Bill Cahill:  

The survey doesn't begin to tell the story. I graduated from college with a degree in Geology. I even did a year and a half of graduate work in the same field, concentrating on micro-paleontology, as a graduate assistant. I went through a divorce and ended up working several jobs to make ends meet and was unable to complete my masters degree. I got tired of tending bar in the evenings and working the hoot-owl shift at Columbia Records and joined the Navy. I went to Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI and was commissioned an Ensign on April 1st, 1977 (April fools day, hmmmm..) I was stationed in San Diego then Longbeach California. I was on the USS Mobile LKA -115 and started as Electrical Officer, became the Communications Officer and eventually became the Operations Officer (Ops Boss) before getting out the day Ronald Reagan got shot at the end of March 1981. I did a couple west-pac deployments and we were hauling marines off the Arabian Coast during the Iranian hostage crisis back in 1980. I visited many great ports including that famos liberty port in the Phillipines - Subic Bay (I made many missions over shi..t river), Perth Australia, Pusan Korea, Phattia Beach, Thailand, Singapore, Ilo Ilo City, Mombassa, Kenya and many other ports of call. Before leaving the Navy I interviewed around and accepted a position at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS. It is now part of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. I am the Integrated Logistics Support Manager on the DDG 1000 program. I have done extensive travelling for the company and was once a Platinum Medallion Member of the Delta Frequent Flyer program. There are alot more activities t...Expand for more