Our Captain Mike Trowse
BACKGROUND
TEENAGE LIFE IN GLENDALE CALIFORNIA – JOINED THE US NAVY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL – ACTIVE USN 1962–1966 INTERIOR COMMUNICATION TECHN – ACTIVE USNR 67–96. VARIOUS ASHORE/AFLOAT
GRADUATED INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER – NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1972.
RETIRED SYSTEMS EMGINEER 2004. LAST WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM IN HUNTSVILLE AL.
RETIRED CAPTAIN US NAVAL RESERVE IN NAVAL INTELLIGENCE (AMPHIBS) 34 YRS.
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PROFESIONAL EMPLOYMENT
JOURNEMAN ENGINEER – ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT – FUNCTIONAL DESIGNER OF INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES AND MANAGEMENT OF PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM 72–76 & 81–90
CHIEF ENGINEER RESOUCE MANAGEMENT OFFICE – US ARMY COMMUNITY WURZBURG GERMANY 1976–1980
LEAD SYSTEMS ENGINEER – US STRATEGIC DEFENSE COMMAND – AQUISITION OF NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM (FACILITIES, SITING – ENVIRONMENTAL) 1990–2004 RETIRED AS GS 14
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR GADSDEN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE – MATH, PHYSICS ELECTRIC CIRCUITS 2010-2012
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EDUCATION
PROGRESS TO MBA DEGREE, JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY, JACKSONVILLE, ALABAMA, 1989–1990
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, 1972, MINOR IN MATH
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CERTIFICATION, TRAINING & SPECIALTY
CONTRACT NEGOTIATION, OSHA, NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT AND PARLIAMENTARY LAW.
CERTIFIED RUGBY UNION COACH LEVEL II – HEAD COACH JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY – HEAD COACH UNIF of SOUTH FLORIDA WOMENTS RUGBY PROGRAM
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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
EXEC OFFICER – FLORIDA NAVAL SAILORS ASSOCITATION
VICE CHAIRMAN – USS WASP ASSOCIATION
BOARD MEMBER – US LST ASSOCIATION
BOARD MEMBER – US NAVY SQUADRONS AND SHIPMATES INC