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Military Experience
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Military Experience
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Served as a nuclear engineering trained officer aboard nuclear submarines. Multiple responsibilities over several years in operations, maintenance, electrical, mechanical, reactor operations and electronic arenas. Also served as the "Ship's Overhaul Coordinator" with responsibilities on a department head level. Responsibilities for 180 persons, ship-wide, during a nuclear refueling overhaul. Managed the largest division on the submarine (two officers, two chiefs, and 22 technicians).
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Qualified as watch officer in a single underway period. Noted by C.O. as "clearly the ship's best watch officer," whose "ability to react in stressful situations is unparalleled, and [whose] decisions are well-reasoned and timely." Instituted additional training procedures that resulted in 10% to 50% faster casualty response. Researched and wrote procedures for the hazardous "undocking," supervising the training of the entire crew. The ship was "prepared to undock ahead of schedule and accomplished the undocking without incident." (Awarded NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL). "Directly contributed to a five month reduction in the duration of the overhaul." Controlled daily operations of the most diverse division on the ship, with equipment ranging from turbine-generators to electrical switchgear. Authored a change to the fleet's "Reactor Plant Manual" concerning the test procedures for electrical distribution switchgear.
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