MSG Tim Cates

MSG Tim Cates

Dates of Service: no date specified
VETERAN
72% Complete
93 Contacts
Influence Score: 8,339
6,726 out of 865,931 Veterans
About Discussions

Promotions

  • PVT
  • PV2
  • PFC
  • SPC
  • SGT
  • SSG
  • SFC
  • MSG

Recent Activity  -

Bio 

Defense contracting Aerospace, Aviation, Communications ,Weapon systems, cruise missiles Command Control Communications Tomahawk, Flight Engineer , Program Manager,

Military Experiences

Sep 2003 - Aug 2011
G8
79 V Transition NCO
Went to pasture as a 79V Transition NCO and dealt with soldiers coming and going from Iraq and Afgan. ...turned them around...back in boots and on the ground.
Jan 1990 - Jan 1998
1-124 CAV
1st Sergeant / Detachment Sgt.
1st Sergeant / Det Sgt. for AVUM Platoon 1/124th Cav. Armored, Ft Hood Tx. Managed a aircraft maintenance detachment Company/Platoon of over 120 soldiers, 20 Attack Aircraft, Admin, motor pool, supply and cooks.
Aug 1978 - Aug 1982
Flight Engineer
P-3C Orion Flight Engineer Special Mission Aircraft. Flew over 6000 hrs performing special operations over the Pacific and Indian Ocean. Directly involved with the SAR missions recovering hundreds of Vietnamese from the South China Sea.
Nov 1974 - Nov 1976
Maintenance Check Flight Insp
F-14 Back seat maintenance check flight qualified aboard the Enterprise and deployed for 2 years into the Indian Ocean and South China Sea

Deployments

(11 years, 6 months)
Nov 1990 - May 1991
Southwest asia ribbon
Operation Desert Shield/Storm
1st Sergeant for AVUM Platoon 1/124th Cav. Ft Hood Tx Got tagged for Desert Storm and that lasted no time at all....we prepared to go then stood down because it was over before it even started.
Nov 1979 - Aug 1982
Cold War
Flew over 6000 hours covering the Pacific and Indian Oceans as a P-3C Orion Special Mission Combat Aircraft, Flight Engineer. Spent 3 years overseas with multiple duty stations from Adak Alaska to Diego Garcia (Dodge)..hit every third world Pot Hole ..if it had a fuel pit then I was there.
Nov 1970 - Nov 1978
Vietnam ribbon
Vietnam War
Started out as a Naval Aviator 2nd mech on C-130s and transitioned to F-14's after Vietnam in 1974. Went aboard the Enterprise with VF-2 Bounty Hunters as their maintenance check flight QC and rode back seat during these events.

Military Credentials

Certifications

Army and Navy Air Crewman

Flight Engineer P-3C / Huey Air Crew

Merchant Marine Captain

Security Clearance
Secret

Academic Degrees

Academic Degrees

US Coast Guard (USCG), Military

Job/Skill Training, Merchant Marine Captain

close