Today, my guest is Navy CDR (Ret) Lem Shepherd. Lem graduated high school in Newport, RI in 1972. He attended the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) where he graduated with a Psychology degree in 1976. After speaking with a Navy recruiter, he joined the service and in October 1976, he swore in. Lem attended Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Newport, RI followed by Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) school at San Diego, CA. His first assignment was aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger. His next ship was the oil tanker USNS Kawishiwi. An assignment to Yokosuka, Japan followed by shore duty back at San Diego. In 1986, he left the active Navy and joined the Naval Reserves. After several different Reserve assignments, he deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). He retired from the Navy in 2004.
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