LCDR Robert Turner

LCDR Robert Turner

Dates of Service: Jun 1978 - Jul 2001
RETIRED
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Influence Score: 10,428
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Promotions

  • PO3 Feb 79
  • PO2 Dec 80
  • PO1 Jan 84
  • CPO Sep 86
  • ENS Jul 88
  • LTJG Jul 90
  • LT Aug 92
  • LCDR Sep 98
Commissioning Source:  Enlisted-to-Officer, Jul 1988

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Bio 

Seaman to Chief in Submarines, Ensign to Lieutenant Commander as a Surface Communications LDO (6190) with two Department Head tours afloat and six years as OIC of Telecommunications Centers. Proud to have served!

Military Experiences

May 1998 - May 2001
Officer in Charge
Dual hat as OPNAV N61G and Department Head at NAVCOMTELSTA Washington. Lost seven shipmates on 9-11-2001 plus another 20 friends in the Navy Command Center. Never Forget!!!
Apr 1995 - Apr 1998
Officer in Charge
Great job with a great bunch of people. SACLANT Communications Center and ROCLANT Control Center.
Oct 1994 - Apr 1995
OPTEVFOR
Operational Test Director - UHF Satellites and HF Systems
Great Fun!!!
Apr 1994 - Oct 1994
USS Nassau (LHA-4)
Communications Officer (Department Head)
Arrived for predeployment workups. Fourth of July in Boston with Sunset Parade. Tour was cut short. Missed a great deployment.

Deployments

(2 years, 3 months)
Aug 1993 - Mar 1994
Afesr
Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
120 days on Groundhog Station.
Feb 1988 - Jun 1988
Middle Pacific and Northern Pacific
Still not allowed to talk about it...
Feb 1986 - Apr 1986
Atlantic off Cape Canaveral (Challenger Space Shuttle Recovery)
Towed NR-1 then helped in recovery Ops. Sad events.
Sep 1982 - Mar 1983
Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, Africa, Australia
Lots of underway 76 days submerged at one point). Reward was liberty in Perth, Australia!!!

Military Credentials

Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI or higher

Academic Degrees

Academic Degrees

2010 - 2012

Capella University

Master's Degree, Information Technology - Information Assurance and Security

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