Chief - Hardcover

DuBois, Dorse H.: - Dorse DuBois, a Graduate in the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1961 served aboard six ships in the Fleet and retired after completing a 20 year career in at-sea operations and high tech field testing of high Energy laser Systems in New Mexico. He was also assigned as a Company Officer at the Naval Academy and a Tactical Officer at the Military Academy at West Point. Married, with six children. He currently resides in Florida where he farms and writes and is working on his "Service Trilogy," a series of books about his family's naval Service over a period of three generations.Connell, Royal W.: - Royal Connell, a 1970 graduate of the Naval Academy, retired as a Commander from the U.S. Navy, designated both as a Surface Warfare Officer and as a Naval Flight Officer in the E-2C Hawkeye. He served two tours at the Naval Academy, one as the Piloting Navigation Course Coordinator and then as the Administrative and Personnel Officer. Upon retirement, Commander Connell became the first Senior Naval Science Instructor for the Navy Junior ROTC (NJROTC) unit in Annapolis where he taught for 18 years, during which time his unit was selected as the Number One Unit in the Nation by the U.S. Navy League. He subsequently moved to Pensacola FL to assume duties as the Curriculum Director and Cadet Education Coordinator for the NJROTC National Staff. He is the author of Naval Ceremonies, Customs and Traditions (Naval Institute Press, 2004)