USCG - 1981 - 1987
Electronics Tech 2nd Class (E5)
Boot Camp - Cape May, NJ '81
USCGC Hamilton (WHEC 715 - Boston) '81 - '83
ET "A" school - Govenors Island, NY - '83
Crypto "C" schools - Mare Island, CA - '83 - '84
USCGC Dallas (WHEC 716 - NYC) '84 - '86
Commsta Boston '86 - '87
Many, Many tours in the Caribbean for Drug Inforcement and migration interdiction. RefTra in Gitmo, Cuba. Involved in Grenada rebuilding, and the Dallas was On-Scene-Commander for the Challenger recovery in 1986. Best memories: a 1 week port of call in Reykjavik, Iceland - Parties and Blondes; 4-wheeling in my CJ-7 on the beaches of Southern Massachusetts! Been to many Caribbean Islands as well as Venezuela and Columbia.