Robertson, Michael, LCDR

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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander
Current/Last Primary NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1982-1983, 111X, Chief of Naval Personnel (CHNAVPERS)
Previously Held NEC
RD-0000-Radarman
RD-0312-Radar Equipment Technician/Advanced CIC Operations
Service Years
1963 - 1983
Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Commander


 Ribbon Bar
Surface Warfare Officer Badge

 

 Official Badges 

U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms US Navy Retired 20 US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Fleet Reserve Association (FRA)USS Reeves (DLG/CG-24) Association National Association of Destroyer Veterans (Tin Can Sailors)United States Navy Cruiser Sailors Association
American LegionMilitary Officers Association of America (MOAA)Dept of Washington
  1967, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) - Assoc. Page
  2006, USS Reeves (DLG/CG-24) Association - Assoc. Page
  2006, National Association of Destroyer Veterans (Tin Can Sailors) - Assoc. Page
  2008, United States Navy Cruiser Sailors Association - Assoc. Page
  2008, American Legion - Assoc. Page
  2014, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page
  2014, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Dept of Washington (Member) (Fife, Washington) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Fully retired and living in Mead, WA, just north of Spokane.  Starting up woodworking and gardening hobbies.  Designing the "perfect" vegetable garden.

Treasurer, Newsletter Editor, Reunion Organizer and Web Master for the USS Reeves (DLG/CG-24) Association.

Member of the Inland Empire Historic Railroad Assocation.  Investigating volunteering for local Search & Rescue operations as Navigator or Command Post duties.
   

 Enlisted/Officer Basic Training
  1963, Recruit Training (Great Lakes, IL), 240
 Unit Assignments
HQ, RTC Great Lakes, IL (Company Commander/Staff)NTC (Cadre/Faculty Staff) Great Lakes, ILLUSS Renshaw (DD-499)USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931)
NROTC (Staff)USS Reeves (DLG-24)CNO - OPNAVUSS Moosbrugger (DD-980)
Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 36, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)US Navy
  1963-1963, HQ, RTC Great Lakes, IL (Company Commander/Staff)
  1963-1964, RD-0000, NTC (Cadre/Faculty Staff) Great Lakes, ILL
  1964-1967, RD-0312, USS Renshaw (DD-499)
  1967-1968, RD-0312, USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931)
  1968-1972, RD-0312, University of Oklahoma NROTC (Staff)
  1972-1975, 111X, USS Reeves (DLG-24)
  1975-1977, 111X, CNO - OPNAV
  1978-1981, 111X, USS Moosbrugger (DD-980)
  1981-1982, 111X, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 36, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)
  1982-1983, 111X, Chief of Naval Personnel (CHNAVPERS)
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  1965-1965 Operation Market Time


Reflections on LCDR Robertson's US Navy Service
 
 Reflections On My Service
 
PLEASE DESCRIBE WHO OR WHAT INFLUENCED YOUR DECISION TO JOIN THE NAVY.
The Air Force recruiter made my decision by sending me next door to the Navy recruiter. The Air Force wasn't interested in high school dropouts in 1963. The Navy was thrilled, especially when I aced the recruitment exam. Otherwise, my father and uncles served in the Navy during WWII - that wasn't a particular inducement since I wasn't on good speaking terms with any of them..
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