Retired Machinist Mate Master Chief, MMCM(SS), NEC 155 (legacy NEC 3365/3351). Served aboard - USS R. E. Lee, SSN 601, 1981 - 1983, Pearl Harbor. Began learning Machinist Mate, Submarine and Navy life, Qualified Submarines.USS Florida SSBN 728 (B), 1983 - 1989, Bangor, WA. Achieved rank of Machinist Mate 1st Class, qualified Engineering Watch Supervisor (EWS)/Engineering Duty Petty Officer (EDPO), Chief of the Watch (COW), Sailor of the Year.NAS Lemoore, CA., 1989 - 1992, Security Detachment, Achieved rank of Chief, Qualified Watch Commander, Rifle and Pistol Expert, Emergency Vehicle Operator, Intoxilizer 5000 and accident investigator certified.USS Pogy SSN 647, 1992 - 1996, San Diego. Arrived as Machinery Division Leading Petty Officer, departed as Engineering Department Leading Chief Petty Officer, Achieved rank of Senior Chief, EWS/EDPO, two Western Pacific deployments, two Operational Reactors Safeguards Examinations (ORSE) (one as Division Leading Chief and one as Department Leading Chief).Nuclear Power Training Unit, 1996 - 1999, Balston Spa, NY. Achieved rank of Master Chief, arrived Leading Crew Chief, departed Plant Master Chief, qualified Engineering Officer of the Watch/Engineering Duty Chief.USS Kentucky SSBN 737(B), 1999 to 2001, Kings Bay, GA. Engineering Department Master Chief, three strategic deterent patrols, two ORSE, assumed duties and responsibilities of Chief of the Boat during strategic missile launch testing.Honorably Discharged December 31, 2001