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Where to start...
Going wayyyyyyy back.
After graduating from
WLHS...and a very short summer, I attended the U.S. Naval Academy
(Annapolis, MD)...1963-1967. Following a few years in various duty
assignments on diesel-electric submarines (USS CUBERA, USS
TRUMPETFISH) where I "Qualified in Submarines", I returned to
academia for a four year Navy scholarship to Case Western Reserve
University (Cleveland, Ohio) to earn a MS and Ph.D. in Heat
Transfer/Fluid Mechanics. As payback for the academic time out and
after qualifying in the naval nuclear power program (Bainbridge, MD;
Windsor Locks, CT), I spent the next 15 years on sea duty on 5 fleet
ballistic missile submarines (USS PATRICK HENRY, USS DANIEL BOONE,
USS JAMES MONROE, USS HENRY L. STIMSON, and USS BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN)... finally serving as Commanding Officer on the FRANKLIN.
Duty stations/home ports during this time included Groton, CT;
Charleston, SC; Honolulu, HI; Vallejo, CA; Kittery, ME; and Norfolk,
VA. Routine deployments from Guam, Holy Loch (Scotland), and St.
Mary's (Kings Bay), GA rounded out my "homes away from home." In
1988, after completing my 3rd submarine shipyard overhaul, I moved
to the Washington, D.C. area for 9 years of program management
assignments (ship signature management, combat systems,
automation/crew reduction technologies, etc.), culminating with 4
1/2 years at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
developing advanced capabilities for submarines. Finally, after 30
years in the submarine navy, I retired to work the civilian side of
the problem for a while.
In 1997 I chose to start a
second career at General Dyanmics Electric Boat Corporation in
Groton, CT as a Staff Engineer. Now, after 11 years, I have been
able to continue working advanced technologies for applications to
improve submarine capability/relevance and contributing directly to
the newest of U.S. submarines... the VIRGINIA Class submarines.
It's been a heck of a
ride...and Judy (Judy Peterson, WLHS Class of '64), 5 kids (Robert,
Bradley, Jon, Kathrine, and Jodi) and countless pets have been along
with me.
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