Jack Carney:
CLASS OF 1962
Arvada High SchoolClass of 1962
Arvada, CO
United States Coast Guard AcademyClass of 1966
New london, CT
Kaimuki Intermediate SchoolClass of 1959
Kaimuki, HI
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Graduated from U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT in 1966. Spent 27 yrs in Coast Guard, retiring as Captain in 1993. Spent early years at sea aboard 5 ships; commanded 3 of them, including a year in Vietnam (1969) running a riverine gunboat in Mekong River Delta. Spent later years primarily in drug law enforcement and policy, including 2 yrs in Congressional Affairs, 1 yr liaison tour at Justice Dept w/Attorney General's office, and 2 years w/White House staff working national drug policy issues for nation's first "Drug Czar." Co-chaired National Security Council working group overseeing implementation of first Preside...Expand for more
nt Bush's "Andean Cocaine Strategy in Colombia, Peru & Bolivia" for 2 yrs. After retiring, worked at odd jobs and decided to be "house/soccer dad" for then-3 yr old adopted daughter while going thru painful divorce. Been spending winter seasons as PSIA certified ski instructor & USSCA cert ass't race team coach at Whitetail Ski Resort, PA since 1995, bringing my daughter w/me every weekend; she's been on the race team there since she was 9, then became a PSIA cert ski instructor at 18. Spend summers sailing w/friends from Maine to Florida & doing some community volunteer work on the side. It's a tough life, but somebody's gotta do it!
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