David L. Compton, CTTC USN 1967-1987

I graduated for a small high school in Waynesville, Missouri in May of
1966 and enlisted in the Navy on a delayed entry in February of 1967. I
entered boot camp in Great Lakes, Ill in June of 1967 and reported to
NCTC Pensacola, Fl in August/September of 1967. After NCTC I received
orders to Adak, Alaska as a CTR. After several weeks of morse code
refresher I was assigned to HFDF as a narrow band operator and
eventually moved to wideband DF prior to my assignment in San Vito,
Italy after Adak and 6 weeks of schooling in Pensacola, Fl again.
During my tour in San Vito I converted to from "R" to "T" branch when
the Navy found they had an excessive number of "R" branchers and needed
to trim a few. From San Vito I went to Northwest, VA; Rota, Spain;
school in Winter Harbor, ME; Diego Garcia; Edzell, Scotland and Winter
Harbor, ME where I retired in 1987 as a CTTC. Between Spain and Diego
Garcia I attended school in Winter Harbor and moved from HFDF to Classic
Wizard.