Croix, John, MMCS

Machinists Mate
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
MM-4204-Steam Propulsion Maintenance Supervisor
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Machinists Mate
Primary Unit
1985-1988, MM-4505, Readiness Support Group Norfolk, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)
Previously Held NEC
AD-0000-Aviation Machinist's Mate
MM-3385-Surface Ship Nuclear Propulsion Plant Operator - Mechanical
MM-0000-Machinist's Mate
MM-4505-Steam Propulsion Maintenance Supervisor
Service Years
1961 - 1988
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club
Order of the Shellback
Suez Canal
MM-Machinists Mate
Six Hash Marks


 Ribbon Bar
Surface Warfare Enlisted Badge

 

 Official Badges 

Career Counselor U.S. Navy Chief Master-at-Arms U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms Firefighter

US Navy Retired 20 Command Master at Arms Firefighter Cross Battle E

US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club First Nuclear Powered Task Force in Combat Cold War Veteran

Did the Ditch (Suez Canal) Blue Water Navy


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Fleet Reserve Association (FRA)American LegionNational Association of Destroyer Veterans (Tin Can Sailors)
  1988, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) - Assoc. Page
  2000, American Legion - Assoc. Page
  2019, National Association of Destroyer Veterans (Tin Can Sailors) - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

I am finally retired completely.
   

 Enlisted/Officer Basic Training
  1962, Recruit Training (San Diego, CA), 026
 Unit Assignments
VT-26 Flying TigersNuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) Idaho Falls (Staff)USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25)USS Maddox (DD-731)
Naval Station (NAVSTA) Long Beach, CACommander Navy Reserve Forces Command (COMNAVRESFORCOM)Naval Reserve Forces CommandUSS Dubuque (LPD-8)
USS Kirk (FF-1087)Naval Air Station (NAS) Kingsville TXUSS John King (DDG-3)Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)
  1962-1964, AD-0000, VT-26 Flying Tigers
  1965-1965, MM-3385, Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) Idaho Falls (Staff)
  1965-1966, MM-3385, USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25)
  1966-1969, MM-0000, USS Maddox (DD-731)
  1969-1970, MM-0000, Naval Station (NAVSTA) Long Beach, CA
  1970-1972, MM-0000, Commander Navy Reserve Forces Command (COMNAVRESFORCOM)
  1972-1975, MM-0000, Naval Reserve Forces Command
  1974-1976, MM-0000, USS Dubuque (LPD-8)
  1976-1979, MM-0000, USS Kirk (FF-1087)
  1979-1982, MM-0000, Naval Air Station (NAS) Kingsville TX
  1982-1985, MM-4204, USS John King (DDG-3)
  1985-1988, MM-4204, Readiness Support Group Norfolk, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)
  1985-1988, MM-4505, Readiness Support Group Norfolk, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  1962-1962 Cold War Event - Cuban Blockade
  1965-1970 Operation Market Time
  1966-1968 Operation Sea Dragon
  1968-1968 Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (68)
  1968-1968 Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (68)/ Yankee Station, North Vietnam
  1968-1968 Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (68)/ Yankee Station, North Vietnam
  1975-1975 NEO - Operation Frequent Wind (Vietnam)


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Reflections on SCPO Croix's US Navy Service
 
 Reflections On My Service
 
PLEASE DESCRIBE WHO OR WHAT INFLUENCED YOUR DECISION TO JOIN THE NAVY.
I was ready to join the military. I was working in a service station when a Navy recruiter came in to have a flat fixed. I asked him why no military recruiters had ever contacted me. He had no answer, but invited me to go to the recruiting station in Houston the next morning for testing. By the time the day was over, I had enlisted.
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