Chance, Michael, HMCS

Hospital Corpsman
 
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Life Member
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
HM-8425-Surface Force Independent Duty Corpsman
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Hospital Corpsman
Primary Unit
1995-1997, HM-8425, Naval Station (NAVSTA) Pascagoula, MS
Previously Held NEC
HM-0000-Hospital Corpsman
HM-8404-Medical Field Service Technician/FMF Combat Corpsman
Service Years
1971 - 1997
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Decommissioning
Cold War
Operation New Life
HM-Hospital Corpsman
Six Hash Marks

 Official Badges 

US Navy Retired 20 US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Navy Chief 100 Yrs 1893-1993 Navy Chief Initiated Cold War Veteran

Vietnam Era Veteran


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Branch 159Post 942Post 4010, Frank Cangelosi PostNational Association of Destroyer Veterans (Tin Can Sailors)
USS Robert H. McCard (DD-822) AssociationTexas State GuardAmerican Military Retirees Association (AMRA)Chapter 343
McLemore; Detachment 324Plankowners
  1978, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA), Branch 159 (Member) (Houston, Texas) - Chap. Page
  1980, American Legion, Post 942 (Life Member) (Sugar Land , Texas) - Chap. Page
  1985, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 4010, Frank Cangelosi Post (Member) (Missouri City, Texas) - Chap. Page
  2000, National Association of Destroyer Veterans (Tin Can Sailors) - Assoc. Page
  2000, USS Robert H. McCard (DD-822) Association - Assoc. Page
  2007, State Guard Association of the United States, Texas State Guard (Past Commander) (Austin, Texas)
  2015, American Military Retirees Association (AMRA) - Assoc. Page
  2017, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), Chapter 343 (Member) (Houston, Texas) - Chap. Page
  2017, Marine Corps League, McLemore; Detachment 324 (Life Member) (Houston, Texas) - Chap. Page
  2022, Plankowners of the National Museum of the Surface Navy, Plankowners (United States) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Quality Improvement Specialist.  Data collection and analysis.  Facilitate performance improvement teams. Quality Improvement Trainer - Texas Children's Hospital

Full Time Lecturer - University of Houston

TLIM 3345 Human Resources in Technology
TLIM 3350 Emergency Management Principles
TLIM 3355 Project Management Principles
TLIM 4341 Production & Service Operations
TLIM 4342 Quality Improvement Methods
TLIM 4350 Occupational Safety & Environmental Health

Associations: Fleet Reserve Association, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vietnam Veterans of America, Marine Corps League, American Society for Quality. 

   
Other Comments:

Instructor Qualifications
Incident Command System Curriculum Instructor [TDEM/FEMA]
Weapons of Mass Destruction Awareness Instructor [Center for Domestic Preparedness]
Nuclear & Radiological WMD Awareness Instructor [Nevada Test Site]
Preparing Communities for Agroterrorism Awareness Instructor [Louisiana State University]
Incident Response to Terrorist Bombing Awareness Instructor [New Mexico Tech]
Preparation & Response to Suicide Bombing Incidents Awareness Instructor [New Mexico Tech]
Hospital Emergency Response Team for Mass Casualty Events Instructor [Center for Domestic Preparedness]
First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor [American Red Cross] [ASHI]
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers [ASHI]
Bloodborne Pathogens [ASHI]
Wilderness and Remote First Aid Instructor [ASHI]

 

   

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  1971, Recruit Training (San Diego, CA), 920
School
Recruit Training (San Diego, CA)

Company, Class or Division
920

Start Date 
Dec, 1971
 

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Last Updated:Apr 8, 2022
   
Personal Memories

Best Friends
My best friend was my high school buddy that joined with me.  Wayne Jefferson.

Instructors
DCC Waters was only our CC for about a week or so.  He was nearing retirement and got the opportunity to take over a company of recruits that were all from his home state.
EMC Hemmer took over and lead us through the majority of recruit training.  He was pretty cool.  We didn't see him very much but he let us have a lot of leeway on what we wented to do.  On one of our last days at bootcamp we all forked over some cash and he brought us 15 large pizzas and numerous cases of beer.

   

Other Memories
RPO2 Laundry Petty Officer. 
Drum & Bugle Corps - Contrabass Bugle

   
Yearbook
 
My Photos From This Recruit Training
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SA Michael D. Chance 1971
Seaman Apprentice
Receiving Immunizations
Photos with Company Guidons

  243 Also There at This Training:
Name Co Ptn Start Date
Jefferson, Louis, FN, (1971-1973) 920 Dec, 1971
Schlenker, Keith, LCDR, (1971-1991) 920 Dec, 1971
Bennett, Richard, PO2, (1971-1975) 422 Dec, 1971
Caguioa, Claro, CPO, (1970-1993) 415 Dec, 1971
Caguioa, Claro, CPO, (1971-1993) 415 Dec, 1971
Credo, Lamberto, SCPO, (1971-1996) 421 Dec, 1971
Crouch, Richard, SCPO, (1971-1993) 901 Dec, 1971
DeZerga, James, PO1, (1971-1978) 411 Dec, 1971
Green, James Daniel, PO3, (1971-1976) 410 Dec, 1971
Kenyon, William, PO2, (1971-1979) 001 Dec, 1971
McNary, Larry, PO1, (1971-1978) 009 Dec, 1971
Meinzer, Gary, PO3, (1971-1975) 004 Dec, 1971
Meyer, Edwin, LCDR, (1971-2001) 006 Dec, 1971
Myers, Steven, PO2, (1971-1975) 442 Dec, 1971
Parker, John, CN, (1971-1975) 009 Dec, 1971
Radford, David, PO2, (1971-1975) Dec, 1971
Schmidt, Don, SA, (1971-1975) 002 Dec, 1971
Shobe, Roy, SCPO, (1971-1992) 919 Dec, 1971
Slupe, Jim, PO2, (1971-1977) 388 Dec, 1971
Theobald, David, PO3, (1971-1975) 416 Dec, 1971
Torres, Keith, FR, (1971-1974) 416 Dec, 1971
Alvarez, Raul, PO3, (1971-1975) 381 Nov, 1971
Andrew, Randy, CPO, (1972-1996) 181 Jan, 1972
Ashmore, Bruce, PO2, (1972-1975) 016 Jan, 1972
Atkinson, Calvin, PO2, (1971-1979) 918 Nov, 1971
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