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A NON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE WITH EIGHT YEARS OF EDUCATION. SECOND TO OLDEST OF
TEN CHILDREN OF
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 MANUEL BARRIENTOS, JR. ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND SERVED HIS COUNTRY PROUDLY FROM JULY 1959 TO
SEPTEMBER 1980
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ATTENDED
AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT THE NAVAL RECRUIT TRAINING
CENTER, SAN DIEGO
CALIFORNIA. JULY 1959 TO OCTOBER 1959
PROMOTED
TO SEAMAN APPRENTICES UPON GRADUATION FROM BASIC TRAINING.
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JULY 1959 TO OCTOBER
1959 COMPANY 358, NAVY BOOT CAMP, UNITED STATES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.
COMPLETED 12 WEEKS OF BASIC
TRAINING IN DECK SEAMANSHIP, FIRE FIGHTING, MILITARY DRILL, SURVIVAL
IN THE WATER , MILITARY REQUIREMENTS AND LEADERSHIP.
DID NOT GRADUATE FIRST IN THE CLASS NOR DID I GRADUATE LAST.
ON GRADUATION WAS PROMOTED FROM SEAMAN RECRUIT TO SEAMAN APPRENTICE.
OCTOBER 1959 TO MAY
1960 USS
VERNON COUNTY LST1161, SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA
ASSIGNED
TO THE DECK DEPARTMENT
PUT
THE SHIP THROUGH A SHIPYARD PERIOD AT TODD SHIPYARD IN OAKLAND,
CALIFORNIA
PROMOTED
TO SEAMAN FEBRUARY 1960
MAY 1960 TO FEBRUARY
1962
USS PAUL REVERE APA248, SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA
MADE
ONE WESTPEC CRUISE NOVEMBER 1960 TO JULY 1961
PAUL
REVERE PICKED UP THE FIRST NOSE CONE THAT PENETRATED THE EARTHS
ATMOSPHERE
INTO SPACE. WE PICKED IT UP SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
FEBRUARY 1962
TO APRIL 1962 BOATHOUSE, PIER
1, NAVAL
AMPHIBIOUS
BASE, CORONADO, CALIFORNIA
APRIL
1962 PROMOTED TO BM3
APRIL 1962 TO
OCTOBER 1962 BEACH JUMPER UNIT-1
NAVAL
AMPHIBIOUS BASE,
CORONADO, CALIFORNIA (PHOTOS)
COXSWAIN
OF SIXTY FIVE FOOT AVR
OCTOBER 1962
TO MARCH 1963 USS BEXAR APA237,
SAN DIEGO
CALIFORNIA
ASSIGNED
TO SECOND DIVISION AND COXSWAIN OF LANDING CRAFT DURING THE CUBAN
MISSILE
CRISIS, SAILED THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
PETTY
OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF SIDE CLEANERS
MARCH 1963 TO
JULY 1963 BOATHOUSE, NAVAL
AMPHIBIOUS
BASE, CORONADO, CALIFORNIA
DISCHARGED
7/63
RE-ENLISTED AUGUST 1963, NAVY RECRUITING STATION, DALLAS, TEXAS
SEPTEMBER 1963 TO
JANUARY 1965 USS SHANGRI-LA
CVA 38,
MAYPORT, FLORIDA
ASSIGNED
TO SECOND DIVISION
JANUARY 1965 TO JULY
1968 COMMANDER
CARRIER DIVISION-SIX, MAYPORT, FLORIDA
(PHOTOS)
ADMIRAL'S
BARGE COXSWAIN,
AUGUST
1965 PROMOTED TO BM2,
DECEMBER
1966 PROMOTED TO BM1
FLAGSHIPS OF
COMMANDER
CARRIER
DIVISION-SIX (PHOTOS)
MADE
MED CRUISE ONBOARD THE SHANG, SARA, INDY, AND THE FDR
JULY 1968 TO DEC 1971
NAVY
RECRUITING STATION, DALLAS, TEXAS
MINORITY
RECRUITER
SET
UP FIRST NAVY RECRUITING STATION IN OAK CLIFF SECTION OF
DALLAS, TEXAS
OCTOBER 1971 PROMOTED TO BMC
DECEMBER 1971 TO MAY
1976
ASSAULT CRAFT UNIT-ONE, CORONADO, CALIFORNIA
CRAFTMASTER (PHOTOS)
MARCH
1973 TO SEPTEMBER 1973 MADE A WESTPAC CRUISE ONBOARD THE USS THOMASTON
LSD28
DECEMBER
1974 TO MAY 1975, WENT TAD TO THE USS EDSON DD946 FOR TRANSFER TO
SUBIC BAY,
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WHERE I
ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
ADMIN.
ASSISTANT TO NAVAL BEACH GROUP-ONE. INVOLVED WITH OPERATION EAGLE
PULL IN SUBIC.
MAY 1976 TO SEPTEMBER
1980
NAVY RECRUITING DISTRICT, DALLAS, TEXAS (PHOTOS)
MINORITY
RECRUITER IN OAK CLIFF, DALLAS, TEXAS.
AWARDED
THE GOLD WREATH FOR RECRUITING EXCELLENCE
1978
PROMOTED TO BMCS
ASSIGNED
AS ZONE SUPERVISOR OF THE RED ZONE.
1979
ASSIGNED AS RECRUITER-IN-CHARGE OF NRS, DALLAS, RETIRED OCTOBER 1980
AUGUST 1980 TO DECEMBER1989
IRVING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT, IRVING, TEXAS
(PHOTO)
ASSISTANT NAVAL SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR FOR NAVAL JUNIOR ROTC UNIT AT
FLEET ADMIRAL CHESTER W. NIMITZ HIGH SCHOOL.
INSTRUCTED STUDENTS IN GRADES 9, 10, 11, AND 12 IN ALL AREAS OF NAVAL
SCIENCE AND MILITARY
HISTORY. MILITARY DRILL , RIFLE SAFETY AND MARKSMANSHIP.
UNIFORM CUSTODIAN.
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 BMCS
MANUEL BARRIENTOS, JR.
USN RETIRED 7/59 to 9/80 |
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