Awesome! I know you are so proud of him. My dad was in WWII but never saw combat. He was in Hawaii after the big attack.
Dad was there in Japan after the bomb. My late husband was USAF (regular) during Nam, spent his time on Santa Rosa Island and Okinawa shooting off Mace missiles for the Fly boys to target practice on.
My new hubby is a Ret. Senior Chief, was on the Midway when they pulled the ambassador out, then off the coast of Cuba during the missile crisis.
Some one has to do the grunt work. LOL.
We have a friend who is also a Ret. Senior Chief who never had a tour on a ship in the 20 years he was in.