Enterprise (CVN 65) - Naval Cruise Book

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• 4 t 1 ' w Wm r ; 7 r T 1 -?. c t-- ' ( N F B k ■ S? t« 5 W. Weaver i Alberta Canada in 1932. He came to the United ' ' lated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Long p. I the Navy in August 1952 during the Korean in Diego, and Airman P School and A School, both at the Naval Air Technical Oklahoma, he was assigned to Naval Air :go for duty in an operations division. In ' i North Island having advanced to Class. ' luadron 40, based at Navai Station es. He became aircrew-qualified ' I ' -SM Marlin seaplane. In ■ y„Officer and in May of that B ir Station, Corpus Hfizr«w on the Marlin and enship during this , Alameda, ' -r two years rom 1964 ifal nd :ii ' ' mi ' H!itt ji » lifelilij ' t Composite Squ o Vietnam aboard MP«pp«p«ipner USS Consti . , In early 1968, he transferred to Attack Squadron 127, based at Nav,. ' : Air Station Lemoore, California. For the next four and a half ye.T- ' worked with A-4 Skyhawks. He was advanced to Senior Chief i Officer in September 1971. In the summer 1972, he commenced a 5ixi ' .: ' £ month stint with Fleet Composite Squadron Five Detachment Cubi Point: ' In late 1973, he returned to NAS Miramar to receive training on the F-;- ' Crusader and to join Light Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 6 S ■ Detachment 5. During his two-year tour, the squadron made a ; deplovment to the Western Pacific aboard the airrr.ifi r.irripr 1 S ' ; r,. j Sea. : Following this duty, he returned to NAS Lemo(»r- i.. mi- , j, .. -.(,. assume responsibilities as a maintenance chief in the Air Frames and j Power Plants Shops of the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department In July 1976. he picked up his second star as he was promoted to ? Master Chief Petty Officer.. In November 1977, he was selected as NAS i Lemoore Command Master Chief. In January 1979, he went to Attack Squadron 122 at Lemoore for training on the A-7 Corsair II aircraft. A month later he reported to Attack Squadron 56 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway, homeported in Yokosuka, japan. He served as the squadrons Maintenance Chief for the next 19 months. In September 1980, he was assigned to the staff of Commander, Light Attack Wing, Pacific, at NAS Lemoore, where he served for nine months. In June 198T he transferred to Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nev., and became the Command Master Chief there for a year. Master Chief Weaver joined the crew of USS ENTERPRISE in August 1982 and was assigned to AIMD as the LCPO. In August 1983 he was appointed, by Captain Robert L. Leuschner, Jr., Commanding Officer, as ' Command Master Chief of the Big E . feMaster Chief Weaver is married to the former Billie Roche of Alameda, ' (■nia. The Weavers live in Fallon, Nev., and they have one grown