Doug Bateman:  

After high school graduation and a 5 day “summer vacation” I joined fellow alumni Jeff Ball and Pete Haring at Annapolis (Class of ’70) to start our naval careers. Bill Miller joined us a year later in the class of ’71. During those college years I had contact with other ELVHS grads. After visiting David Cornell and Alan Doran at Hartwick College, Dave returned the favor by attending an Oceanography Symposium sponsored by the Naval Academy in Annapolis. And one day I literally bumped into Linda Downes when she became not only an assistant coach in gymnastics but possibly the first female coach in Naval Academy history. Jeff Ball went into naval aviation, Pete Haring chose nuclear submarines and my service selection was Naval Special Warfare. Completing the Basic Underwater Demolition and SEAL (BUDS) training (class #59) with ELVHS grad Richard Measle shows what a small world it is! My ten years of active duty included service in Vietnam and a three year assignment to Perth Australia with the Australian Army’s Special Air Service (similar to Delta Force). Upon leaving active duty, I became a Special Agent with the FBI in San Diego and Houston. My toughest decision was to leave the Bureau and to become a real-estate developer. As a member of the Naval Reserves, it was my privilege to command a Naval Special Warfare...Expand for more