John Eger:
CLASS OF 1966
Crossland High SchoolClass of 1966
Temple hills, MD
Campbell High SchoolClass of 1963
Ewa beach, HI
Barbers Point Elementary SchoolClass of 1962
Kapolei, HI
Linden Elementary SchoolClass of 1959
Middletown, RI
Taft Elementary SchoolClass of 1958
Wyandotte, MI
John's Story
Life
GRADUATED FROM UNIV. OF HAWAII IN 1970, BA/MA HISTORY. NAVAL FLIGHT OFFICER FROM '70-'91, RETIRED A LCDR. RECEIVED CALIF TEACHING CERTIFICATE AND MS IN INSTRUCTION SECONDARY SCHOOL IN '91. TAUGHT HIGH SCHOOL FROM '91-'93. CURRENTLY RETIRED. DO VOLUNTEER WORK AT THE USS MIDWAY MUSEUM.
School
MILITARY BRAT, TRAVELLED A LOT DURING SCHOOL. SPENT MY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DAYS IN HAWAII (59-63). HIGH SCHOOL IN CAMP SPRINGS MD AT CROSSLAND (63-66). VARSITY FOOTBALL AND LETTERMANS CLUB.
College
ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FROM '66-'70. MAJOR IN HISTORY (US HISTORY) AND MINOR IN GEOGRAPHY. FACILITY ADVISOR IN MY MAJOR WAS PROF. ISSAC NEWBY. REASON FOR TAKEN HISTORY AS A MAJOR WAS PROF. CAVIN DAWS, WHO TAUGHT THE UNDER-GRADUATE WORLD HISTORY COURSE. EXCELLENT TEACHER AND VERY ENTERTAINING. LATER WROTE "SHOALS OF TIME" ABOUT HAWAIIAN HISTORY AND A BOOK ON THE AMERICAN POWS HELD BY JAPAN DURING WWII.
Workplace
AFTER RETIREMENT FROM THE NAVY IN 1991, WENT TO WORK FOR THE GREATER SAN DIEGO TRANSPORTATION COMPANY IN 1993. THIS COMPANY IS OWNED BY COACH USA, AND CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF CAB COMPANIES INCLUDING YELLOW CAB OF SAN DIEGO, ALSO PREMIER RIDE CO (LIMO SERVICE), AND DART/MTS (TRANSIT BUS SERVICE). I'M THE TRAINING, WHICH INCLUDES TRAINING CAB DRIVE...Expand for more
RS, LIMO DRIVERS, AND BUS DRIVERS WHICH REQUIRE CLASS B LICENSES AND OTHER SPECIAL CERTIFICATES. TRAINING INCLUDES BOTH CLASSROOM, AND BEHIND THE WHEEL TRAINING. ALSO I TEACH THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCILS DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE.
Military
ENLISTED IN 1970 AND WENT TO BOOT CAMP IN SAN DIEGO. WAS SELECTED FOR AOCS (AVIATION OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL) IN PENSACOLA. COMMISSIONED IN 1971 AND WENT THROUGH FLIGHT TRAINING AND WAS WINGED AS AN NAVAL FLIGHT OFFICER IN 1972. MY FIRST TOUR WAS WITH VP24 IN JACKSONVILLE, FL ('72-'75). MADE THREE DEPLOYMENTS TO KEFLAVIK, ICELAND FLYING THE P-3C ORION ASW AIRCRAFT. WENT TO SAN DIEGO, CA AND VS41 AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN THE S-3A VIKING FROM '75-'78. THIRD TOUR WAS WITH THE ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE OPERATIONS CENTER IN ADAK, AK FOR A YEAR. WAS THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT THE NAVAL FACILITY IN LEWES, DE FROM '79-'81 WHEN WE CLOSED THE BASE. WENT TO KEFLAVIK, ICELAND IN '81 TO THE ASW ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE OPERATIONS CENTER TILL '83. DEPARTMENT HEAD TOUR WAS WITH VP22 IN BARBER'S POINT, HI FROM '83-'86 AND MADE TWO DEPLOYMENTS TO CUBI PT, PHILIPPINES. ORDERED TO CTG 163.2, ASW INTELLIGENCE CENTER AT NORFOLK, VA FROM '86-'88. MADE MY FINAL TOUR AT THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS TRAINING FACILITY IN SAN DIEGO, AND RETIRED AS A LCDR IN 1991.
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