George Coleman - SBU-20 & 22
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(01-23-2012)
George Coleman
former SBU-20.
I spent 26
1/2 years as a SEAL, commissioned via NROTC in May
1981, completed BUD/S December '81, initially
assigned to UDT-21/SEAL Team Four, went on to serve
at SBUs 20 and 22, SEAL Team TWO (two tours- platoon
commander, Training Officer and XO), SEAL Team EIGHT
(CO), and staff tours at SOCACOM/SOCJFCOM (J3),
BUPERS (SEAL Enlisted Community Manger), USSOCOM,
and ASD SOLIC. I retired from the Navy as a Captain
in November 2007.
My Boat background is as follows: Assigned as
Combatant Craft Officer then Operations Officer at
SBU-20 from June 1984 to July 1986, transferred to
SBU-22 as XO from July 1986 to September 1988. From
December 1987 to May 1988 (deployed Jan-May '88) I
was OIC of the MK III Patrol Boat Detachment on the
Barge Hercules (four PBs and a maintenance
detachment) in the Persian Gulf. In 1995, as the NSW
Task Unit Commander with the Theodore Roosevelt
Carrier Battle Group, I had the only RHIB Detachment
ever on a carrier as part of our task unit.
I enjoy the Warboats website and have even found
myself in a couple of pictures: under the SBU-20
site there is a picture titled "MKIII PB's loaded in
bay of LSD" I am the guy in camies on the left,
hands on hips. This picture is actually onboard the
USS NASSUA, LHA-4 during an exercise deployment to
Norway where we conducted ASW- submarine hunting! On
the SBU-22 page, in one of Larry Peacock's picture I
am erroneously identified as Lt Rohling with the
LTjg from base admin. We were giving a few base
personnel a PBR ride (winning hearts and minds).
As you can see from the signature block, I am now a
contractor working for the big Navy.
Cheers, George
George Coleman
george.w.coleman.ctr@navy.mil
USFF N73
Navy MOC Training Team |
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