Jerry Hertz:
CLASS OF 1982
Cupertino High SchoolClass of 1982
Cupertino, CA
Jerry's Story
Life
-April of '82 joined Navy to be a diver.
-Dec. 25,'82 cut hair into mohawk at girlfriend's house and crashed my parents going away/Xmas party in my honor (people I didn't know started handing me their watches.My Dad just laughed and shook his head.Mom was stuck on,"Oh MY GOD, etc.,etc."!)
-Dec. 26,'82 shipped off to bootcamp in San Diego, Ca. Had to go through the gas chamber twice for making jokes. Graduated in top 5% in March '83.
-March '83 went to Naval apprentice school for firefighting and building trades. Graduated top in class with honors. Got to pick anywhere in the world I wanted to go. Went to Navy Diver training in Hawaii! Got in bad accident and dropped from school due to injuries and 5 mos in hospital.
-Sent to submarine base Pearl Harbor and fixed submarines.
-Transfered to first ship (U.S.S. Jason)in Pearl Harbor, first time at sea (for me) and we get hit by another ship, broad side! Instant explosions and fire. 1 guy killed. Cut out the picture of "Captain Crunch" (favorite cereal)and attached it to the other ships captain's parking spot sign. The Navy was pissed, but we laughed for days!
-'86 got selected out of 15,000 applicants to participate in the "Project Deep Freeze" Antarctic expedition. Bastards dropped me due to my prior accident injuries. Started sky diving.
-June '87 Finally passed medical screening for re-entry to dive school! (Had to do "Hell Week" all over again)! Graduated as class leader. Glad that was over!!!!
-Flown to Persian Gulf to (U.S.S. Acadia)for the U.S.S. Stark incident (missile up the poopshoot from our buddies in Lib...Expand for more
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Can't tell ya what we did or I'd have to kill ya!
-Arrived to new home in San Diego, Ca. dba "Consolidated Divers Unit". Bounced to the Phillipines, Persian Gulf, Diego Garcia,Hong Kong, China,raised/salvaged crashed airplanes and helicopters, dove to 300 ft, got bent (decompression sickness), looked for enemy bombs, blah,blah, blah.
-'90 went to First class dive school (advanced deepsea diving, explosives, salvage, and supervisor) in Panama City, Fl. (during Spring Break!!!!!) OH MY GOD!!! It was epic!
-Aug '90 went back to San Diego. Same routine, except I was in charge (translated to "My ass is REALLY in the hot seat NOW!"
Supervised dives to recover a lost underwater robot in 7,500ft of water using my divers and the submarine "Alvin" (recognized by you fellow Nat. Geographic/Discovery Channel fans). That was cool.
-'92 Got married to a print add model (huge mistake)!! Then transferred back to Hawaii to a ship I really had to BE on. That sucked, but living in Hawaii took the edge off!Dove in the Bearing Sea above the Arctic Circle (don't ask).
-'94 Started a small import company (Pier1 type of stuff)traveling on leave to do my buying. Waaay cool!
-'95 got out of Uncle Sam's canoe club to help Mom & Dad start a bakery/coffee shop business.
-'95 Elected to V.P. of the Tuolumne County Arts Council and Downtown Sonora Business Owners Association. (I'm a stone sculptor who likes community service-really)
This is getting way too long and boring! Feel free to give me a buzz so I can hear about what YOU have been up to!
Jerry Hertz (215) 681-3829
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