United States NavyChief Petty Officer
Jun. 1974 - Apr. 1988VariousI enlisted in the U.S. Navy very young, 17 years old and a 10th grade dropout. It was clearly a good life decision. I served as a Radioman on the USS Tulare (LKA 112), National Parachute Test Range (now Naval Air Facility), El Centro California, Commander Carrier Group 7, Alameda California, Navy Communications Area Master Station "NAVCAMS" Guam M.I. , Navy Submarine Training Command, Groton Connecticut, USS Seawolf (SSN 575), NAVFAC Coos Bay, Oregon and finally USS Texas (CGN 39). I made Chief Petty Officer in 1985 and my career ended with a disability.