Coombs, Ron, DCCM

Damage Controlman

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Service Details

Current Service Status
USCG Retired

Current/Last Rank
Master Chief Petty Officer

Current/Last Primary Rate
DC-Damage Controlman

Current/Last Rate Group
Damage Controlman

Primary Unit
1991-1997, DC, Training Center Yorktown (Staff)

Previously Held Rate
FA-Fireman Apprentice

Service Years
1976 - 1997

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Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1989, CG Chief Petty Officers Association, (GG) Golden Gate Chapter (Alameda, California) - Chap. Page

Additional Information

What are you doing now:

Aside from teaching maritime fire and sea survival for the past 18 years, I spent 2 years in the merchant fleet as a safety officer, and I am now retired from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation training new riders (36 years)
Update: as of January 2017, retired from Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service. Still teaching as an adjunct instructor.

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Enlisted/Officer Basic Training


	1977, Boot Camp (Alameda, CA), D/112

Unit Assignments


	1977-1977, FA, USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391)
	1977-1977, FA, USCG Group Galveston
	1977-1978, DC, USCGC Point Monroe (WPB-82353)
	1978-1978, DC, USCGC Foxglove (WAGL-285)
	1978-1980, DC, USCGC Sumac (WLR-311/NTLZ)
	1980-1983, DC, USCG Group St Petersburg
	1983-1986, DC, USCGC Diligence (WMEC-616/NMUD)
	1987-1989, DC, USCG Group Sault Ste Marie
	1988-1988, DC, USCGC Midgett (WHEC-726)
	1988-1991, DC, USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719)
	1991-1997, DC, Training Center Yorktown (Staff)

Colleges Attended



	1980-1981, Columbia College
	1989-1990, Sonoma State University