Merrimack (AO 179) - Naval Cruise Book

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e fffffrrfffffffffffffffffffffff fffrf f: f eeF eseesees. HOSPITAL COQP6MAN MASTED CHIEF. SUDEACE WADFADE VIDGINIA D. MADTINEZ UNITED (STATES NAVY OH, WE CAN ' T MUCH MOQE FUN THIS. HAVE THAN OUD MOcST MOTI- VATED MEQDIMACK- CLAD MA6TEDCHIEE COMMAND MA6TED CHIEF HMCM (SW) Virginia R. Martinez was born on 14 October 1944 in Corning, New York. She enlisted in the Navy on 10 Au- gust 1973 in Syracuse, New York. After completing Recruit Training in Orlando, FL she attended Hospital Corpsman A School and Operating Room Technician School at Great Lakes Naval Hospital, Great Lakes. IL. HMCM (SW) Martinez ' first assignment was Naval Hospital Whidbey Island as an Operating Room Technician. Following her next tour of duty at Naval Hospital Great Lakes, she was assigned to Naval Regional Medical Center, Okinawa, Japan. She returned to the United States and completed a tour at the Naval Medical Clinic at NAS Whiting Field. She then served as an Enlisted De- tailer at the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington DC. During this tour she was sent TAD for three months to the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee at the Washington Navy Yard. After attend- ing the Senior Enlisted Academy, Master Chief Martinez was as- signed to USS YELLOWSTONE (AD 41) as the senior enlisted member of the Medical Department. Before completing this tour, she earned her Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS) desig- nation and was advanced to Master Chief Petty Officer. She then accepted a tour at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery as the As- sistant Hospital Corps Plans Officer and Enlisted Technical Advi- sor to the Navy Surgeon General. Prior to terminating shore duty to go to sea, she attended the Command Master Chief course at Naval Base, Norfolk, VA. Upon graduation from this course, she received orders to USS MERRIMACK (AO 179) as Command Master Chief. HMCM (SW) Martinez ' awards include the Meritorious Ser- vice Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Commen- dation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal and Meritorious Unit Commendation. HMCM (SW) Martinez resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia with her husband, HTC (SW) Rafael Martinez. She has a son, Jeffery Lynn, a daughter Krista Leah and two grandchildren.

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