University of Notre Dame Naval ROTC - Irish Wake Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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NAVIGATIO Assr. MAR1 E oFF1cER y TRUCTOR GYSGT R. BETANCOURT, JR., UMC Gunny Betancourt is a native of Bronx, New York, and en- tered the Marine Corps in August 1970. Gunny arrived from his last duty station in Hawaii a year ago this past sum- mer. Among his various duties, Gunny runs such all-time fav- orites as Bulldog Prep and the PFT. The Gunny is also in charge of running drill and mak- ing sure that all of us have the proper military bearing by the time commissioning rolls around. QMCS CSWJ G. M. ILLIAM O , 1 :i:asSsRS'N X ,....- as me QMCS Williamson has a wide and varied Naval career which he has used these past two years here at Notre Dame. His desire to help midshipmen is apparent to all, always willing to talk to any of us concerning any matter. In addition to running the NROTC Library, his other pri- mary duties lie in assisting with the instruction of the Naviga- tion class which midshipmen take in their Junior year. 7

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ARI E OFFICERI TRUCTOR CAPT J. L. WEE EY, USM ...NSN In his second year of his tour of duty here at Notre Dame, CAPT Sweeney is a 1975 grad- uate of the NROTC Unit at the University of Illinois. Af- ter commissioning he went to TBS in Quantico, VA., and then moved on to the 1st Com- bat Engineering Battalion. He spent two years as Combat Cargo Officer aboard the USS OKINAWA QLPH-31. After attending Advanced Engi- neering School, he joined the 7th Support Group as both Company Commander and Battalion Operations Officer. THIRD CLASS TRUCTOR LT T. C. WACI-ITL, USN After a two year enlistment in the Marine Corps, LT Wachtl received his B.A. and M.S. de- grees in communicative disor- ders at the University of Wis- consin, EauClare. He entered AOCS in 1979, receiving his commission in 1980. LT Wachtl was last assigned to UP-26 in Brunswick, Maine, and was de- ployed to Spain, Portugal, Scot- land, Bermuda, and Iceland. LT Wachtl arrived at Notre Dame two years ago and has enjoyed his time here. 1--'- X f HM

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UPPLY KC . R. DARRAH, JR., U 4 I - ' ' :r ' .f fa . X V ' ' ' ga A113 , . . .s. Y . 'I 3 - I 'ill-f2.ffQ 5 U4 ffm' f' V - ' .- , 4' Wag 'Q-fp.1' nz Q if Zn.. .J . A :fs'l'av'f1wff'f'Z:'o ':f f- ' -- Wm , f' .q:.- g.r,,-.,ff.w4s1,4- . , . .Qi -1-ff -W' A:uyam:e?,i, - , I L ' .fi a n a u gil ,T-,. 1 '. ,, ,I V . .a+f 'i3f ? , : ,V vi if 2:2312 9 ' wg - 11' in V 'V 4- . V. ..- '- 4 i4f'.'?lv E t 1 ,, - Chief Darrah is retiring from the Navy after 23 years of dili- gent service following comple- tion of the school year. Chief came to Notre Dame almost 4 years ago from the USS CON- STELLATION. Since joining the Unit he has done everything in his power to insure that the Battalion is the best looking in the United States. The entire Battalion will miss seeing Chief Darrah around the Unit from now on and on behalf of the en- tire Unit the IRISH WAKE would like to wish Chief Darrah the best of luck in the civilian world. ADMINI TRATIC Y CCSSJ B. R. BARLCW,U Chief Barlow takes care of the administrative needs of the Unit. Chief Barlow has been in the Navy since 1968 and during this time has seen duty on nu- merous ships including a carrier, and four submarines. Chief Bar- low is always willing to talk to the midshipmen about the Navy and provides another source of valuable information when the midshipmen begin to decide on career paths in the Navy. S