<img src="https://pocahontastimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2020/09/1.-Honor-Corps-Fleck-22.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="487" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-69399" /> George Fleck, age 63 of Slaty Fork Conflicts – Cold War, Joint Task Force, Lebanon, Desert Shield/Storm Entered Service – U. S. Navy, January 1979; Officer Candidate School, Pensacola, Florida Initial Training – Naval Flight Officer (RIO) Training, Pensacola NAS, Florida; Surface Warfare Officer School, Newport, Rhode Island Primary Occupation – Special Operations Officer – Diving and Salvage Follow On Training – Surface Warfare Officer School (Executive and Commanding Officer Course); Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center – (Basic Diving Officer/Salvage Officer), HE02 Deep Sea Diving Officer, Panama City, Florida; Naval War College – (Command and Staff Course), Newport, Rhode Island Assignments – BT-10/VT-86, Pensacola, Flor-ida; USS Detroit (AOE4), Norfolk, Virginia; Beachmaster Unit 2/USS Nassau (LHA4), Norfolk, Virginia; USS Kittiwake (ASR13), Norfolk, Virginia; USS Grasp (ARS51), Little Creek, Virginia; USS Safeguard (ARS500), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Discharge Rank – Lt. Commander (0-4) Discharge Date – November 1, 1994 Federal Service – U. S. Merchant Marine License: Master – Any Tonnage – Oceans – June 1995 Assignments: R/V Gosport (IX517) December 1995 – June 2003 (Master); TSV1 Prevail (IX537) June 2003 – September 2019 (Master) Training: Master Mar-iner’s Readiness Course; USMMA, Kings Point, New York Retired: September 2019 Rank: WM-29/GS15 Total Federal Service – 39 years, five months
