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Tactical Electronic warfare squadron 131 |
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“As boring as an eastbound TransLant, as inevitable as INSURV” |
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Where are they now? |
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Every so often, I would wonder what had happened to all the Lancers I’d met at Whidbey Island and aboard the Indy. Aside from confirming the somewhat deplorable suggestion that I really don’t have much of a life these days, this presented an opportunity to satisfy that nagging curiosity of “whatever happened to…” wandering though my mind at odd moments. With Google and the Internet shrinking the world in time and space, I thought I’d see who I could find. Interestingly, it was Skipper Creager’s name stenciled on the side of an RA-5C Vigilante on the flight deck of the USS Midway museum that served as the catalyst for this project. Chris Porter had tracked me down several years ago and we’d been in touch, but my Lancer history was largely a fading (yet still glorious) memory. When I saw the Skipper’s name on that plane I thought I’d make an effort to track down the Lancers I had known. Here, then, in no particular order, are the results so far: |
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Gunder “Skipper” Creager |
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Commercial real estate broker, now living in Coronado, CA |
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E-mail: gcreager@gmail.com |
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Rajiv “Spook” Sharma |
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Diagnostic Radiologist (MD) in Charlotte, NC. Author of several articles that have been published in radiology/pathology journals. |
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Randy “Vinnie” Franciose |
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Steve “Gnasti” Gnassi |
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Went on to become Air Boss of the USS Carl Vinson and is now Naval Attaché in Lisbon. He’s come a long way from hacksawing ashtrays from chairs in Ready Room Six. |
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Bob “Bobo” McNaught |
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Contact lost, last known to be CO of Naval Station Guam. Bobo, put down that kazoo and tell us where you are! |
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E-mail: raj.sharma@charlotteradiology.com |
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E-mail: randy.franciose@gd-ais.com |
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E-mail: airboss_cvn70@hotmail.com |
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E-mail: rmcnaugh@HolyCross.edu |
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Oleg “The Crazy Russian” Jankovic |
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Reportedly in the DC/VA area. Contact not formally established. Ole, posit! |
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E-mail: aoj@ja-inc.com |
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R. Lee “VCO A” Holbrook |
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Retired Captain, now working at NCIS (how come we never see him on TV?) as a “Code 10” in DC. At least it sounds important! |
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Brian “VCO B” Brunner |
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Became a PECMO flying Intruders and now runs A-6 Excavating (“Holes within 25’ CEP and dirt scattered everywhere”) in Kent, WA. |
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Jim “Skipper” Kennedy |
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Retired and reportedly playing (by his own admission) lousy golf in VA. |
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Chris Porter |
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Corporate attorney for Verisign, Inc, “workin’ like a dog for the boss man, workin’ for the Company” with apologies to Aerosmith’ Now living near Olympia WA. |
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E-mail: RHolbrook@ncis.navy.mil |
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E-mail: brian_barb@comcast.net |
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E-mail: xairboss@cfw.com |
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E-mail: chris@cjkp.com |
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Wally Friesen |
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Detective with the Everett, WA police department. Liaison for BATF and underwater investigations. |
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E-mail: wfriesen@ci.everett.wa.us |
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Ed “Fast Eddie” Hafner |
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Contact not formally established. Last known to be on CARGRU staff. Come in, Eddie, and tell us what really happened to the Golden Goddess! |
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Richard “Skipper” Simms |
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Retired and living in Rothenberg ob der Tauber, Germany, with tentative plans to move back to Spain. |
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Pete “Rookie” Kennedy |
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Now “practicing” law as a genuine Philadelphia lawyer. Let us know when you get it right, Pete! |
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Bill “Billluti” Luti |
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Our most famous son. Now a retired Captain and Executive VP Cybersecurity at DMI. Contact not established. |
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E-mail: ehafner@mansd.org |
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E-mail: rgsimms@aol.com |
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E-mail: PKennedy@gibbonslaw.com |
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E-mail: wluti@digitalmanagement.com |
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Bruce “Juice” Newton |
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Now a pilot with Northwest Airlines and living in Minneapolis. Every landing at MSP is an “OK No Comment,” even without the hook. |
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E-mail: Bnewtron@cs.com |
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Rob “Rob Squared” Robertson |
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Contact not formally established. Rob: Stop pumping iron for a few minutes and let us know where you’ve been! |
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E-mail: rob309@bellsouth.net |
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John (Gerbil) Langford |
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Now peddling his extensive knowledge of EW to the highest bidder (currently Northrop Grumman). There’s a CD out that reminds us of his one true love... |
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E-mail: John.Langford@ngc.com |
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Charlie Thompson |
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Retired since 1989 and living in Athens, TX. Now taking contracts to design and implement community and economic development programs in the public sector and site selection and incentives negotiations in the private sector. |
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Email: crzychly@suddenlink.net |
