Garry Collins:
CLASS OF 1971
New Albany High SchoolClass of 1971
New albany, IN
Golden Gate University - BusinessClass of 1986
San francisco, CA
McKendree CollegeClass of 1980
Louisville, KY
Garry's Story
Life
After graduation from High School in June of 1971, I enlisted in the US Navy. I spent the next 22 years trying to decide if I liked it! Ha! I enjoyed just about every minute of it. I was an enlisted man for the first 10 years in the submarine electronics field. I served on the USS Canopus, a submarine repair ship and I served in USS John C Calhoun, a nuclear fleet ballistic missile submarine. I made seven deterrent patrols and qualified in submarines. Each patrol was 70 days submerged. After leaving the Calhoun, I returned home to New Albany and was a recruiter in charge of the New Albany and Shively offices. Went back to Charleston in 1979, finishe...Expand for more
d my bachelors degree while assigned to USS Compass Island, a navigation research ship. I applied for, and was accepted to Officer Candidate School. I was commissioned an Ensign in March of 1981. I served as a Supply Corps Officer for the next twelve years, serving on two more ships, USS Concord and USS Thomas C Hart, one air squadron, Fleet Composite Squadron Six, and at the Commander in Chief of the US Atlantic Fleet where I retired in 1993. Back home in New Albany now. Enjoying grand kids, still working in accounting for a while. Have several rental properties. Hope to retire a second time soon. Would love to hear from any old classmates or shipmates.
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