Interests

Welcome to the Navy page -- a little of my personal history.

I've been interested in the U.S. Navy for as long as I can remember.

	One of my great uncles Sherman Goodell served in the late 30's, and two of my great uncles, LeRay Wilson and Vernon Goodell, served during WWII. LeRay Wilson, never made it home. While serving in the Pacific, his ship was torpedoed by a Japanese Zero. His actions that day saved his ship and the lives of hundreds of his shipmates, but took his life. For his heroism, he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, and a ship was named in his honor.
	Even more recently, my father, LCDR Don Hagey, USN(Ret) served from 1949 to 1974. He enlisted as a Teleman, a rating long discarded by the Navy, and converted to Radioman in 1959. He served as an enlisted man for 13 years, advancing to Chief Radioman in late 59. He was then selected for the Navy's Limited Duty Officer program in 1962. He served as a commissioned officer until his retirement in 1974.
	I enlisted in the Navy in July 1982. After Basic Training in Orlando, FL, I attended Yeoman "A" school at NTTC Meridian, MS for training. Following YN "A" school, I was transferred to my first duty station, Personnel Support Detachment, Indian Head, MD. From there I went to:

Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO (VAW-122) -- decommissioned.
Naval Support Facility, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territories
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron THREE, Detachment Travis AFB (VQ-3)
Yeoman "C" School (Flagwriter training), NTTC Meridian, MS
Director for Logistics & Security Assistance (J-4), U.S. Pacific Command, Pearl Harbor, HI
Commander, Patrol Wings Pacific, NAS Barbers Point, HI
Commander, Carrier Group THREE, NAS Alameda, CA and PSNS Bremerton, WA -- NAS Alameda is now decommissioned.
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Japan, Yokosuka
USS GARY (FFG-51), Yokosuka, Japan
Electronic Attack Squadron ONE THREE SIX, NAF Atsugi, Japan
NROTCU Oregon State University

"I can imagine no more rewarding career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.'"

President John F. Kennedy, 1 August 1963, in Bancroft Hall at the U. S. Naval Academy. (Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, January 1 to November 22, 1963 [Washington: Government Printing Office, 1964], 620)