Robert Cloud:
CLASS OF 1968
Spring-Ford High SchoolClass of 1968
Royersford, PA
Robert's Story
After graduation, I enlisted in the US Navy, and served off the coast of South and North Vietnams on two [USS NEW JERSEY BB62 and USS ALFRED A CUNNINGHAM DD752] ships, then I did a tour on the rivers [on The Delta Hilton YRBM20 and tug boat MOROCCO YPU24] in South Vietnam. After FIVE campaigns of Vietnam service, I became obsessed with alchol. I joined the Naval Reserve, but worked for Montgomery County, the new Sheraton Inn in King of Prussia, and Phoenix Steel. I re-enlisted in the US Navy, and served on the USS CONYNGHAM DDG17 for two years, then re-enlisted again for gas turbine school in 1978. I served on the USS JOHN HANCOCK DD981, USS O'BANNON DD987, and finally the USS COMTE DE GRASSE DD974. I retired from the US Navy in 1994. Worked [for seven great years] as the Senior F...Expand for more
ield Engineer for a very small company called ALTEK based out of Exton, PA. I travelled extensively and thoroughly enjoyed every minute with that company. ALTEK went bankrupt, so in 2002 I became the maintenance manager of a major industrial laundry facility named Laurel Linen in Philadelphia, PA. Laurel Linen went bankrupt, so in 2003, [Hmm, I sense a trend developing!] I became an estimator for a US Government contractor [Global] also based in Philadelphia at the US Navy Inactive Fleet facility. Just after Thanksgiving in 2012, I was sitting in my car on a clogged roadway, and I thought, "Why am I doing this?" So on December 2, 2012, I gave Global my four weeks notice of leaving. I've been building Cloud's Custom Carts, detailing vehicles, doing whatever I want to do ever since.
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