AOM Page Updates

This page will contain significant items that have been updated within the last three months

 

 

Mineman Of The Year 2007/2008

Active Duty

Reserve

MN1(SW) FAVIAN GARCIA
MCM CREW CONFLICT

MN1 DAVID B. DAVES
NR MOMAU-
NINE; JRB FT. WORTH

 


03/25/08 - NEW:  1962 Naval Magazine Subic Bay Crew Photo added HERE. The photo was provided by MNC Chin Sing and the names of the individuals were provided by Jim McDonough, Bill Roberts and Bill Fortner.  There are some recognition differences and I have shown them in the listing. If anyone has any other thoughts on who is who please let me know.  I have also added other Subic photos to the same page that used to be on individual pages.  I have also combined some individual Azuma Island photos on one page HERE


Minemen Reunion Booklets

Copies of the 2004 Charleston and 2005 Corpus Christi Minemen Reunion Booklets with color photos are available through the AOM at PO Box 69 Eutawville, SC 29048-0069. The booklets (31 & 26 pages) are $10.00 plus $2.00 mailing. Make checks payable to the AOM.

See sample photos for 2004 and 2005 .  Also included in the booklets are photos of individuals and couples plus some from the dinner and picnic.

 

DASHPOT

04/15/08 - Spring Dashpot

 

MINEMAN HISTORY BOOK

NEW PRICE:  49.99

ORDER NOW

 

 2008 Reunion click here

Charleston, SC

OCT 10-12

 


Officials 

01/22/08

New President: Robert Hart

New VP: Ron Swart

New Member on Board of Directors: Ken Waringa

New Reunion Committee: Richard Schommer

 


E-Mail - Active Duty

 

04/27/08 - Jarrod K. Simpson MN2(SW); South Central Regional Maintenance Center Sonar Shop; (SCRMC), Ingleside, TX; jarrod,simpson@navy.mil

04/19/20 - Amy (Lisinski) Greene  MN2 SW/AW; South Central Regional Maintenance Center (SCRMC), Ingleside, TX; amy.greene@navy.mil

04/15/08 - Joseph Robert Baker, MN1; NRS Bend, OR; joseph.r.baker@navy.mil

11/30/07 - Laura (MIMI) Dierks (Rodriguez) MNCS (SW); COMCMRON ONE; Ingleside, TX 78362; Work: laura.dierks@navy.mil; Personal: mn2rod@hotmail.com

10/23/07 - John D.  Stanford  MN2; HM-14; Norfolk, VA; john.d.stanford@navy.mil

E-Mail - Reservist

 

04/07/08 - Gary Evans (Current Reserve Officer Commision ); Active Duty Discharge  July 82, Ex-MN2; Reserve Discharge date (MN1), Nov 88; Lusby, MD; gsevens@gtcinternet.com
11/30/07 - Richard Fortunato, MNC USNR; Cross-assigned to NRMOMAU 5 Pittsburgh, PA in support of MOMAU 12, Misawa, Japan; Grand Marais, MN; fortunato95@msn.com
11/29/07 - David B. Daves, MN1; MOMAU 8 Det 1; Fort Worth; davesdavid@hotmail.com

 

E-Mail - Retired

 

04/19/08 - Frenchie La Fleur MNCM; August 16, 1973; Phoenix, AZ ; flafleur1@cox.net

04/11/08 - Donald  J. Leavens MN2; Retired OCT. 31, 1994; Pensacola, FL; Donald.leavens@navy.mil

03/24/08 - Lee Ostrander MNCS; Retired in 1990; Lakewood CA; leepluspam@verizon.net

03/11/08 - Rick Holcomb  MN1; Retired  January  31, 1998; Salt Lake City, UT; garland.holcomb@q.com

01/25/08 - Larry Seibert   MN1 USNR; Retired on  January 1, 1994; Etters, PA; lseibert@epix.net

01/22/08 - Keith Brieno MNCS; Retired: September 2003; kbrieno@usadomains.net

01/08/08 - David P.Brummell MN1  USNR Ret; NR MOMAG Det 906 (MOMAG/MOMU UNITS NAS Sigonella) NR SPECBOATRON 2 (NSWU 4); Retired Feb. 1999; david.brummell@dodig.mil

01/08/08 - CDR Michael (Mike) L. Mercer; Retired: March 1996; Summerville, SC; mikelemerc@gmail.com

01/08/08 - George Preston MN2; Retired 15 June 1955; Scottsdale, AZ; gpreston@cavecreek.org

01/01/08 - Michael Femrite MNCM; February 1,  1995; Pensacola, FL; mike_mncm@yahoo.com

01/01/08 - Francis (Frank) Strunk, MNC; Membership No. 0085; frankifox@bellsouth.net

12/13/07 - Jan Lester Bays MNCM; Mineman "A" School, Charleston 8/69-2/70; Subic Bay  2/70-6/70; Charleston 6/70-3/73; Deployed to Scotland & Crete; Charleston MOMAU 6 12/76-01/02 ; Discharged USN: March;   7, 1973; USNR: December 1976 to January 2002; Retired: January 2002; Florence, SC; jbays@ByrnesSchools.org

12/05/07 - Donald W. Barton MN1; 84-86 MOMAG Unit 8; 86-89 Yorktown; 90-93 MOMAG Unit 5; 93-96 MOMAG Unit 14; 96-98 USS Sentry Retired: 1998; sentry3@netzero.net

12/01/07 - Anthony Bartoli MNC (SW); Mncsonar99@yahoo.com

11/30/07 - CWO4 William (Bill/Tex) Holloway; Retire: November 02, 1997; San Diego, CA; bholloway10@cox.net

11/26/07 - Fred  Dane MN1; Retired March 28, 1968; San Jose, CA; battle48@netgate.net

11/26/07 - Brian Allston  MNCS ( SW); Retired: February 2005; Summerville, SC; allstonb@gmail.com

10/01/07 - A. B. Hinman MNCS; Charleston, SC; abhinman73@knology.net

12/30/06 - Philip  W.  Adams    MNC; Retired  NOV.  1972; Knoxville, Tn.; frog971@comcast.net

12/25/06 - James M. Sullivan PR1; Served as a Mineman in: Guam 87-89, Charleston 89-91& 95-98, PI 91-92, Okinawa 92-95, San Diego @ NSCT 98-03; Retired: Nov. 30, 2006; Beaufort, SC; fishinfool29550@yahoo.com

12/11/06 -CWO4 Gary Riggins USN; Retired: Feb 1, 2004; RCERT-K; Taegu, South Korea; amariltex@yahoo.com

12/11/06 - CDR Earl Roberts; Williamsburg, VA; earlinva@verizon.net

12/04/06 - Craig K. Born   MNC  (SW); March 1, 2006; Ingleside, TX 78362; saralyn.mason-born@kos.kiewit.com

11/25/06 - Richard Roderick MN2; Retired Jan of 1995; Goose Creek, SC; rroderick6@comcast.net

11/25/06 - Chin Sing Jr. MNC; Retired in 70; Stanton , Cal; chin.sing@sbcglobal.net

11/13/06 - Robert (Bob) Hart  MNC; Retired on 3 January 1973; Hartsville, SC; AOM: mncmh@roadrunner.com; Family: cnbhart@roadrunner.com

10/31/06 - CAPT Neal Bundo USN; G CTR DISA GES-E; Lothian, MD; Neal.Bundo.ctr@disa.mil; nbundo@msn.com; Cell - 410-336-0470; Home - 410-741-0231

10/31/06 - Edmund R. Szczutkowski   MN1; Retired Dec. 1971; Retired Aug 1995 CinClantFlt GS-11; Newton, Iowa; edmarski@mchsi.com

 

E-Mail - Ex-Mineman & Other Ratings

 

04/27/08 - Jeff Spehar YN1; MOMAG DET TEN January 1985 - July 1987; Scotiaareaone@aol.com

02/22/08 - Nancy Harper MN2; 1984 - 1990; MOMAG Unit 8 and MOMAG Unit 11; nancygilbert@tenpleinland.com; emmentoo@yahoo.com

01/16/08 - Tom Hoffman  MN3; Discharged Nov. 1959; Duty Station :Barbers Point, Oahu, Hawaii; USS Lawrence County; and the USS Yorktown  CVS 10; Monroe,  Michigan; MDAU0302@sbcglobal.net

12/13/07 - Saralyn "Sam" Mason-Born  MN3; Discharged May 1988; Ingleside, TX; saralyn.mason-born@kiewit.com

12/05/07 - John FX (Moose) Mullery  MN3; Served from 1/14/59 to  7/1/64; RDA School; Norfolk, VA; Port Layote; Sigonella; USS Gilmore AS 16 SUBRON 4; Mine/Torpedo Shop; Largo, FL; jmullery@tampabay.rr.com 
12/03/07 - James Spencer MN2; Discharged: November 12, 1954; Retired from Caterpillar Tractor Co. in 1992; Peoria, IL; djspencer7403@sbcglobal.net

11/30/07 - Daniel E. Stewart MN3; 1961 - 1965;  MCAS Iwakuni, Japan; MOMAT 0335, Whidbey Island, WA;Mckinleyville, CA; danandbevsfarm@juno.com

11/15/07 - Michael L. Gonzalez (gonzo); MN3; Discharged  1983; Clearwater fl. ; mlgonzalez66@hotmail.com

10/17/07 - Frank Ross  MN3; Discharged March 1970; Sidney, NE; xstrm348@hotmail.com

E-Mail - Other Nations

 

Binnacle List

 

04/18/08

Bill Wildman is currently being treated for pancreas and stomach cancer

 

 

 

 

 

TAPS

 

04/07/08 - McGimsey, Joe MNC Ret, Some where in Calif. in the 1970's. If anyone has more information on MNC McGimsey please send it to pdechene@triad.rr.com.

03/11/08 - KELLY, George R. MNC, 75, March 11, 2008; Phoenix, AZ   He is survived by his wife Nancy, three daughters and five grandchildren

02/22/08 - CLARK, Douglas Allen; 71; FEB 15, 2008; Panama City FLA. He was a Civil Servant with the Navy for 38 yrs at the Yorktown Mine Warfare Center in Virginia and the Naval Coastal System Center Laboratory in Panama City Beach, FLA.

02/10/08 - HART, Earl E. (Brother of Robert (Bob) Hart  MNC); Jan 23, 2008; West Fairview, PA

02/10/08 - ROBERTS, Earl, CDR; February 8, 2008 in Williamsburg, VA

02/04/08 - HAJNAL, Harold (Bing) R. MNCS; January 29, 2008; Goose Creek, SC

01/28/08 - ROBERTS, Edna A.; 80; Wife of CDR Earl Roberts; January 20, 2008 in Williamsburg, VA.

01/08/08 - SHAW, Ralph A., MNC; 73; December 21, 2007; Port Hadlock, WA.

01/08/08 - LAUX, Ralph MN1; killed in an explosive accident  at China Lake, CA in May of 76

12/03/07 - IVY, Linwood W. MNCS age  60; November 23, 2007; Charleston, SC;  Internment will be in Northside Cemetery, Pembroke, GA, with military honors. Surviving are his wife Helen Parrish Ivy of Charleston; a daughter, Valerie Dawn Loyola of Los Angeles, CA; a son, Warren Lee Ivy of Sanford, FL; a sister, Bonnie Lynn Fitzgerald of Portsmouth, VA; and four grandchildren, Audrey Cecilia Ivy, Madeleine Olivia Ivy, Sofia Helena-Marie Loyola and Ayla Suzanne Loyola. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Trans World Radio, P O Box 8700, Cary, NC 27512 and/or National Audubon Society, 700 Broadway, New York, NY 10003. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.
11/27/07 - WALDROP, Otto, MNC, USNR; 3 May, 2007, Atlanta, GA

10/23/07 - DANE, Mary, Wife of MN1 Fred Dane; 23 October, 2007; San Jose, CA

10/17/07 - PARSONS, Ralph F. MNC; 74;  13, OCT.2007

 

 

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Miscellaneous

 

01/22/08 - From: John Loonam:

Hi Guys,

  Hope all had a great Christmas and New Years celebrations.  Attached are a couple of articles from the Military.com website. Our readers and membership should be interested in what is going on in Mine Warfare.

 Hope all have a great 2008!  About Norman Polmar.  Mine Countermeasures Article

 John

 

01/22/08 - From: Derick Hartshorn:

I was at Mineman 'A' School in summer, 1956. One of the guests we had was VADM Friedrich Ruge of the West German Navy. His picture is at: http://www.hartshorn.us/navy-03.htm

An account of his life can be found at: http://www.hartshorn.us/VADM%20Friedrich%20Ruge.htm

NAVY/AIR FORCE MINE EXERCISE

 

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