America (CV 66) - Naval Cruise Book

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PNCM (SW) Johnnie Bristow Command Master Chief Master Chief Johnnie Bristow attended Taylor High School, in Taylor, Michigan, before he entered the Army. He served three years in the Army Airborne. During that time, he was primarily assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and as an early enterprise he and a friend founded a sport parachuting club. In April 1963, Master Chief Bristow enlisted in the Navy, and since that time he has served on seven shipe. His shore duty assignments have included recruiting duty in Columbia, South Carolina, staff duty with the Chief of Naval Operations and at the Bureau of Naval Personnel, staff duty with the Chief of Naval Education and Training in Pensacola, Florida, and staff duty at the Personnel Support Activity, Charleston, South Carolina Master Chief Bristow’s recent assignments were as plank owner with the recommissioning crew of U8S IOWA (BB-61) and the commissioning crew of U8S THOMAS GATES (CG-81). He has attended George Washington University, the University of South Carolina New Hampshire College, and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. While assigned to duty in the South Carolina area Master Chief Bristow earned an FAA certification as a commercial pilot and as a single- and multi-engine and instrument flight instructor. He has taught flying at Navy flying clubs in Pensacola Florida, and Norfolk, Virginia and at Charleston Air Force Base, in South Carolina. Master Chief Bristow is also a certified scuba diver. Master Chief Bristow wears the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal (3rd award). Navy Achievement Medal (3rd award), and the Combat Action Ribbon. Master Chief Bristow is married to Faye (Taylor) Bristow of Graham, North Carolina. They have a son, John Jr., age twenty-seven, and two daughters, Theresa, age twenty-eight, and Patti, age ten. The Bristows currently reside in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 14

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