MSG Gary Saffell

MSG Gary Saffell

Dates of Service: Jan 1964 - Jun 1994
RETIRED
74% Complete
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Influence Score: 5,379
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Promotions

  • SA Aug 64
  • SN Feb 65
  • PO3 Aug 65
  • PO2 Aug 66
  • PO1 Aug 69
  • SSG Mar 74
  • SFC 1991
  • MSG Mar 93

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Bio 

Started Military Career in Navy reserve Jan 13, 1964-April 25, 1973 CPO Lithographer; NAVY: Med Cruise 1965—USS Shangri-la CVA-38 X Div. Print Shop 2 Tours Viet Nam USS Bon Homme Richard CVA-31 X Div. Print Shop Supervisor trans. to Army April 1973 — September 1994. MSG Personnel Admin Chief Instructor. Army: Desert Storm LTGen Pegonis Staff G6 Daharan, Saudi Arabia Graduated from Minneapolis Vocational H.S. Graphic Arts. Worked several occupations. Printing field for customer service, process camera/pre-press ops.,typesetting, small offset, letterpress. MTC (Mpls-St.Paul) Mass transit bus driver, City of Las Vegas Graphics Dpt. retired as Graphic Customer Service Tech.

Military Experiences

Apr 1992 - Sep 1994
Chief Instructor
Ended career in NAVY reserve in March 1974 as Lithographer Chief PO....took grade cut to Army Reserve to Staff Sergeant (E-6) and finished Military Career as Personnel Admin Chief Instructor Master Sergeant 1994.

Deployments

(2 years, 3 months)
Aug 1991 - Apr 1992
Southwest asia ribbon
Operation Desert Shield/Storm
As Army SFC (promoted to MSG during this assignment) Assigned to G-6 staff LOC representative • Mail/supervisor
Aug 1969 - Jan 1971
US Navy USS Bon Homme Richard • Tonkin Gulf x2
Assigned Print Shop Supervisor as Lithographer Petty Officer 1st Class

Military Credentials

Additional Specialization(s)
Security Clearance
None / Expired
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