Falls, Jerry, QMC

Quartermaster
 
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Current Service Status
USN Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
QM-0000-Quartermaster
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Quartermaster
Primary Unit
1971-1973, QM-0000, USS Ray (SSN-653)
Service Years
1949 - 1973
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Panama Canal
Plank Owner
Cold War
Polaris Certificate
QM-Quartermaster
Six Hash Marks

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 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose)




 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Retired and enjoying it. Previous occupations were Coast Guard Master's License to 1600 tons upon oceans. Supply vessels, Siesmic vessels, Tug Barge combination upon high seas.

Harbor Master, Operations Manager, Project Manager, Midway Island Contractor 1987-1994.

Retired in 1994 due to failing health.
   
Other Comments:

Served on board U.S.S. Carbonero SS-337 During Operation Frigate Bird in 1962 Filming live air blast of Polaris Missile east of Christmas Island in May 1962. A very sobering sight!

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 Remembrance Profiles -  1 Sailor Remembered

  1949, Recruit Training (San Diego, CA), 136
School
Recruit Training (San Diego, CA)

Company, Class or Division
136

Start Date 
Jun, 1949		  

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Last Updated:Sep 14, 2021
   
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All Indiana Recruit Company and also first company to use the U.S.S. Recruit
   
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  22 Also There at This Training:
Name Co Ptn Start Date
Tannahill, James, PO3, (1949-1953) 136 Jun, 1949
Tannahill, James, PO3, (1949-1953) 136 Jun, 1949
ADAMS, LEE, PO3, (1949-1954) Jun, 1949
Bartman, Carl, LCDR, (1949-1973) Jun, 1949
Bryant, William Darrell, PO3, (1949-1952) Jun, 1949
Estes, Jack, S1c, (1949-1953) 172 Jun, 1949
Shaw, John, LCDR, (1949-1975) Jun, 1949
Wall, Willie, SCPO, (1949-1970) 158 Jun, 1949
Amos, Bobby Ray, PO1, (1949-1969) 224 Jul, 1949
Astin, William, MCPO, (1949-1969) 186 Jul, 1949
Burdell, Franklin, PO1, (1949-1969) 199 Jul, 1949
Granger, Frazier, PO2, (1949-1953) May, 1949
Heaton, Don, SA, (1949-1950) May, 1949
Huffmaster, Bobby, CPO, (1949-1969) 119 May, 1949
Hunt, Herman, CDR, (1949-1978) 222 Jul, 1949
Martin, Francis, PO2, (1949-1953) 186 Jul, 1949
Martin, Francis, PO2, (1949-1953) 186 Jul, 1949
Montgomery, Carlos D., MCPO, (1949-1974) 122 May, 1949
Ogle, Charles, CPO, (1946-1966) May, 1949
Paschall, William D., CDR, (1949-1985) 189 Jul, 1949
Weicken, Stephen 121 May, 1949
Weicken, Stephen 121 May, 1949
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