Retirements

Navy Supply Corps Newsletter, July-August, 2003

CAPT Elwood T. Hodnett Jr.

CAPT Elwood Thomas Hodnett Jr, SC, USN, completed 31 years of active service and retired on May 1, 2003, after service at Navy Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. He received his bachelor's degree from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Va., and his master's degree from the Naval Postgraduate School. His previous duty stations include Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Commander, U. S. Naval Forces Central Command, Manama, Bahrain; USS Essex (LHD 2); Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.; Commander, Navy Supply Systems Command, Washington, D.C.; Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.; USS McInerney (FFG 8); Navy Recruiting Orientation Unit, Orlando, Fla.; and USS Fort Fisher (LSD40).

CAPT Donald T. McBurney

CAPT Donald Telford McBurney, SC, USN, completed 27 years of active service and retired on June 1, 2003, after service at Navy Shipyard Puget Sound, Bremerton, Wash. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Idaho and his master's degrees from Naval Postgraduate School and Naval War College. His previous duty stations include Headquarters, Unified Transportation Command, Scott AFB, Ill.; Commander, Naval Surface Fleet Pacific, Coronado, Calif.; USS Rainier (AOE 7); Commander, Military Traffic Management Command, Military Ocean Terminal, Oakland, Calif.; and Commander, Third Fleet, San Diego, Calif.

CAPT Connie L. Thornton

CAPT Connie L. Thornton, SC, USN, completed 23 years of active service and retired on June 1, 2003, after service at Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. She received her bachelor's degree from Chadron State College and her master's degrees from the Naval Postgraduate School and the National University. Her previous duty stations include USS Supply (AOE 6); Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development and Acquisition, Washington, D.C.; USS Arcadia (AD 42); Naval Aviation Supply Center, Arlington, Va.; Fleet Material Support Office, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; USS Dixon (AS 37); Anti-Submarine Warfare Wing Pacific, North Island, Calif.; and Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

CDR Catherine D. Alexander

CDR Catherine D. Alexander, SC, USN, completed 20 years of active service and retired on June 1, 2003, after service at Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command, Mechanicsburg, Pa. She received her bachelor's degree from the United States Naval Academy and her master's degree from the University of Virginia. Her previous duty stations include Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk, Va.; USS Vella Gulf (CG 72); Naval Supply Systems Command, Washington, D.C.; Naval Air Systems Command, Arlington, Va.; USS Cape Cod (AD 43); Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, Ga.; and USS Hector (AR 7).

CDR Paul F. Nichols

CDR Paul E Nichols, SC, USN, completed 20 years of active service and retired on June 1, 2003, after service at Navy Supply Information Systems Activity, Mechanicsburg, Pa. He received his bachelor's degree from West Virginia University and his master's degree from University of Pennsylvania. His previous duty stations include Commander, Navy Supply Systems Command, Mechanicsburg Pa.; Fleet Material Supply Office, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; USS Independence (CV 62); Naval Support Activity, Thurmont, Md., and USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN 657).

CDR Edward W. Sheehan Jr.

CDR Edward W. Sheehan Jr, SC, USN, completed 20 years of active service and retired on May 1, 2003, after service at Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts and his master's degrees from Naval War College and Naval Postgraduate School. His previous duty stations include Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C.; Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C.; USS Proteus (AS 19); Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C.; and USS Queenfish (SSN 651).

CDR Steven L. Smith

CDR Steven L. Smith, SC, USN, completed 20 years of active service and retired on June 1, 2003, after service at Navy War College. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of California and his master's degrees from Navy War College, Naval Postgraduate School, and the University of California Los Angeles. His previous duty stations include Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.; Program Executive Office Submarines, Arlington, Va.; USS Essex (LHD 2); Commander, Naval Surface Fleet Pacific, Coronado, Calif.; USS Cushing (DD 985); and USS Luce (DDG 38).

CDR Paul S. VanHoosen

CDR Paul S. VanHoosen, SC, USN, completed 21 years of active service and retired on May 1, 2003, after service at Naval Air Terminal, Norfolk, Va. He received his bachelor's degree from Charleton College and his master's degree from Navy War College. His previous duty stations include Naval Transportation Support Center, Norfolk, Va.; Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Military Traffic Management Command, Bayonne, N.J.; USS Flint (AE 32); USS Robison (DDG 12); and USS New Orleans (LPH 11).