps in planning for a full scale invasion of Haiti. The special operations portion of the plan envisioned the takedown of key governmental sites followed by a link-up with conventional forces, similar to what SOF had done for the invasion of Panama in 1989. After the main takedown, Special Forces teams were to secure the countryside. To serve as the SOF mobility and launching platform, an aircraft carrier, USS America, was added to the force package in spring 1994.
