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I am Peter Hill, a true mustang, who saw military service from 1962 to 1993,
beginning as an enlisted seaman and retiring as a Lieutenant Commander.

Hailing from Boston, I enlisted in the U.S. Navy and did boot camp training
at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. After boot camp, I was assigned to
Sonar Training Technical School located in Key West, Florida. The Cuban

Missile Crisis with Soviet Russia and Cuba was in place when I served aboard
the USS Long Beach CGN9.

I earned my degree in electrical engineering and in 1972 was commissioned
as a Second Lieutenant in the Naval Reserves. I combined civilian and naval
officer employment in a number of locales, namely Groton, Long Beach and
the D.C. Navy Yard. Notable was being leading Sonar Tech aboard the

primary Anti-submarine Warfare platform protecting the first nuclear task
force to circle the globe as a world demonstration of U.S. Naval power. My
sonar system kept Soviet subs at bay throughout the entire 67-day event.

Later, as an electrical engineer in support of the Naval Sea Systems command,
I was tasked to upgrade the Navy's submarine fleet from vacuum tubes to
solid state technology and counter various emergent threats as discovered.

Finally, based on years of service experience aboard destroyers, the first
Nuclear cruiser, aircraft carrier, and a number of SSN and SSBN submarines,

I pursued a successful program to maximize ships' capabilities. This was
accomplished by combining the best aspects of all ships' design factors into
each platform's revised baseline specifications. In 2003, I retired from the

U.S. Navy. Now I actively serve my Bowie-Crofton community through the
Naval Sailing Association and NARFE.

I am Neil McGrath, Registered Professional Engineer, and I have served for
34 years in U.S. Civil Service and related government service.

As a Student Trainee with Naval Underwater Ordnance, I assisted in the cal

(calibration) lab, as an onboard boat microwave ranger, and helped with
torpedo fire control mods, acoustic tests, and sub missile research documents.
With the Raytheon Company, I operated a tester for ballistic missile radar

components and wrote up procedures in my capacity as a Student Trainee. I
also served as a Trainee with Naval Facilities Engineering, Washington, D.C.,
and Indian Head Naval Ordnance Station Maryland, where I composed

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