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U.S.
NAVY CAREER (1964-1986)
■ Retired with rank of
Commander (O-5) (1986)
■ Administrative Aide &
Flag Secretary to Commander Military Sealift Command (1981-1986)
■ Office of the Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Staff (1980-1981)
● Executive Assistant to Assistant to the Chairman, Office of the
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (1980-1981)
■ Office of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff (J6) (1978-1980)
● Executive
Assistant, Director for International Negotiations, Joint Chiefs of
Staff (1979-1980)
● Member, United
States Delegation to the SALT II Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty
negotiations with the Soviet Union (1978-1979
■ Executive Officer, USS
BRUMBY (FF 1044) (1976-1978)
■ Strategic Long Range
Planning Office, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (1974-1976)
■ Graduate of US Naval
War College with a military sub-specialty in Political-Military
Affairs (1973-1974)
■ Commanding Officer, USS
INFLICT (MSO 456) (1972-1973)
● Pre-minesweeping
Coastal North Vietnam Environmental Survey
● Post Vietnam
War Mine Clearance Operations
■ Commanding Officer, USS
PLUCK (MSO 464) (1971-1972)
■ Personal Aide and Flag
Lieutenant to Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Force, US Pacific Fleet
(1969-1971)
■ Graduate US Naval
Destroyer School with designation of Surface Warfare Officer (1967)
■ Service aboard Pacific
Fleet Destroyers (USS HOLLISTER (DD 788) as Combat Information Center
Officer and USS NICHOLAS (DD449) as Weapons and Operations Department
Head (1967-1969)
■ Graduate CIC Officers
School (Radar Systems Operation) and Air Control Officers School (1964)
■ Graduate Officer
Candidate School (1964)
INSTRUCTORSHIPS
(not all current)
■
National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI #5813L)
●
Open Water Instructor
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Instructor Trainer
●
Course Director for:
►
Instructor
Training Courses
►
Instructor
Crossover Courses
►
Instructor
Preparatory Courses
►
Leadership
Development Workshops
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Cave Diving Instructor
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Rescue Diving Instructor
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Equipment Safety Program Instructor
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Search & Recovery Diving Instructor
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Underwater Archaeology Instructor
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Ice Diving Instructor
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Wreck Diving Instructor
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Night Diving Instructor
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Deep Diving Instructor
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Diving Leadership Instructor
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Hunting & Collecting Instructor
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Industrial Orientation Instructor
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Underwater Environment Instructor
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Underwater Photography Instructor
■ National Speliological
Society, Cave Diving Section (NSS/CDS #163)
●
Full Cave Diver Instructor
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Cavern Diving Instructor
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Basic Cave Diving Instructor
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Cave Diving Rescue Specialist
■
Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI # M6456)
●
Master Instructor
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Master Diver Trainer
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Rescue Diving Instructor
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Cavern Diving Instructor
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Search & Recovery Diving Instructor
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Ice Diving Instructor
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Wreck Diving Instructor
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Night Diving Instructor
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Deep Diving Instructor
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Equipment Specialist Instructor
■
American Red Cross
● Water
Safety Instructor
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Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation Instructor (BLS)
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Standard First Aid Instructor
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Advanced First Aid Instructor
■
American Safety and Health Institute
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Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation Instructor
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Standard First Aid Instructor
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Advanced First Aid Instructor
■
Professional Scuba Inspectors (PSI # 013)
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Visual Cylinder Inspector Instructor
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Visual Cylinder Inspector Instructor Trainer
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Eddy Current Technician Instructor
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Eddy Current Technician Instructor Trainer
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Valve
Repair Technician Instructor
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Valve
Repair Technician Instructor Trainer
● Oxygen
Cylinder Cleaning Technician Instructor
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Oxygen Cylinder Cleaning Technician Instructor Trainer
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Editor PSI Newsletter
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Member PSI Executive Committee
■
Divers Alert Network (# 069)
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DAN Oxygen Instructor
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DAN Oxygen Instructor Trainer
■
Technical Diving Instructors (TDI # 299)
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Nitrox Instructor
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Nitrox Instructor Trainer
EDUCATION
■
Graduate U.S. Naval War College,
Military Equivalent of MA, Political-Military Affairs, 1974
■ Graduate
Purdue University, BA, Political Science and International Relations,
1963
■ Graduate
Wm. A. Wirt High School, Gary, Indiana, 1959
MISCELLANEOUS
■
Member Milden Presbyterian Church Session (2011 - 2013)
■
Ordained Elder, Milden Presbyterian Church (Sharps, VA) 2011
■ Member, NAUI Board of Directors (1998-2001 & 2003-2006)
■
NAUI Coordinator, Field Sales Force (1994-1997)
■
NAUI Interim Executive Director (1994)
■
NAUI Northeast Regional Representative (1989-1997)
■ Author
NAUI Specialty Text, WRECK DIVING (1994)
■ Speaker,
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Diving Safety Symposium (1993)
■ Diving
Leader, Underwater Explorer Society (UNEXSO) Arctic Diving Expedition
(1987)
■ Presentation
to NOAA sponsored symposium on diving with disabilities (1987)
■ Presentation
to Inward To The Sea symposium on teaching diving to the physically
disabled (1987)
■ Co-Author
SCUBA DIVING WITH DISABILITIES, (Leisure Press, Champaign,
Illinois, 1986)
■ Instructor
for Culpeper County Rescue Squad Underwater Search and Recovery & Rescue
Team (1985-1987)
■ Manager,
American Water Sports of Virginia (FO 238)
■ Virginia
Emergency Medical Technician (1985-1991)
■ President,
Capital Divers Association (Numerous times)
■ Invented
underwater navigation device for paraplegic divers (1984)
■ Divers
Alert Network Associate Area Coordinator (1984-1990)
■ Member,
Board of Directors, Fairfax County Chapter, American Red Cross
(1983-1991)
■
Member, Budget Committee, Fairfax County Chapter, American Red Cross
(1985-1989)
■ Chairman,
Safety Services Committee, Fairfax County American Red Cross (1981-1985)
■ Certified
as NAUI Instructor (1980)
■ Training
and Safety Officer Nautical Archaeology Division of Capital Divers
Association (1980-1984)
■ Safety
Officer, Capital Divers Association (1979-1983)
■ Organizer
and Senior Advisor to a Scuba Diving Explorer Scout Post, Boy Scouts of
America (Post 860) (1977-1983)
■ Certified
as PADI Instructor (1976)
■ Certified
as Scuba Diver (1972)
■ Logged
in excess of 3500 accident free dives
■ Trained
in excess of 3000 divers in a wide variety of scuba skills areas
■ Trained
in excess of 1000 PSI Visual Cylinder Inspectors
MILITARY
AWARDS
■ Defense Meritorious Service Medal
■ Navy
Meritorious Service Medal
■ Navy
Commendation Medal
■ Navy
Achievement Medal (with Combat V and 1 Bronze Star)
■ Combat Action Ribbon
■ Navy
Unit Commendation
■ Meritorious Unit Commendation
■ National Defense Service Medal
■ Vietnam Service Medal (with 1 Silver & 2 Bronze Stars)
■ Sea
Service Deployment Ribbon
■ Republic of
Vietnam Campaign Medal |
