Dallas Bethea:
CLASS OF 1963
Venice High SchoolClass of 1963
Los angeles, CA
Santa Monica CollegeClass of 1966
Santa monica, CA
Daniel Webster Junior High SchoolClass of 1960
Los angeles, CA
Clover Avenue Elementary SchoolClass of 1957
Los angeles, CA
Charnock Road Elementary SchoolClass of 1955
Los angeles, CA
Dallas's Story
Life
Following college graduation in the late '60s, I received a commission in the U.S. Navy and headed straight to Vietnam with the Third Marine Division. Eventually had three tours in Vietnam and decided that maybe the Navy wasn't a bad career choice afterall. After working my way up the ranks throughout the 1970s and a three year tour at the Pentagon plus a year at the National War College in Washington, D.C. doing post graduate work in National Security Affairs in the early to mid 1980s, I took command in 1986 of USS Gary, a guided missile frigate, homeported in Long Beach CA. In 1988 my ship was engaged in combat with Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf during Operation Praying Mantis...Expand for more
. Following another three year Pentagon tour, I assumed command of USS Cowpens, an Aegis guided missile cruiser, out of San Diego and saw action again in the Persian Gulf following Desert Storm. After 3 1/2 years in command of a battle tactics school for senior officers in San Diego, I retired from the Navy in 1998 as a captain and have been living in Northern Virginia, about 15 miles outside Washington, D.C. When not playing golf, baseball and travelling, I am a security consultant to the federal government. My two children graduated from Duke and Bucknell, and I have been married over 35 years to the greatest gal in the world (Dorsey HS, UCLA Kappa Delta Class of '68). Life is sweet!
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