History History of Assignments from 1980 - 2002

USS Callaghan (DDG-994), November 1980 - August 1984	Official Ships Seal and Patch

USS Callaghan Is the second KIDD class Guided Missile Destroyer and the second ship of the fleet to bear the name. Her namesake, Read Admiral Daniel Judson CALLAGHAN, U.S. Navy deceased) native. While leading a force of U.S. ships onboard his flag ship USS SAN FRANCISCO (CA 38) against a far superior Japanese force during the Battle of Guadalcanal, Rear Admiral Callaghan was killed in action on November 13, 1942, when a direct hit was scored on the bridge of his flagship. Rear Admiral Callaghan was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. The 1st USS CALLAGHAN (DD 772) was commissioned November 27, 1943. The 2nd USS CALLAGHAN (DDG 994) was commissioned August 31, 1981 and decommissioned March 31, 1998

.US Naval Security Group Activity, RAF Edzell, Scotland September 1984 - October 1988

RAF Edzell was home to the US Navy security group's Oceanographic Monitoring Station, monitoring the North Sea and the coast around the north of Britain. It worked in conjunction with the former ROTOR site at Inverbervie which had also been taken over by the US Navy in 1960. The hub of the base was the massive receiver building which had two levels below ground. This would have relayed information to the computer and communications centre.

The base closed in 1996, the domestic site has been sold and the housing reused. The airfield site is still secure with no evidence of any demolition.

USS Fortify/Inflict/Adroit Persian Gulf Minesweeper Rotation 1988 - 1991

Agile Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 30 November 1951 by the Seattle Shipbuilding and Dry docking Co., Seattle, WA; Launched, 19 February 1953; Commissioned USS Fortify (AM-446), 16 July 1954; Reclassified as an Ocean Minesweeper, MSO-446, 7 February 1955; Decommissioned, 31 August 1992; Struck from the Naval Register, 9 March 1994; Laid up in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Portsmouth, VA; Sold, 4 December 2000 to Baltimore Marine Industries, Baltimore, MD for scrapping.

Specifications: Displacement 775 t; Length 172'; Beam 35'; Draft 12'; Speed 14 kts; Complement 8 Officers, 70 Enlisted; Armament, as built, one single 40mm gun mount, two .50 cal machine guns, final configuration, bow gun replaced by one twin 20mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns remain; Propulsion, four Packard ID1700 diesel engines, replaced by four Waukesha Motors Co. diesels, two shafts, two controllable pitch propellers.

USS Ashland LSD-48 1991-1994

Commissioned 1992, New Orleans Louisiana	Official Seal and Patch

Naval Air Station, Key West Florida 1994-1997

Naval Air Station, Key West Arial Photo	Key West Map

The U.S. Naval Air Facility Key West (NAF Key West), Florida is located five miles east northeast of the city of Key West on Boca Chica Key -- latitude 24 34' 45" North and longitude 81 41' 40" West. The Key is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east and southeast, the Gulf of Mexico to the north and west and the Florida Straits to the south. Initially designated a Naval Air Station [NAS, the facility was realigned as Naval Air Facility effective 01 September 2001, gaining Joint Interagency Task Force-South from Howard AFB, Panama.

USS Doyle, Mayport Florida 1997-2000	Official Seal and Patch

USS DOYLE is the 30^th guided missile frigate in the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class. As part of the Western Hemisphere Group she is home ported in Mayport. Fla.

Naval Hospital, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

August 2000 - August 2002

Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, North Carolina	Naval Hospital Official Logo

Our current facility first accepted patients on 15 February 1983, and was commissioned on 12 May 1983 at a cost of $ 42 million.  Today, as in other times, we find ourselves dealing with tremendous change.  PCS moves continue the flow of those of us that are coming and going with our families, new and different leadership styles, and experiences.  New times, new requirements, people availability, and new programs have brought changes in our organizational structure and day-to-day operations. The “Global War on Terrorism” is another world war that has significantly raised the requirements for operational training and deployments.  The day-to-day challenge of balancing our garrison and operational healthcare support missions grows.

Retired From the US Navy August 31 2002

Cruises I have Made While Stationed in the Navy

1980 - 2002

Western Pacific Cruises (2) 1982-1984      Pearl Harbor Hawaii    Subic Bay & Manila Philippines    Sasebo Japan    Yokosuka Japan    Pusan Korea    Hong Kong    Pattaya Beach Thailand    Banbury Australia    Sakhalin Islands Russia    Coast of Lebanon    Panama Canal    Guantanamo Bay Cuba

Persian Gulf Tour 1989-1991 Minesweeper rotation      Oman    Straits of Hormuz    Abu Dabi UAE    Quatar UAE    Bahrain    Kuwait

 

 

Mediterranean Cruises 1992-1994      Acapulco Mexico    Rome    San Juan Puerto Rico    Palma and Mallorca Spain    Straits of Gibraltar    Turkey    Venice & Naples Italy    Egypt    Souda Bay and Delphi Greece    Copenhagen Denmark    Cannes France    Suez Canal    Haifa Isreal

 

Hurricane Andrew relief OPS 1992       Freeport Bahamas     Eluethra Island Bahamas     Miami Florida   Andrew is responsible for 23 deaths in the United States and three more in the Bahamas. The hurricane caused $26.5 billion in damage in the United States, of which $1 billion occurred in Louisiana and the rest in south Florida. The vast majority of the damage in Florida was due to the winds. Damage in the Bahamas was estimated at $250 million

 

 

UNITAS, South American Cruise       Cartegena Columbia     Peru     Chile     Ecuador     Argentina     Uruguay     Brazil     Venezuela     Paraguay

Other places visited in the Navy

Bangkok Thailand

Romania

Bulgaria

Keflavik Iceland

London England

Paris France

Panama