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From Christopher Torres29 August 2008I have switched my orders from the United States Naval Academy and took a “hot-fill” assignment at the University of New Mexico’s Naval ROTC Program, where I am currently serving as the Surface Warfare / Navigation Instructor, the Public Affairs Officer and the Recruiting Officer. Any interested NROTC candidates, please feel free to contact me! All the best out in Coronado. It was a pleasure to talk to you earlier this year. Keep doing great things! Very Respectfully, LT Christopher Torres Instructor / Recruiting / Public Affairs University of New Mexico Naval ROTC Albuquerque, NM 4 February 2008I have been selected to a teaching position at the United States Naval Academy, and will be serving as a Naval Science Instructor. I begin teaching this summer. Very Respectfully, LT Christopher Torres Assistant Operations Officer USS PONCE (LPD-15) 25 January 2008I was originally slated to teach at the Naval Academy; however I took an opportunity to return to sea and do one more deployment. I am currently finishing up my third deployment, serving as the Assistant Operations Officer for USS PONCE (LPD-15) out of Norfolk, Virginia, returning home next week after 6 months with the KEARSARGE EXPEDITIONARY STRIKE GROUP and the 22nd MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT deployed to Eastern Africa and the Persian Gulf. During this deployment I stood watch as one of the ship’s 4 Tactical Action Officers, responsible for the ship’s self defense and in charge of all Combat and Weapons Systems. I was recently selected for Department Head and will attend the Surface Warfare Officer School Department Head Course (Newport, Rhode Island) in 2010, ideally returning to the fleet in San Diego as an Operations Officer on a Destroyer or LSD. I will be transferring this summer, taking orders to either the Naval Academy, Pacific Command, Joint Analysis Center Molesworth (United Kingdom) or Recruit Training Center Great Lakes. In September I will start graduate school at Seton Hall University, working on a Masters in Strategic Communications and Leadership, as well as getting married and starting a family. To the Sea Cadets of Coronado Battalion, continue to serve and push yourselves and each other. Looking at the pictures posted on this webpage, it seems like you all have been exposed to many great opportunities and training events. It is a small world, and if you continue to serve after Sea Cadets, you will certainly run into fellow cadets. Before I deployed last summer, I ran into Marine Staff Sergeant Kenny Jones, a fellow Sea Cadet classmate and fellow original member of the Coronado Battalion, while out here in Norfolk. All the best for Coronado Battalion into the new year… Very Respectfully, LT Christopher Torres Assistant Operations Officer USS PONCE (LPD-15) 22 December 2006To the Sea Cadets of Coronado Battalion, I wrote on the log entry several months ago, as a former member of Coronado. It looks like your unit is continuing to grow strong and participating in numerous events and activities within the region. Understand you work with BONHOMME RICHARD. Several of my good friends from back home served and continue to serve as officers on that ship, and they absolutely love it. Great command! And having served on both a frigate and an amphib, could not recommend an amphib more over the CRUDES Navy! I am currently on my second deployment, this time deploying as part of a surface strike group to the Mediterranean and, most importantly, Western Africa to conduct 4 months of humanitarian operations in countries such as Sierra Leone, Congo, Liberia, the Ivory Coast, etc. I cannot begin to echo enough the comments made regarding the importance of chiefs in our Navy. I daily rely on my HMC and QMC for feedback and guidance on how to successfully run my department, and look for their leadership and experience. Thanks to my QMC, who recently served on USS Constitution in Boston (where I went to college), my spaces are always clean since cleanliness is vital to maintain the old vessel. I continue to run into people I did the program with out in the fleet. It is a great experience and will serve you well for years and years to come. You will never forget the basics you learn at Recruit Training or POLA, or just in your regular drill sessions. Happy holidays and best of luck into next year. LTJG Christopher Torres Navigator / Administration / Legal Officer USS KAUFFMAN (FFG-59) ctorres@ffg59.navy.mil FPO AE 09576-1614 Prospective Navigation and Seamanship Instructor (Job starts June 2007) United States Naval Academy Department of Professional Development Annapolis, Maryland 22 Apr 2006To the Sea Cadets of Coronado Battalion, I wanted to say hello and give my regards to the battalion. I was one of six or seven original members of Coronado after we had left Barbel Division to form Coronado. It’s amazing to see how much the battalion has grown! Had a lot of great memories being in the program, going to the drills, Flagship, the trainings that sent me all over the country, etc. While I was serving on board the USS Denver (LPD-9) during my first tour back in San Diego I had the chance to meet several members from the battalion during Recruit Training aboard our ship, which was a lot of fun. Keep up the good work! Very Respectfully, Christopher Torres LTJG USN Navigator / Assistant Operations Officer USS Kauffman (FFG-59)
From Armando Zarco23 August 2008Below are new pictures from MIDN Armondo Zarco, USNA, a former Sea Cadet MIDN/Active Duty PO3 who is now at the U.S. Naval Academy. These pictures are from his summer 2008 activities. 26 April 2007MIDN Armondo Zarco, USNA is a former Sea Cadet MIDN/Active Duty PO3 who is now at the U.S. Naval Academy. Below are some great recent pictures. He will be writing a short summary of his first year at the Academy, and it will be posted as soon as we get it. He writes "The green suit is me in a leprechaun, I am in 13th company it is the luck of the Irish."
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