11/29/2023 Full name Richard K Ogden Arrival date on dg Sept 1985 Departure date from dg Sept 1986 Rate/rating (e.g. ctrsn) CTM1 Email address rkogden@msn.com Add email to the online roster - yes or no? Yes Comments and highlights from your tour of duty! 12/16/2022 Email marth.ron@gmail.com Full name Ronald E Marth Jr Arrival date on dg Oct 2000 Departure date from dg Oct 2001 Rate/rating (e.g. ctrsn) CTM1(SW) Email address marth.ron@gmail.com Add email to the online roster - yes or no? marth.ron@gmail.com Comments and highlights from your tour of duty! WIZARD 9/20/2022 Full name Bruce Bell Arrival date on dg Jan 1992 Departure date from dg Jan 1993 Rate/rating (e.g. ctrsn) CTOC Email address bellbru@comcast.net Add email to the online roster - yes or no? Yes Comments and highlights from your tour of duty! 6/9/2021 Full Name Howard V. Benson Arrival date on DG 2/1982 Departure date from DG 4/1982 Rate/Rating (e.g. CTRSN) CTA1 Email address nsauic@gmail.com Add email to the online roster - Yes or No? Yes Comments and highlights from your tour of duty! I was courier from USN Arfcos Det, Hickam AFB, Honolulu, HI 8/6/2020 Full Name: Keith Kovac Arrival date on DG: May 1988 Departure date from DG: September 1989 Rate/Rating (e.g. CTRSN): CTT3 Email address: Add email to the online roster - Yes or No?: No 6/25/2020 Full Name: Gary Lloyd Cooper Arrival date on DG: 18 MAY 1974 Departure date from DG: 01 MAY 1975 Rate/Rating (e.g. CTRSN): CTTCS Email address: yragrepooc@yahoo.com Add email to the online roster - Yes or No?: yragrepooc@yahoo.com Comments and highlights from your tour of duty!: NAVCOMMSTA DIEGO GARCIA. NAVSECGRUDEPT BEGAN OPERATIONS 15 AUG 1974, I WAS FIRST DEPT CHIEF. HIGHLIGHTS OF TOUR: HAD TWO R & R TRIPS TO THAILAND! THE FIRST CREW WAS 26 NSG ENLISTED, LT G.B. ANDERSON DEPT HEAD, WE ALSO HAD 5 ROYAL NAVY IN OUR DEPARTMENT. IN RETROSPECT IT WAS A GOOD TOUR, BUT THE TIME PASSED SLOWLY, WATCHSTANDERS HAD THREE SECTION WATCH AND A SIX DAY WEEK FOR DAY WORKERS. LIVED IN 'SEA HUTS' UNTIL ENLISTED BKS AND CPO QTRS OPENED 04 JULY 74. 11/12/2019 Full Name: John J. Seely Arrival date on DG: Oct 1986 Departure date from DG: Oct 1987 Rate/Rating (e.g. CTRSN): CTA1 Email address: jsseely@cox.net Add email to the online roster - Yes or No?: Yes Comments and highlights from your tour of duty!: NSGD Career Counselor/Admin LPO/ARFCOS Assistant 1/4/2019 1.FullName: Doug Bruno 2.NickName: 3.ArriveDate: March 1990 4.DepartDate: March 1991 5.RateRating: CTR1 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: douglasjbruno@cox.net 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: C site (HFDF) 9/26/2018 1.FullName: Kenny Horne 2.NickName: Kenny 3.ArriveDate: 22dec1996 4.DepartDate: 22Jan1998 5.RateRating: CTM2 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: Wj5rtx@gmail.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Enjoyed DG, pure paradise., I am working as a manufacturing engineer in NE Texas.,I worked with a great group of sailors in DG,, 6/26/2018 1.FullName: Vincent J. Menotti 2.NickName: Vince 3.ArriveDate: Aug '81 4.DepartDate: Aug '82 5.RateRating: CTT1 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: longvue@outlook.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Wideband then to Wizard since I had an ELINT background and they needed someone at the E/R for a while. Rode my bike everyday. Had some Brits in our section with us for a while. Enjoyed the full year. Thanks to Mike Keenan who would stand some of my watches so I could attend UMD classes 12/18/2017 1.FullName: Chad Merritt 2.NickName: 3.ArriveDate: Aug 1, 1993 4.DepartDate: Aug 1, 1994 5.RateRating: CTM3 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: chadmerritt@gmail.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Was stationed at C-Site from Aug 1993 till Aug 1994 working as a CTM3 in the HFDF / Comm maintenance shop. Didn't know what we had until I left from there! Great friends, times and memories. 8/7/2017 1.FullName: Garrett Stevenson 2.NickName: 3.ArriveDate: April 1994 4.DepartDate: April 1995 5.RateRating: CTASN 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: garrettstevenson2003@yahoo.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: 2/24/2017 1.FullName: Howard Altman 2.NickName: "Duck" 3.ArriveDate: 83-84, 93-94, 96-97 4.DepartDate: 5.RateRating: SN,PO1(SW/AW) 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: retireddan2001@gmail.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Stationed there 3 different times. Lived in I-Circle, Barracks 13, Barracks 14 and Barracks 16. WIZ type..Also worked part time in '97 for 7 months at NFCU. Would love to contact any one from those times as well as anyone still on the rock in some fashion. 9/1/2016 1.FullName: Verna Marie Vines 2.NickName: prior name - Fitzgerald 3.ArriveDate: April 1989 4.DepartDate: May 1990 5.RateRating: CTAC 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: marie@reagan.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Helped stand-up the Defense Courier Service working out of "C" Site. 8/13/2016 1.FullName: John Bispels 2.NickName: Reverend 3.ArriveDate: 9/82 4.DepartDate: 12/83 5.RateRating: CTT3 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: Cbispels@comcast.net 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: 6/28/2016 1.FullName: Joe Michael Ingram 2.NickName: 3.ArriveDate: Oct 1982 4.DepartDate: Oct 1983 5.RateRating: CTA2 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: shovelhd1967@yahoo.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: 11/22/2015 1.FullName: Dean Walker 2.NickName: 3.ArriveDate: 10/1988 4.DepartDate: 10/1989 5.RateRating: CTM2 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: deanfw@outlook.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: crazy schedule 2-24/2-48, learned to "like" DRY martinis and sleep while others partied on their time-off. Thankful for the gym and friends and engaging work. 10/6/2015 1.FullName: Timothy Scott Downs 2.NickName: Tim 3.ArriveDate: 1999 4.DepartDate: 2000 5.RateRating: CTM3 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: 8.OnLineRoster: No 9.Comments: 7/26/2015 1.FullName: William E Reed 2.NickName: Bill 3.ArriveDate: Apr 80 4.DepartDate: Apr 81 5.RateRating: CTTC 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: fitlike.bill@yahoo.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: 2/20/2015 1.FullName: Susan C. Melnychuk 2.NickName: Sue 3.ArriveDate: Jan 1990 4.DepartDate: Apr 1992 5.RateRating: CTO1 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: scmelnychuk@gmail.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: LPO NSGD Comms/NSGD Dept. Career Counselor/ NAVCOMMSTA Command Career Counselor. 12/4/2014 1.FullName: Tommy Bonds 2.NickName: 3.ArriveDate: Oct 1996 4.DepartDate: Oct 1997 5.RateRating: CTM3 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: tabonds@tva.gov 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: 9/17/2014 1.FullName: Jeanette (Myers) Blackwood 2.NickName: 3.ArriveDate: Dec. 18, 1995 4.DepartDate: Dec. 17, 1996 5.RateRating: CTM3 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: jmblackwood1974@gmail.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: C-Site. HFDF/Comms/40 Dept 7/8/2014 1.FullName: Torre L. Lewis 2.NickName: 3.ArriveDate: 4/28/97 4.DepartDate: 4/27/98 5.RateRating: CTT3 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: torrelewis@gmail.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: 4/12/2014 1.FullName: Mike Edwards 2.NickName: 3.ArriveDate: March 1991 4.DepartDate: May 1992 5.RateRating: CTM2 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: mikeedwards212@gmail.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: 2/24/2014 1.FullName: Leonard Brothers 2.NickName: Cricket 3.ArriveDate: 11/90 4.DepartDate: 11/91 5.RateRating: CTI1 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: wolffe_mannj@yahoo.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: There for the construction of the FCPOA lounge, the "Hash House" 2/9/2014 1.FullName: Mike Schaffer 2.NickName: Shifty 3.ArriveDate: 01/1987 4.DepartDate: 02/1988 5.RateRating: CTR2 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: daetsort@yahoo.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Worked at C-site Narrowband/Wideband/Remote HFDF 1/3/2014 1.FullName: Dennis M. Dixon 2.NickName: Denny 3.ArriveDate: 08/1984 4.DepartDate: 08/1985 5.RateRating: CTT1 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: dmd1946@gmail.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: 6/29/2013 1.FullName: Ronald E. Dunlop 2.NickName: Ron 3.ArriveDate: September 1987 4.DepartDate: September 1988 5.RateRating: CTTCS(SW) 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: ronlop@twc.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Even more delightful experience. 6/29/2013 1.FullName: Ronald E. Dunlop 2.NickName: Ron 3.ArriveDate: September 1974 4.DepartDate: September 1975 5.RateRating: CTT2 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: ronlop@twc.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Plank Owner. Delightful experience. 4/12/2013 1.FullName: kenneth r middleton 2.NickName: sarantz 3.ArriveDate: 06/78 4.DepartDate: 04/79 5.RateRating: ctrc 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: 8.OnLineRoster: No 9.Comments: 1/7/2013 1.FullName: Eric Howell 2.NickName: 3.ArriveDate: November 1982 4.DepartDate: October 1983 5.RateRating: CTM1 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: erhowell@mindspring.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: I was the PO1 for the Wideband and Crypto shop. I also ran the after hours maintenance for the Cable and wireless Earth Station. 10/16/2012 1.FullName: Dennis Burgess 2.NickName: Burge 3.ArriveDate: 8/88 4.DepartDate: 9/89 5.RateRating: CTTSN-CTT3 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: bamaburgess@hotmail.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: C-Site Wizard 8/23/2012 1.FullName: Lee Norris 2.NickName: Chuck 3.ArriveDate: Oct 1994 4.DepartDate: Oct 1995 5.RateRating: CTO2 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: lnorris593@valornet.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: 7/22/2012 1.FullName: William Joseph Stevenson 2.NickName: Bill 3.ArriveDate: 15 Sep 80 4.DepartDate: 11 Sep 81 5.RateRating: CTTC 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: billstevensonusnret@yahoo.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: arrived and departed as CTT1 5/17/2012 1.FullName: Gerald M Boone 2.NickName: Gerry 3.ArriveDate: 08/1976 .. 07/1982 4.DepartDate: 08/1977 .. 08/1983 5.RateRating: CTO2 .. CTO1 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: boonegm3@aol.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: Worked at C-Site...both tours,,Second Tour:,Arrived DG 07/1982,Departed DG 08/1983,CTO1 4/7/2012 1.FullName: david selwocki 2.NickName: 3.ArriveDate: May 1985 4.DepartDate: May 1986 5.RateRating: CTRSN 6.Duty: DiegoGarcia 7.Email: selwocki@yahoo.com 8.OnLineRoster: Yes 9.Comments: