Michael Miller:  

LIFE My oldest daughter Heather recently graduated from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. Heather just moved to TX. Heidi my second oldest is attending community college and lives on her own. The other kids are still at home and in school, ranging in ages from 18 down to 9. I retired November 1, 2007 from the Navy after 21 years, and work for URS Corporation as a defense contractor at Commander, US Fleet Forces in Norfolk, VA. MILITARY I joined the Navy in 1986 after completing 2 years of school at Canisius College and getting married. The first 6 years of my career were spent in submarines as a SONAR Technician, serving aboard the fast-attack submarine USS MEMPHIS in Norfolk, VA. I did a 4 month deployment to the North Atlantic in 1990, earning my "dolphins". In 1992 the Navy decided to send me back to college. I graduated (finally!!) in 1995 with a B.S. in Chemistry. I was commissioned as an Ensign and entered flight school later that year. Unfortunately things didn't pan out for me as a pilot. In 1997 I reported as the CIC Officer to my first ship the USS GLADIATOR (MCM 11), a Minesweeper, in Texas. There I earned my SWO pin. I spent 7 months of 1999 in the Persian Gulf on board the USS DEXTROUS (MCM 13), another Minesweeper, as the Operations Officer. In 2000 I reported as the Fire Control Officer to the ...Expand for more