Vince Carnes:
CLASS OF 1988
Buchholz High SchoolClass of 1988
Gainesville, FL
University of FloridaClass of 1998
Gainesville, FL
Arundel Junior High SchoolClass of 1985
Gambrills, MD
Four Seasons Elementary SchoolClass of 1982
Gambrills, MD
Vince's Story
Life
After high school, I spent six years on active duty in the Marine Corps. In 1994, I transferred to the Marine Corps Reserve so I could attend the University of Florida. I earned a BA (with honors) in Criminology in 1998 and became an officer with the St. Petersburg Police Department. I took flying lessons in 2003-04 and advanced as far as solo student pilot. My final flight was my long solo cross-country. I was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps Reserve in 2004. I had a Sea Doo PWC from 2006-12 and took it out almost every weekend. I have an advanced open water scuba certification but have not been diving since 2007 (would like to get back into it). I have a 1971 Chevy Chevelle SS that I like to take to cruise nights and car shows. I live with my six year-old rescue dog, a black mouth cur mix named Bailey. Never married - no kids.
Workplace
I am an officer with the St. Petersburg Police Department (since 1999), currently assigned to the Uniform Service Bureau (patrol). I have also been a member of the honor guard since 2007.
Military
I reported to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, SC in July 1988. After 12 long weeks in recruit training, I graduated with a meritorious promotion to lance corporal (E-3). My next duty station was at Naval Air Station Memphis, TN for the avionics basic course. I graduated from that in May 1989 and was then ordered to NAS Jacksonville, FL to learn how to repair forward-looking infrared (FLIR) pods. I graduated from that school in...Expand for more
September 1989 and was ordered to my permanent duty station at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC. I was assigned to Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31 where I repaired the FLIR and other electro-optical systems of the F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets of Marine Aircraft Group 31.
I was promoted to corporal (E-4) in March 1990. I deployed to the Persian Gulf for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm from August 1990 to March 1991. I deployed to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan from July 1992 to January 1993 as part of the Unit Deployment Program. My last deployment was to Aviano Air Base, Italy in support of Operation Deny Flight in the former Yugoslavia from July 1993 to January 1994. I was promoted to sergeant (E-5) in September 1993. I left active duty in July 1994 and joined Company B(-), 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion at NAS Jacksonville, FL as an amphibious tractor crewman. I subsequently served as a crew chief and a section leader. I was promoted to staff sergeant (E-6) in January 1997 and I transferred to the inactive reserve in December 1998 when I graduated from UF.
I was promoted to gunnery sergeant (E-7) in September 2000 and I got mobilized in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom in February 2003. I served as the senior enlisted advisor to the S-4 (Supply/Logistics) officer, Mobilization Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC until I was demobilized in July 2003 and returned home. I was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps in December 2004.
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