Where did you serve and what did you do?
30 YEAR NAVY, WESTERN PACIFIC AND VIETNAM. SEARCH AND DESTROY WITH MARINES WHEN ONBOARD A LSD IN MY 6 TRIPS TO VIET NAM 61-69 . DID A TOUR AS RECRUIT COMPANY COMMANDER AND LEGAL INVESTIGATOR AT GREAT LAKES. BACK TO SEA AS A LEADING GM AND PLATFORM TECH FOR MISSILES AND GUNS ONBOARD DESTROYER ANDTWO CRUSIERS , ASSISTED OTHER GUNNERS WITH TROUBLESHOOTING ORDNANCE PROBLEMS AND ASSISTED IN TRAINING WHEN ASSIGNED DUTY AT NAVSEACENPAC AND FLTRAGRU
How are you #StillServing?
A DEP VAVS REP AT VAMC LAJOLLA, ENSURE THE XMAS BACKPACK PROGRAM FOR THE HOSPITALIZED VETERANS HAPPENS AT XMAS. VA ASPIRE CENTER BUS PASSES , ART SUPPLIES, TICKETS TO MOVIES AND BASEBALL MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE FOR FORT ROSECRANS MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES. GET VFW DISTRICT ONE POSTS INVOLVED WITH THE SAN DIEGO VETERANS DAY PARADE NEO-NATAL BBQ AT BALBOA NAVAL HOSPITAL FOR ARMED FORCES YMCA. FEED THE HOMELESS AT FATHER JOES VILLAGE. XMAS PARTY FOR DEPLOYED SERVICEMEMBERS CHILDERN SDPD SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SAFETY PATROL
Why do you do it?
I AM A VETERAN AND IT IS MY JOB TO ASSIST AND HELP OTHER VETERANS AS NEEDED. I JOINED THE VFW IN 1974 IN NORTH CHICAGO AND HAVE BEEN ENVOLVED EVER SINCE. VOLUNTEERING IS SOMETHING I CAN NOT SAY NO TOO.