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"Join the Navy!"
Enter Freedom's Front Door
In-Processing the Armed Forces in SLC he enlisted &
shipped out to Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, IL in March of 2004 as an
Undesignated Fireman Recruit. While in
boot camp he tried out for the Warrior Challenge Program earning an opportunity
to become a Navy Diver. He was
classified in the rating job as a Machinist Mate. Because Navy Diver was a position of Special
Operation's expertise, back then Sailors were subject matter experts in a
separate trade with diving being an extra duty.
During Basic Engineering School he met his wife Kelli while they visited
the Enlisted Club, Club Nitro. They
dated long distance until 1-week before graduating Second Class Dive School in
Panama City, FL. They married at the
local courthouse & renewed their vows in Hawaii with their Pastor, Reverend
Clayton Ko.
Likened to that of "instant potatoes" they became an instant family!
-Bubbles
Puget Sound Naval Station Everett, Washington
Pictures in Sway above ☝️
Navy Expeditionary Combat Command—Mobile Diving Salvage Unit One Pearl Harbor.
They resided in Honolulu, HI. Second to Hong Kong in density of population & chicken feet! Bailey attended middle school and high school. We coached her in Volleyball & Cheer.
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Assignment 3-Naval Special Warfare Group 3-SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team-1
Returned to school for Advanced Diver Training in Panama City,
FL then reported to the Dry Dock Shelter Platoon Pearl City, HI. Significant life events enhanced
spiritual overhaul and trade conversion. Carried
away from the islands by the Aloha Spirit they plan to return for a family
favorite restaurant Soon’s Barbeque!
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Navy Diver Bottom Time Summary: 229 Dives, 8—Days, 17 Hours, 37—Minutes. AKA 209:37. Operational bottom time collected in span of 9 years.
Selected to Force Convert to Hull Maintenance
Technician.
Assignment 4: Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center Norfolk, Virginia
But not until after Forced Conversion to a new Rating in Job & Trade Skill. Hull Maintenance Technician, also known as Seafaring Carpentry.
New home in Virginia Beach. Kelli, Bailey, their Tabby Rabbit Pepe & Blue Heeler Moahnain ventured into east coast activities and operations at
the heart of American heritage. Posterity blessing grew as Mahlee, the Red
Heeler joined us, and Bailey expanded the family with Daniel Lopez. Junior,
Bella, Skylar & Jynelle who later relocated to California. Nicholas
launched into the Potomac School of Ministry with the Assemblies of God during
this tour in Virginia, becoming a Certified Minister & Lay-Leader at sea.
Assignment 5: USS Harry S Truman (CVN-75)
Fifth Assignment
Proved difficult to gain, as it took four
looks to get a set of orders to Advanced Welding School and the USS Harry S
Truman (CVN-75) Twenty-Six years after being a student at the Truman Elementary
School in West Valley City, UT. Serving
onboard in various capacities as a Sailor in the strike group. Suez channel cruise twice & crossing the
Arctic Circle. Rounding out 6 of 7 ocean
cruises nearly finalizing an Around the World Magellan Certificate. Next stop Antarctic waters!
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Assignment 6: Navy Recruiting Command Region West
Sixth & Final Assignment
Soon to be a distant memory too, Navy Talent Acquisition Group Rocky Mountain—Taylorsville, Utah Navy Recruiting Station & Military Entry Processing Station Salt Lake City, UT.
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| Front Door to Freedom. Photo by Nicholas Sybrowsky |
Full Circle Finish! Hired his replacements from the same backyard of which he was hired!
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| Another word for Liaison, hired rock in a hard place. Ambassador for the Navy. Photo by Nicholas Sybrowsky |
Summary Result of Assignment Details:
Sea Duty Counter: 3 years, 6
months, 29 days. Family Separation Time:
1,368 or more days of the 7,371 days of full-time active-duty service. When
observed as such, 20%+ of the time of separation does not seem exceptionally
large, but it does not account for the distance that can emotionally occur
within the home while working and the stressors upon each side of the immediate
& extended family. Live & learn,
even so, 80% or less of his career has been with family close by with the few
exceptions on those duty nights and days standing the watch.
Touching grounds in 30 Countries & 30 United States. He executed 13 Temporary Assigned Duties & Eight Major Taskings &/or Deployments. Wrapping up Naval service in Utah & Colorado as a Blue Nose Shellback Naval Recruiter.
The family now
serves the community in the Rocky Mountain Ministry Network of the Assemblies
of God at Dove Creek Assembly of God.
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| Lead Pastor in Dove Creek, Colorado. Photo by Kristy Chadd |
Soli Deo Gloria | “Glory to God Alone”
