Michael Murphy:
CLASS OF 1975
Hattiesburg High SchoolClass of 1975
Hattiesburg, MS
University of Southern MississippiClass of 1979
Hattiesburg, MS
Mendenhall Elementary SchoolClass of 1975
Mendenhall, MS
Hazlehurst High SchoolClass of 1975
Hazlehurst, MS
Union AcademyClass of 1975
Georgetown, MS
Michael's Story
Life
After graduating High School, I went to Jones County Jr College for a year then went to USM for two years majoring in chemistry then changing to electrical engineering. I got my Ham Radio license (WB5ZES) in 1976.
In March 1978, I chucked it all and joined the US Navy. After completing 20 years of working in the Navy's data processing/computer field, I retired and went to work as a Navy contractor at COMNAVAIRLANT supporting the non-tactical shipboard computer systems and their supply departments on the east coast aircraft carriers.
I went back to school in 2005 and finally finished my BS degree in Computer Information Systems at Saint Leo College in 2008. I currently work as a Programmer/Analyst for the Police Department in Norfolk Virginia.
School
Those years were just a blur. Should have been more involved, missed out on a lot.
College
Back at it again after a 27 year break, I finally graduated from St Leo University at the South Hampton Roads branch with a BS degree in Computer Information Systems. I should have done this earlier, much earlier.
Workplace
After retiring from the Navy, I w...Expand for more
orked for CACI Inc. at COMNAVAIRLANT as a contractor supporting Atlantic Fleet carriers and their ADP divisions. I also did software utility development in Visual FoxPro.
I currently work as a Programmer/Analyst for the Police Department in Norfolk Virginia.
Military
My first duty station was the USS Forrestal CV-59 where I worked as a keypunch operator and computer operator. After that I was stationed at the Navy Regional Data Automation Center in New Orleans and worked as a computer programmer. From there I went to Keflavik, Iceland and worked in the ASWOC. After a long year there I was transferred to the USS Yellowstone AD-41 and became the supervisor of the non-tactical computer room. When I transferred to shore duty, I went to the Navy Management Systems Support Office and spent 3 years providing technical support to the east coast large platform ships. I took a split tour and was assigned to working as the ADP supervisor at Assault Craft Unit 4 working with hover crafts. For my last tour of duty, I was part of the commissioning crew for the USS John C. Stennis CVN-74 working as the ADP supervisor.
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