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USMC | Career |

	A4B formation over Chicago		A4 Skyhawk composite picture by Mike Thompson
	Formation Flight VT-24, Beeville, TX		Ltjg Thompson first carrier landings
	Stan being relieved of duties as OinC NWSED, Fallon, NV by LCDR Seyfarth, 30 June 1976		Blue Angels visit Stan at NAS Beeville, TX
	Ensigns Pankow and Thompson are commissioned		I think I pulled too many 'G's' !
	Stan at Great Lakes Naval Training Center 1979		PatStan The perfect pair! Fallon, NV 1975
	Midshipman Stan Thompson Callao, Peru 3 August 1958		Midshipman Stan Thompson Rio deJaneiro Brazil 11July 1958

Career:

-1959

Graduated from the University of Minnesota
with Bachelor of Science in Business and
Commissioned as an Ensign, U. S. Navy
through the NROTC Regular Program.

1959-1961

Under instruction in carrier jet aircraft flight
training. Awarded Naval Aviator Wings.

1961-1964

Flight and Safety Officer in Attack Squadron
One Hundred Fifty Three (VA-153). Made
two carrier deployments to WESTPAC in
Carrier Air Group 15 aboard USS Coral
Sea (CVA-43).

1964-1965

Assistant Professor of Naval Science at NROTC
Unit, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Instructed freshman students in Naval History
and Orientation.

1965-1967

Personnel Officer, Landing Signal Officer and
Advanced Jet Flight Instructor in Training
Squadron Twenty Four (VT-24)
Chase Field NAS, Beeville, TX.

1967-1970

Administrative Division Officer, Carrier Jet
Pilot and Landing Signal Officer in Attack
Squadron One Hundred Forty Four (VA-144).
Deployed to Vietnam in Carrier Air Wing 5
on USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31).

1970-1972

Graduate student at U.S. Naval Post-Graduate
School in Monterey, CA. Awarded Master
of Science Degree in Meteorology with minor
in Oceanography and Mathematics.

1972-1974

Air Operations Officer, Pilot and Flag Duty
Officer in Commander Attack Carrier Striking
Force Seventh Fleet (CTF-77). Deployed to
home port of Subic Bay, Philippines. Deployed
to Vietnam on various carriers.

1974-1976

Officer-in-Charge, Naval Weather Service
Environmental Detachment (NWSED), NAS
Fallon, Fallon, NV.

1976-1977

Officer-in-Charge, Naval Weather Service
Environmental Detachment (NWSED), NS,
Diego Garcia, B.I.O.T.

1977-1979

Director of Special Services Department,
Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, IL.
Retired from U.S. Navy at completion of tour.

Academic Appointments:

1964-1965

Assistant Professor of Naval Science
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL.

1974-1976

Instructor (Oceanography, Mathematics
Computer Science and Earth Sciences)
Chapman College Residence Center
Fallon, NV.

1976-1977

Instructor (Oceanography and Mathematics)
LaVerne College Residence Center
Diego Garcia, B.I.O.T.

1978-1979

Instructor (Oceanography and Mathematics)
Chapman College Residence Center
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes, IL.

1999-

Adjunct Professor (Mathematics)
Western New Mexico University
Truth or Consequences Branch
Truth of Consequences, NM