I was assigned to the
Navigation Ship Control Division of FTC as a Navigation instructor,
where I
taught Celestial Refresher, Senior QM, Navigator Refresher and GPS
courses.
As a married sailor, I received BAQ (
Basic
Allowance of
Quarters) and since I was
on shore duty I was
told to live off base, so I moved aboard a sailboat and lived at
Marina Cortes on Harbor
Island. This was during America's Cup '95. My neighbor at the
marina was a sail maker for
America 3
and I was a member of
TSPYC
which sponsored the Tag Hauer
challenge so I got America's Cup fever and sailed out to as many races
as I could.
About the same time I was asked to evaluate the
PLGR
GPS
receivers. The best way was to perform comparative
fixes.
And that is what I did . . . on my own boat . . . while following
the
America's Cup fleet.
I was also fortunate to be involved with the NAVSSI (Navigation Ship
Sensor Intigration) project and took
several trips to NRAD (Naval Research and Development) in Warminster,
PA and to SPAWAR (Space Warfare) in
Arlington, VI to provide practical navigation inputfrom the surface
navigation training community.
In May 1996 I was apointed the Lead Instructor and Division officer of
Navigation Ship Control
Division.
Transfered to the
Fleet Rerserve in
Jul 1966.
My last official order in the Navy was to declare special liberty for
my division so they could attend my retirement pool party at Marina
Cortez.
I transfered to the
Retired List in
Apr 1999.