And we thank your Dad and you and your kids for your service to our country.
1950’s - there was a Naval Air Station at Millington. (The field is still there.) Maritime Patrol aircraft (the P-2 Neptune) was stationed there ...in the 1950’s. [A long distance to the ocean...Millington was probably a ‘shore duty station’ - and maritime patrol aircraft being ‘deployed’ would then relocate to an air station much closer to the areas that they would patrol.
My Dad was an enlisted Aviation Electronics Tech - and was stationed there - twice - for a total of 6 years in the 1950’s - and 3 of his 5 children were born there while he was stationed there.
In the 1990’s - after various BRACs...the Naval Air Station wasn’t there (don’t know when it was dis-established) - but the Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) was moved there - lock-stock and barrel. All the personnel records - there. AND - all the selection boards (including promotion boards, etc.) are held at MSA Mid-South, Millington. In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s - I sat on several promotion and selection boards for Naval Reserve officers.
And we thank your Dad and you and your kids for your service to our country.