armsmaster270
US Veteran
After graduation I went to Sacramento City College then joined the Coast Guard, and after Boot Camp, was sent to Groton Conn to Where I worked in the galley, Paint Locker and Garage Then went to Engineman School and then to New Orleans where I was assigned Harbor Patrol and Search and Rescue on the Mississippi River as the engineer on 40' Steel Patrol Boats, Temporairly worked the New Orleans Lightship, Light Station Southwest Pass both as the only station engineer. Then back to Station New Orleans. Rode out Hurricane "Betsy" in New Orleans then I was sent to Baton Rouge to assist in the recovery of a sunken chlorine Barge I was then transferred to Station New Canal On Lake Ponchartrain where I was Section J.O.O.D. and the Coxswain and Engineer for a Search & Rescue team on a 30' Utility Boat. After that I came back home and went on the Sacramento Police Department Worked The Cal Expo Riots and the Dorothea Puente Murder Case, and joined the California National Guard 270th M.P.Co. Where I was a Team Leader, Squad Leader, M.P. Investigator, Senior Investigator and Armorer. I was involved in the L.A. Olympics, U. S. Customs Drug Interdiction, Rodney King Riots, 3 Team Spirit Exercises in South Korea. I am now retired from the National Guard. I am now in the Coast Guard Auxillary Where I am on the Boat Crews and a Forensic Document Examiner and Fingerprint Techician in Sacramento and running Ron Nichols Lock & Key Service. I have 3 grown children Two I see all the time and the third lives in Oklahoma. I love to cruise the Delta in my 24' Sea Ray Cruiser, am active in the Sacramento Veteran Police Officers Association and Northern California Peace Officers Association. This Summer I will be going to Chicago with my wife as well as Florida.
Welcome from Tn. Don
