DPCS
Daniel D. Smith's Navy Days
My Navy Career
NTC San Diego RTC 61-148 (1961) Link to NTCSD RTC Company 61-148
USS Lowe DER-325, San Francisco (1961-62) Link to USS Lowe website
Radarman "A" School, San Francisco (1962) RD-A School students
USS Courtney DE-1021, Newport, RI (1963-64) Link to USS Courtney website Straits_of_Magellan_1963 Shellback
USS Assurance MSO-521, Panama City, FL (1964-65) Link to USS Assurance website
NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (1966) Gitmo_Barracks Gitmo_Crane_Hill Honorary Submariner
Point Mugu NAS, Oxnard, CA (1967-68) Point_Mugu_MAs/DPs_1967
College in Chattanooga, Tennessee (Broken Service 1969-70)
Data Processing "A" School, SSC San Diego, CA (1971) DP-A School Class Pic
Naval Support Activity, Saigon, Vietnam (1971-72) A few pics from Saigon
DPSCPAC, North Island, San Diego, CA (1972-1976)
Data Processing "C" School, COBOL Programming, SSC San Diego (1972)
USS Jason AR-8, San Diego, CA (1976) Link to USS Jason website
Released from active duty December 1976
Joined the Naval Reserve in January 1977, drilled at N&MCRC Chattanooga, Tennessee
USS Yosemite AD-19, Mayport, FL (reserve unit)(1977-1984)
SIMA, Mayport, FL (reserve unit)(1984-1988)
Appointed Command Senior Chief N&MCRC Chattanooga (2nd drill weekend) (1986)
Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) (1988-1991)
Filed retirement papers in March 1991 (26 ret. years)
I enjoyed every minute of my naval service. During this time I finished my associate's degree, my undergraduate degree and my postgraduate work in history (not completed) all in night school (the hard way.) I'm a retired software development manager from the Tennessee Valley Authority, living in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
From 1997-2000 I was the curator and director of the National Medal of Honor Museum of Military History in Chattanooga, TN. The museum lost it's City of Chattanooga supplied building in 2002 and is in the process of rebuilding and reopening.
Links:
Navy/NTC San Diego Museum Trust Committee
Naval Enlisted Reserve Assn. (NERA)
