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HMC(AW) DARRELL F. CRONE USNR(FTS/TAR)

HMC(AW) Darrell F. Crone, Joined the Navy as a Split SAM (Sea Air Mariner) 23 May 1984 in Alameda, CA.  I went to Boot camp in San Diego CA, and was discharged to reserve duty until my “A” School in Great Lakes, IL which I attended in July 1985.  I graduated HM”A” School, October 1985, then was sent off to Camp Pendleton, CA for a few glorious weeks of “MARINE CORPS TRAINING!” ;-)During my time at Camp Pendleton, I went home on liberty one weekend to sign a request to go on active duty as a “TAR” HM.  I finished FMSS in November right after Thanksgiving and was once again discharged from Active Duty to reserve duty assigned to the MAG in Alameda. (I only drilled one weekend!)I was activated to the TAR program 2 January 1986 and have been on active duty since. The following are my duty stations.

Feb 1986 - May 1989 Naval Clinic NAS Dallas

May 1989 - July 1989 AVT school, Pensacola

July 1989- Feb 1992  VP-94 (Crawfishers)

Feb 1992- Mar 1995 VFA-204 (River Rattlers) (Served with VADM Cotton, My CO)

Mar 1995 - Jun 1998 NAS JRB NAVMED Clinic New Orleans

Jun1998 - Oct 2000 NARA/NARCEN Great Lakes

Oct 2000 - Apr 2003 I&I BN MED CHIEF 1st BN 14th Marines

Apr 2003- Nov 2004 Naval Hospital Great Lakes

Nov 2004 - to present Instructor Naval Hospital Corps School.

Places I have been sent to; Rota, Spain, Germany, France, Africa, Portugal, Bermuda, pretty much a med HM.

June 20 2007 ====RETIREMENT!====

All of this and I could not have done it without my wonderful family,

Karen (wife) Christopher, Mikayla, Courtney and Spencer Crone.  They are my guiding force for my career as well as this website.

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HMC(FMF/SW/AW) TRACY P. BARLING

HMC(FMF/SW/AW) TRACY P. BARLING, joined the Navy as a Split SAM, Aug 1985 in Baton Rouge, LA. On 04 Sep 85, I started Boot Camp at RTC Great Lakes, graduated Oct 1985 and completed Apprenticeship Training Deck (ATD) Nov 1985. I then reported to Navy - Marine Corps Reserve Center Baton Rouge, served there as part of SIMA San Diego Detachment. In 1987 I decided to get a different job, so I went to HM “A” School and found myself back in Great Lakes from May - July 1987. Again I returned to NMCRC Baton Rouge where I ended up on the Marine Corps side of the house without attending FMF “C” School. In April of 1988, I decided to go Active Duty.The following are my duty stations:

May 1988 - June 1990 - Navy Branch Medical Clinic Key West FL

July 1990 - Feb 1991 - HM 8432 “C” School Oakland CA

March 1991 - June 1993 - USS Ranger (CV-61)

June 1993 - Jun 1994 - USS Long Beach (CGN-9)

July 1994 - May 1997 - Naval Hospital Pensacola FL

May 1997 - Sep 1997 - Field Medical Service School Camp Lejeune NC

Sep 1997 - Oct 2001 - 2d Marine Division Camp Lejeune NC

Oct 2001 - Oct 2004 - II Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Lejeune NC

Oct 2004 - Present - 2d Marine Aircraft Wing Cherry Point NC

Deployments: 2 West PACs ISO Desert Storm/Desert Shield/Southern Watch onboard CV-61, 1 Caribbean PAC onboard CGN-9, UDP Oki with 2nd Bn 6th Marines, Med Float with 2nd Bn 6th Mar (24th MEU), OIF with 2d MEB (Task Force Tarawa), OIF with MWHS-2.

All of this couldn’t have been completed without the support, understanding and sacrifices of my family. My wife Linda, my three sons Joseph, Travis and Zachary, Step-daughter Charly and grandson Andrew.