John F Kennedy (CV 67) - Naval Cruise Book

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Senior Enfisted Advisor orn in Queens. New York on July 118. 19611 A and raised in Bayamon. Puerto Rico. lTCStSWJ Elitrd Torres Jr. joined the Navy immcd-iatel y following graduation from Papa J tran I XXIII high school in 1978. He completed recruit training at RTC Orlando. F l in October 1978 and attended RM 'A' School at NTC San Diego. graduating in record time. His Erst sea tour' saw him onboard the USS John F Kennedy CCVA- 67J from 1979 to 1981 as a message processing op- erator. He extended his active duty obligation for l year in exchange for accelerated advancement to RM3. Onboard JFK he made his first Med Deployment. Wanting to get back to the west coast, he submitted for and was granted a split tour to Assault Craft Unit One tACU-1 J in Coronado, California where he served from 1981 to 1983 as communications petty officer onboard LCU 1627. While attached to ACU-1, he made his second deployment, this time to the pacific as part ofthe amphibious readiness group CARGJ while embarked onboard the USS Point Defiance KLSD-311. Duty at ACU-1 was extremely rewarding and his hard work and dedication paid off with a promotion to RM2 tutder the command accelerated program ICAPJ. Upon completion ofhis required sea tour, RM2 Torres sub- mitted a guard III request and received orders to the Naval Radio Receiver Facility CNRRFJ in Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico from 1983 to 1986. There he served as Watch Supervisor. ensuring ship to shore communica- tions to all fleet units operating in the Ptrerto Rico OPAREA and providing High Frequency I HF J receiver support for NAVCOMMSTA Roosevelt Roads. In 1986 he decided to make the Navy a career and reen- listed for orders to the USS Talbot tFFG-41 homeported in Mayport, Florida. Onboard Talbot he made his very first Middle East Force deployment as radio central supervisor and became RMI . A very re- warding tour was cut short by a sports related injury in early 1988. TAD to COMDESRON 8 and COMCARGRU 6 while on limited duty he provided excellent communications support to their communi- cations team. Upon his return to full duty in late 1988. he re- ported onboard the USS Dale CCG-191 as Commu- nications Department LPO. While serving onboard Dale. he met and eventually married Maria T. Padin in January 1989. which was followed by a 4th deploy- ment, this time to the Med and eventually to the Persian Gulf' with the America Battle Group, where he achieved qualification as a surface warrior. In.l 990, RMICSWJ Torres received orders to Panama Canal Zone. These orders were short-lived with his promotion to RMCQSWJ and new orders to the Naval Radio Transmitting INRTFJ in Annapolis. Maryland. 333 acres of heaven surrounded in three parts by the Chesapeake He reported onboard .. . . 3- the 3-M coordinator. CMS Custodian, Public Works supervisor and Operations Chief. Follow on orders were negotiated to Naval Computer and Telecommunications Command CCNCTCJ, in Washington, DC in 1994. While there his duties included management of several database rnrtratrves in support of the defense messaging system IDMS5 and Navy representatives to several DOD initia- tives. In 1995, he became RMCS SW Torres I 1 - 1997 he received orders to COMCARGRU SIX as the battle force commtrnicator and eventually. the Command Senior,Chiet'. This has without a doubt been the most rigorous and rewarding duty in his career, making his 5th and 6th deployments to the now Arabian Gulf' with the John C. Stcnnis battle group and now the USS John F. Kennedy battle group.