Marcos Bernardez Jr.:  

Military MARCOS BERNARDEZ JR. CTMC(SW/AW), USN Enlisted in the Navy on Oct 13, 1980 and attended Basic Training in San Diego, CA. After Basic training he completed Basic Electricity and Electronics (BEE) school in San Diego and Cryptologic Technician Maintenance (CTM) “A” school in Pensacola, Florida. Upon completion of “A” school he was advanced to Third Class Petty Officer in 1981. He transferred back to San Diego to attended Mod 28 teletype “C” school. His first assignment was in May 1982 at NSGA Adak, Alaska, where he worked in the Communications Maintenance Shop. He worked section duty, learned to become an outdoorsman and learned how to increase his consumption of alcoholic spirits. In May 1983, he was excited on his transferred to NAVCAMS EASTPAC Wahiawa, Hawaii where he served two years in the Teletype Maintenance Shop. He soon learned the true art in taking apart a fully functional piece of teletype and bringing it back to life. The tour in Adak never took him that far, but he was now a true TTY tech. During this tour he advanced to Second Class Petty Officer and quickly became a section leader. This was the beginning of many leadership roles to come. In August 1985, he reported to NSGA Ft. Meade, Maryland. He was assigned the Equipment Prep shop for nine months and later to the Tactical Support to Military Operations (TSMO). After six months of equipment familiarization he was promoted to team leader. He lead a highly qualified team of six Joint Forces team members to provide secure communications in 13 contingencies throughout the world in support of Unit Commanders. It was at Ft. Meade where he met and married YN1 Frances Joan Reed. They transferred to NSGA Okinawa, Japan in Janu...Expand for more