PO1 Samuel S Gilstrap

PO1 Samuel S Gilstrap

Dates of Service: Feb 1997 - Mar 2012
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I was in the Navy for 15 years. I hurt my back and had to get out. I work at Amazon now but eventually I would like to run my own Air Conditioning and Refrigeration company.

Military Experiences

Oct 2003 - Jan 2004
NAVBASE San Diego
EN2(SW)
Was here for a short time at TPU for a while awaiting orders and healing up.
Dec 2002 - Oct 2003
EN2(SW)
Ruptured my Spleen here. Had fun learning more security and got to drive boats learned how to work on outboards. Shot some awesome weapons here.
Aug 2002 - Dec 2002
USS Germantown (LSD-42)
EN2
Hull swap from the Harpers-Ferry LSD-49. Got my ESWS on here from Harpers-Ferry. Was only here for about 4 months....... But I will be back.
Dec 1999 - Aug 2002
USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49)
EN3-EN2
Main Propulsion Colt Pilstick Diesel engines and Emergency Diesel Fairbanks Morse Diesel engines. Learned the ins and outs of Amphib life. Learned a lot of cool things. Went to Captains Mast became a ENFN again and then almost a month later became an EN2. It was pretty cool. In August 2002 we did a Hull Swap with the USS Germantown LSD42.

Deployments

(7 months)
Mar 2001 - Sep 2001
USS Harpers-Ferry (LSD-49)
Got back to Camp Pendleton the morning of September 11, 2001. We were offloading our Marines and then got mustered in our respective mustering stations and found out about the Twin Towers in New York. What a blow that was, we did not know if we were going to finish offloading and go home or load back up and go back to sea. Crazy and unforgetable.

Military Credentials

Certifications

Dec 2001

EPA Refrigerant Handlers HVAC Certification

Security Clearance
None / Expired
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