Previously Held NEC AT-8345-F-14 System Aircraft Organizational Maintenance Technician
8342-F/A-18 O-level Technician
Service Years
1984 - 2005
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Golden Dragon
Order of the Magellan
Order of the Rock
Suez Canal
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom
Persian Excursion
Cold War
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
What are you doing now:
Enjoying being retired, watching my kids grow up. I do miss the Navy with a passion. I probably miss the CVW5 in Japan the most. Don't think I ever worked that hard in my life. And if they would let me go back in time and do it over, I wouldn't change a thing. I work an eight hour day now, live 15 minutes from work, and I seem to have less time on my hands than when I was active duty working 11-12 hours a night. To all my brothers in Japan, still there strokin' it, thank you. I think about you guys all the time, wish I could be there with you. My wife doesn't have anybody to make dinner for anymore.
My retirement present from my wife. VIN'd as a 1974. I think its a 68 body, but the frame and motor (304) are 1974. And one of my dog's Stitch when he was 6 months old.
