1956 - USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) -- Midshipman 3/c - Served in all departments. Deployed out of Norfolk, VA. Transited the Panama Canal and visited Valparaiso, Chili.
1959 - USS LEXINGTON (CVA-16) - Midshipman 1/c - Served in all departments. Deployed to Western Pacific and visited many ports.
1960-63 - USS PHILIP (DD-498) - Ensign/LTJG - Served in engineering departments as R Division Officer and Damage Control Assistant. Deployed to Western Pacific and visited many ports.
1966-68 - USS HOEL (DDG-13) - Lieutenant - Served as Operations Department Head. Deployed to Western Pacific and spent many months supporting US operation in Vietnam.
1972-74 - USS BARBEY (FF-1088) - Lieutenant Commander - Served as Executive Officer - New Construction. Spent many months in shipyard, visited Portland Oregon, and deployed to Hawaii on shakedown cruise.
1975-77 - USS BRADLEY (FF-1041) - Lieutenant Commander/Commander - Served as Commanding Officer. Deployed to Western Pacific, visited Bunbury Australia, and conducted a solo circumnavigation of the Indian Ocean - visited many ports including Bondar Abbas Iran, Mombassa Kenya, Panang Malaysia and Singapore.