Previously Held AFSC/MOS 46230-Weapons Mechanic
99004-Sea Weapons Mechanic/TAC Units
Service Years
1966 - 1969
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
What are you doing now:
Took early retirement. Working part time as supervisor at a hardware & Lumber yard.
Other Comments:
After getting out I worked for a Sulfur company for two years. Then I went to work for US Steel for fifteen years running heavy equipment They shut the plant down in 86. Then I drove trucks for a few years then went to work for a pipe mill. Then they shut it down went back to driving trucks again. After about ten years I went to work for my friend in the hardware & lumber business for five years then took early retirement. Now just work part time. Threw all of this I been married to a wonderful woman named Brenda. We have one son that is a paramedic on a chopper. the company is called Air Rescue. An have one grandson. Mine and my wife's favorite past time is going to bull riding's and rodeos.
Other Memories When I was in Da Nang and Phu Cat Gunfighters were 4- F4D"s loaded with different configurations for when ground troops were in trouble and needed a air strike real fast . The load configurations were different because of time and location. When the plans came back they had to be loaded back up real fast. For example we could load 10-750 pound bombs in 17 minutes. That may not seem fast , By the checklist book it should take at least 1hr.15 minutes.
