United States Merchant Marine Academy - Midships Yearbook (Kings Point, NY)

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Briede Patrick Charbonnet Slidell, Louisiana I'm glad I did it. partly because it was well worth it. but chiefly because I shall never have to do it again. Mark Twain If it can't be done last minute, it's gonna be late! Charbo Major: Marine Engineering Systems Company: Original 3rd Co. Clubs Activities Sports: EMS. Offshore Sailing. Dinghy. Park Services. KPS Officer Billets: RIO. RSTLO Ships Sailed: SS Horizon Hawaii, MV APL Philippines. USNS Laramie (T- AO 203). Crowley Tug Pilot. USS Benfold DDG-65 Sea Partners: Julie Edsall. Nick Palumbo. Joe Welsch. Henry Peterson. Charles Leach. Ben Dowers, Dave Dwyer. Dave Sterling. Chris Remm Countries Visited: California. New’ Jersey, Japan. South Korea. China. Taiwan. Spain. Mexico. Puerto Rico Internship: VX-23 Pax River Navy Test Pilots Favorite Academy Memory: All the time with the boys on flight deck, the section, and sailing. Thanks for an interesting 4 years. IS 1 Chubs. Thanks Guys. Future Plans: Hitting on Cadet Girls. Sailing, then finding what life has to offer. Hasn't been a good place to be at, let's see if it's a good place to be from. You’ve got to have a little slop. - Chamews Final Message: Thanks to my family for supporting me and the section and my friends here for helping me get through it. now bring me that horizon. This is not the end. It is not even the beginning, but it is perhaps the end of the beginning. Churchill Twenty Years from Now: Masters. Married, some runts. Retired on a beach somewhere, couple of cold ones, sailboat, lots of stories, and a sunset. Fillet will be there too.

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 The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad. Salvador Dali Vincent Matthew Catanese Lyndhurst, New Jersey Major: Marine Transportation Company: First and Third Officer Billets: Bull Ensign Ships Sailed: Sealand Innovator. Horizon Challenger, Lykes Discoverer, Maersk Virginia, Tug Seabreeze Sea Partners: Janis Kukanis, Chad Dixon Countries Visited: Japan, South Korea. People's Republic of China, Puerto Rico, Belgium. England. Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, India Internship: NY Waterway Ferry Favorite Academy Memory: Sea Year, and all the nights hanging out with the guys. Future Plans: Sail and make enough money to live comfortably. Maybe have a family. Final Message: It's been a long 5 years that I w ould not have been able to survive if it w asn't for my family, and friends. Thanks for evervthing Mom and Dad. Twenty Years from Now: The first third mate, w ho is a Vice Admiral in the Naval Reserve. The Vin

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Allyson Hartness Christensen Salisbury, Maryland Major: Logistics Company: lst 2nd Clubs Activities Sports: Swimming and Softball Officer Billets: 1st Co Human Relations Officer Ships Sailed: MV Tanabata, MV Liberty, Sealand Independence, Cape Ray Sea Partners: Kim Sercel, Lauryn Miller, Heather Schon, Jeff Meadows, Adam Hall Countries Visited: France, Belgium, Germany, England, Norway, Italy, Spain Internship: Association of Maryland Pilots Favorite Academy Memory: Too many to choose from but graduation weekend tops the charts. Future Plans: I’m going to sail for a few years and then I would love to become a Maryland Pilot some day. Final Message: Thank you to my family and all my friends for helping me achieve my goals and always being there to pick me up when I was down. I love you all!!! Twenty Years from Now: I want to have a successful career, get married and have a family of my own. The Mom You can t make footprints in the sand of time if you’re sitting on your butt. And who wants to see buttprints in the sand of time Bob Moawad