William joined the United States Navy... (and) served aboard
the submarine USS Tiru (SS-416),
USS Tombigbee (AOG-11),
Naval Support Activity Danang RVN,
Naval Security and Intelligence Camp Carter RVN,
Danang Harbor Patrol RVN,
Dong Ha River Security Group RVN,
USS Charles Berry (DE-1035),
Headquarters Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet,
USS Oriskany (CVA-34).
William Cooper received an Honorable Discharge from the United States Navy on December 11, 1975.
The only people I know who post to 9 commands in 10 years are narcs.
Cooper was a member of the Office of Naval Security and Intelligence
Like I said, narcs. And I've only known a couple, but they were friggin' loony. Interesting.
Your response is pretty lame. Note that 4 of those 'commands' were in Vietnam, which could have easily occurred in a single year, the typical tour in Nam. That leaves 5 'commands' in 8 years. One of those 'commands' was with CINCPACFLT, which in many cases are short-term (I served with CINPACFLT for 1.5 years, and the sailor I replaced served even less). Let's assume 1.5 years. That leaves 4 commands in 6.5 years, all ships, of which one was a diesel sub. That tour could have been less than a year, particularly if there was a medical problem that was aggravated by depth). Let's assume 1 year. That leaves 3 ships in 5.5 years. Very reasonable.