• U.S. Merchant Marine credential endorsements include: Master, less than 100 GRT; Commercial Assistance Towing; Able Seaman – Limited; Lifeboatman; STCW.• July 23, 2018 – present: Purser/deckhand, Guemes Island Ferry (91 GRT, 124 feet overall).• Feb. 1, 2023 – present: Union steward, Guemes Island Ferry Workers, a bargaining unit of the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific.OTHER SEA TIME• Quartermaster and special evolutions helmsman, USS Manitowoc (LST-1180), 1980-84. Sea time: 1,277 days. • Sailed in San Pedro Channel, California, 1980, 1985; sailed in Roanoke Sound, North Carolina, 1984; sailed and powered in San Juan Islands, Washington, and Gulf Islands, British Columbia, 2001-09, 2022-23.• In-port work, S/V Destiny (historic 1934 schooner, 85 feet overall), 2001-02.

Correspondent for Salish Current (an independent news site based in Bellingham); Hamiinat magazine (published by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians); and ICT (parent company IndiJ Public Media).SUMMARY• News Writer of the Year, Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (2021); Best Online/Print Feature Story, Native American Journalists Association National Media Awards (2016, 2015).• Co-author, "Indian Country Stylebook for Editors, Writers and Journalists" (2020); author, "Frybread Dreams & Other Poems" (2020), "Point No Point" (2018), "The Journey Home" (2012), "Roche Harbor" (2009). • See "Publications" for list of print and online magazines, newspapers and news sites.

Reporter or editor for newspapers owned by Sound Publishing (1999-2018), Brehm Communications (1996-99), Thomson Newspapers (1992-96), Scripps League (1988-92), Scripps Howard (1985-87). SUMMARY• Top individual awards include Feature Writer of the Year (2016, 2006), Washington Newspaper Publishers Association; Best Editorial Writer in three states (Utah-Idaho-Spokane AP Association) two consecutive years; Scripps Howard Writer of the Quarter.• My teams regularly won awards for General Excellence and Community Service in industry contests. One newspaper was a National Newspaper of the Year runner-up (Local Media Association); another was Alabama's Most Improved Daily Newspaper (Alabama Press Association).• I am grateful to the journalists with whom I worked. They produced stories and photos that made a difference in the communities we served, drew more people into our family of readers, and expanded our presence in competitive markets.

PUBLIC RELATIONSAchieved outreach goals and/or increased media presence for:• California Democratic Party, Humboldt County.• Milliken Waste-To-Energy Facility environmental impact study, San Bernardino County.• Cycle Round the City, the kickoff event for the City of Long Beach's centennial.• East Long Beach Business Association.HISTORICAL RESEARCHConducted research for historic landmark designation for:• Charles Windham House, 435 Cedar Ave., Long Beach, California. The home of Charles H. Windham, mayor of Long Beach, 1908-1912, considered the "Father of Long Beach Harbor."FREELANCE JOURNALIST• Wrote for publications in California's Bay Area, Inland Empire, Northern California and Southern California. See "Publications" for list.

Painted commercial and residential buildings in Signal Hill and Long Beach, California. After a condominium project was completed, I left the trade to accept a position as a newspaper reporter.I am grateful to my father, Dick Walker (D&R Painting), for teaching me the painting trade pre-Navy and for sharing his expertise in bidding and estimating. And I am grateful to my business partner, Lee Seagreaves, for his friendship, skilled work and good humor. Rest in peace.

SUMMARY• Reserve and active duty: Feb. 23, 1980 — Aug. 17, 1986. • Deck seaman, quartermaster, USS Manitowoc (LST 1180). Veteran of Beirut Multinational Peacekeeping Force and Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada). • Underway helmsman, special underway replenishment and sea detail helmsman, sea and anchor detail helmsman, general quarters helmsman. Assisted the ship's public affairs officer. Frocked to QM3.• Navy Unit Commendation (two awards); Battle Efficiency “E” Ribbon; Navy Expeditionary Medal (two awards); Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; Humanitarian Service Medal; Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (with two stars).