SCPO Edward Westerdahl

SCPO Edward Westerdahl

Dates of Service: Nov 1963 - Jun 1984
RETIRED
60% Complete
5 Contacts
Influence Score: 5,320
9,357 out of 865,364 Veterans
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Promotions

  • SR Nov 63
  • AA Feb 64
  • AN Jun 64
  • PO3 Aug 64
  • PO2 Jul 67
  • PO1 Mar 69
  • CPO Jul 76
  • SCPO Feb 78

Deployments

(2 years, 10 months)
Jul 1982 - Feb 1983
Caribbean - Panama - Pacific
ATCS in charge of 9-man deployment of MQM-74C Target Drones on (FF-1032). We visited Port au Prince, Haiti; Orangestad, Aruba; Cartagena, Colombia; Panama; became SHELLBACKS in the Pacific, and then on to 3 months in Chile; the Straights of Magellan; Uraguay; and RIO for 9 days. Had lunch in the bar on Ipanima Beach where the song was written.
Jul 1968 - Jan 1969
The Med - Rota to Istanbul
Still an AT2 and Shift Supervisor of the night shift working on A3D electronic equipment. After AVI-B school I was assigned to VAH-10 out of Whidbey Island, WA. We deployed on the USS Independence (CVA-72). We did workups off Gitmo, and got liberty and shore det. there. The only traffic light in the USA with Red at the bottom on 2 sides is there !
Mar 1965 - Feb 1966
Yankee & Dixie Station again
AT2 - Night Shift (1900-0700) supervisor of eight technicians replacing com-nav and ECM equipment in nine McDonell-Douglas A3D Skywarriors. Reinlisted during this cruise for six years for orders to Advanced Class-B school at NATTC Memphis, to cancel my extension - in the tax-free zone off Viet Nam. Fondly remember The China Fleet Club in Hong Kong.
Apr 1964 - Oct 1964
Yankee and Dixie Station
My first cruise was on the UJSS Coral Sea (CVA-43) with VAH2 Detachment A as a flight-deck aviation electronics technician working the day shift replacing failed communications/navigation and electronic countermeasures equipment in McDonnell-Douglas A3D Skywarrior aircraft. I extended my enlistment to have a total of 5 years, and made E-4.

Military Credentials

Professional Development Schools

Feb 1974 - Nov 1974

Avionics Advanced "B" School

Feb 1967 - Nov 1967

Avionics "B" School

Feb 1964 - Nov 1964

AFUN (P), AT(N) A schools

Individual & Special Skill Schools

Sep 1975

Oxygen Gauge Calibration, NARF NORVA

Jul 1975

Pressure Gauge Calibration, NARF NORVA

Jul 1973 - Jul 1975

Mechanical Calibration, NARF NORVA

Dec 1974 - Jan 1975

Microwave Calibration, Lowry AFB, CO

Foreign Language Skills

1972

Spanish (2+/2+)

Security Clearance
Secret

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