Early Life
I was born and grew up in the NW Region of Pennsylvania, the the Shenango Valley region of Mercer Pennsylvania. Graduated from a local school in Ohio Steel Valley region and 14 months later joined the USN.
Navy Life.
I entered the Navy through the Pittsburgh Meps Station in downtown Pittsburgh. I entered book camp in Illinois at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center / Recruit Training Command (NTC/RTC) camp Mofit. I was assigned to the 13th Battalion Company 242, and later to Company 248. Upon graduation I attended the ATF company 83 for apprenticeship training.
Assignments:
1. USS Trippe (FF-1075) A Knox Class Destroyer Escort, later being reclassified by the Navy as a Fast Frigate in January 1975.
2. USS Alamogordo (ARDM-2) an Oak Ridge Class Floating Dry Dock.
3. USS Aylwin (FF-1081)
4. USS Vulcan (AR-5) A Medusa Class Repair Ship out of Youngstown, Ohio Reserve Naval Facility.
5. USS Merrimack (AO-179) A Cimarron Class Fleet Oiler (WFFO), deemed by the Naval community as the "Worlds Finest Fleet Oiler".
I retired out of Jacksonville, Florida in 1996
After Life
After the Navy Life, the wife and I moved to Boise Idaho for jobs at Micron Technology. We bought a home with VA grants and made a life for ourselves in Boise for a short while until her father passed and wished to be buried next to his wife whom was interned in Key West. Then we moved to Lady Lake florida where I got a job at the local country club. In 2000 we moved to Tucson Arizona, and later to Texas in 2006.
After a while I went back to school and got my Master's degree fro American Intercontinental University in Internet Security and Computer Forensics graduating with honors Magna Cum Laude.
I now spend most of my time on Facebook reconnecting with old Navy buddies. Just Last night I connected with my old boss from the USS Trippe, Mr. Alan Palazzo, and just Prior to that, connecting once again with my best friend Ron Staab from the Aylwin.
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