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Tailhook Association Board of Directors
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VADM MICHAEL BOWMAN, USN (RET), Term - Fall 2008
- Source: Aviation Officer Candidate School
- Designation: Naval Aviator, 1967
- Assignments: VA-97; VA-146; VA-125; CO, VA-97; ComCVW-5; ComCVW-13; ComCVW-1; Chief of Legislative Affairs; ComCarGru Six; ComNavDocCom; CNATRA; ComNavAirPac
- Hours/Traps: 4,500 / 1,276
- Residence: Alexandria, Va.
- Present Empl: Senior Vice President, DRS Technologies, Inc.
- Other: B.A., Kansas State University, 250 Combat Missions (Vietnam, Iraq)
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RADM JAY “RABBIT” CAMPBELL, USN RET, Term - Fall 2006
- Source: NROTC
- Designation: Naval Aviator, 1968
- Assignments: VF-191, VF-124, VF-14, VX-4, VF-213, XO Fighter Weapons School (Topgun), XO/CO VF-2, CO VF-101 ComCVW-2, COS Commander 6th Fleet, EA OpNav N8, Deputy Director, Plans and Policy Directorate, HQ U.S. European Command, CCG 7, Deputy Director, Plans and Policy Directorate U.S. Central Command
- Hours/Traps: 5,500/1,250
- Residence: Encinitas, Calif.
- Present Empl: Consultant, Intergraph, SYS Tech. ATSI
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LCDR BETH CREIGHTON, USNR, Term - Fall 2007
- Source: Pennsylvania State University NROTC
- Designation: Naval Aviator, 1994
- Assignments: VFA-22, VFA-122, CVW-11 LSO
- Hours/Traps: 2,000/500
- Residence: Lovettsville, Va.
- Present Empl: Naval Reservist, part time w/ Whitney, Bradley & Brown, Inc.
- Other: Executive MBA in Defense Finance and Acquisition from Naval Post Graduate School.
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CDR JIM DIMATTEO, USN, Term - Fall 2006
- Source: AOC
- Designation: Naval Aviator, 1987
- Assignments: VF-124, VF-211, VF-126, VFC-13
- Hours/Traps: 3,500/213
- Residence: Coronado, Calif.
- Present Empl: Restaurant owner, Reserve CO VFC-13
- Other: Tailhook Education Foundation Director since 2003
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CAPT CHARLES de GRUY, USN (RET), Term - Fall 2007
- Source: USNA
- Designated: Naval Aviator, 1968
- Assignments: VF-96; USNTPS; VF-213; CO VF-211 and VF-101; OpNav; CVA-66; NavDocCom Staff
- Hours/Traps: 4,100/820
- Residence: Vienna, Va.
- Present Empl: Consultant, Whitney, Bradley & Brown, Inc.
- Other: MS Systems Engineering, University of Southern California.
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CDR CURT DOSÉ, USNR (RET), Term - Fall 2008
- Source: U.S. Naval Academy
- Designation: Naval Aviator, 1968
- Assignments: VT-21; VF 92; Test Pilot School, Flight Test Carrier Suitability; VF-2
- Hours/Traps: 11,200 / 545
- Residence: San Diego, Calif.
- Present Empl: Retired from USNR, Flying Tiger Line and Federal Express
- Other: Vietnam MiG-21 kill; Member, Society of Experimental Test Pilots; Member, The Early and Pioneer Naval Aviators Association (Golden Eagles)
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CAPT STERLING G. GILLIAM, USN, Term - Fall 2008
- Source: Aviation Officer Candidate School
- Designation: Naval Aviator, 1985
- Assignments: VAQ-129 FRS instructor; CVW-9 LSO; ComNavAirPac LSO; Joint Staff J-33; CO, VAQ-141; EA-18G/EA-6B Requirements Officer; OpNav N78,CO, VAQ-129
- Hours/Traps: 4,100 / 1,070
- Residence: Lemoore, CA.
- Present Empl: Deputy Air Wing Commander, CVW-9 [effective 19 Jan 2006]
- Other: Combat Missions in Southern Watch and Enduring Freedom
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VADM JOHN MAZACH, USN (RET), Term - Fall 2006
- Source: NROTC
- Designation: Naval Aviator, 1967
- Assignments: VA-87, Bureau of Naval Personnel, VA-105, Air Command and Staff College, XO/CO VA-15, NMPC 432, ComCVW-3, Air Wing Training Officer CNAL, CO USS Seattle (AOE-3), COS CruDesGru-8, CO USS America (CV-66), USEuCom, CCG-2, CNO N-51, ComNavAirLant
- Hours/Traps: 4,050/1,127
- Residence: Virginia Beach, Va.
- Present Empl: Exec. Dir. of Business Dev., Northrop Grumman, Newport News Shipbuilding
- Other: 115 combat missions over Vietnam, Lebanon
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CDR GREG “Shifty” PEAIRS, USN (RET), Term - Fall 2007
- Source: USNA
- Designation: Naval Aviator, 1976
- Assignments: USS Waddell; VA-97; VA-122; VA/VFA-25; Strike Fighter Wing Pacific Staff; VFA-125; CO VFA-25; XO CVN-72; Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center staff.
- Hours/Traps: 4,551/633
- Residence: Sacramento, Calif.
- Present Empl: FedEx Express
- Other: Retired August 1997, MS Aeronautical Systems University of West Florida; Desert Shield.
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CDR MARC PRESTON, USN, Term - Fall 2008
- Source: Aviation Officer Candidate School
- Designation: Naval Aviator, 1994
- Aircraft: T-34C, T-2C, T/A-4J, F/A-18A/D, S-3B
- Assignments: VFA-113; VMFAT-101; CVW-2 LSO; VFA-94; COMNAVAIRFOR
- Present Empl: XO, VFA-97 (1 May 07)
- Hours/Traps: 3,050 / 751
- Residence: Hanford, CA
- Other: Operation Southern Watch/Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom; 2002 CNAP LSO of the Year; 2003 CNAF Navy and Marine Corps Leadership Award
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CAPT GIL RUD, USN (Ret), Term - Fall 2009
- Source: AOC
- Designation: Naval Aviator, 1968
- Assignments: VA-216; VA-215; VA-122; VA-97/CVW-14 LSO; NavCruitCom San Antonio;
- VA-147; CO VA-192; NavMilPersCom; CO NavFltDemRon (Blue Angels); CO
- USS Wabash (AOR-4); JTF-5; CO USS Constellation (CV-64)
- Hours/Traps: 5,600/786
- Residence: Hollywood, Md.
- Present Empl: Director of Business Development, Boeing Patuxent River
- Other: North Dakota State University, 50 Combat Missions
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CAPT SCOTT RYDER, USN, Term - Fall 2007
- Source: AOC
- Designation: Naval Aviator, 1984
- Assignments: VA-192, VFA-192, 410 Squadron (Canada), ComCarGru Seven, Strike Fighter Weapons School, VFA-94, VFA-125, XO/CO VFA-22, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, JCS J3 Ops.
- Hours/Traps: 3,000/600
- Residence: Fallon, Nev.
- Present Empl: CO NAS Fallon
- Other: BA History, Oregon State University 1977, MS Degree in National Resource Strategy
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COL JIM STALNAKER, USMC, Fall 2007
- Source: OCC program
- Designation: Naval Aviator, May 1983
- Assignments: VMA AW 224, CVW 13, VA 65, VA 42, VMFAT 101 VMFA 235, VMFA 323 Death Rattlers. MAG 11 VMFA 314
- 100 Combat Missions, Desert Storm and Southern Watch
- Hours/Traps: 4200/728
- Residence: San Diego CA
- Present Empl: Commanding Office Marine Aircraft Group11
- Other: 1st Battalion/5th Marines/1st Marines, Army's Commanding General Staff College (CGSC). Joint Staff/J-8
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CAPT RODGER L WELCH, USN, Term - Fall 2008
- Source: U.S. Naval Academy
- Designation: Naval Aviator, 1980
- Assignments: VT-7; VA-122; VFA-113; VFA-125; CVW-8 LSO; VFA 87; VFA-86;
- XO, VMFAT-101; CO, VFA-25; National War College; OpNav (N83); ComCVW-17; U.S. Pacific Command
- Hours/Traps: 7,120 / 1,352
- Residence: Kaneohe, Hawaii
- Present Empl: Director, Joint Interagency Coordination Group for Combating Terrorism (JIACG/CT), U.S. Pacific Command.
- Other: 115 Southwest Asia Combat Missions, 32 Bosnia/Kosovo Combat Missions
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RADM JAY B. YAKELEY USN (RET), Term - Fall 2006
- Source: AOC
- Designation: Naval Aviator, 1967
- Assignments: VT-9 SERGRAD, VF-74, F-14 acceptance test pilot Grumman Aircraft corporation, VF-2, VF-124, XO VF-114
- CO VF-114, Head Air Warfare analyst, OPNAV N-80, CO VF-124, CO TOPGUN, COM CVW-14, Deputy Director White House Military Office, DJTF-SWA, ComCAR Gru-3, CincPac J-3, Director Navy Programming N-80
- Hours/Traps: 6,050/1,218
- Residence: Vienna, Virginia
- Present empl: Computer Sciences Corporation, business development Navy/Marine Corps/Missile Defense Agency
- Other: Masters, Economics, University of New York, Stony Brook. 126 combat missions Vietnam, F-4 Phantom. First pilot to 1,000 & 2,000 F-14 Tomcat hours, second to 3,000. Desert Shield, President Tailhook Association 1986-1989.
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