Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Benjamin Clausing

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Occupation: Naval Helicopter Aircrewman on MH-53E's

Hometown: Norfolk, VA

Marital Status: Single

What has changed about you? What hasn't?
• One change would be the gray hairs conquering the expanse of my scalp. BUT!!...I'm not losing them!

Best (or Worst) thing about being in your late 20's.
• Best: I am grown up.
• Worst: I haven't yet decided what I want to do when I grow up.

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
• 1998 Transferred from Iowa State University to Concordia University, NE
• Summers of 1999-2000 Counselor at Walcamp in Kingston, IL
• Easter 2000 Biked solo across NE
• 2001 Backpacked 600 miles of Appalachian Trail and road tripped the summer away, earned B.A. in Studio Art
• 2002-04 Enlisted in US Navy, trained in Chicago, Pensacola, Maine, and Norfolk
• 2004 Ran first of 4 Virginia Beach marathons
• 2005 Operation Lead Shield, Los Alamidos, CA; JTF Katrina/Rita, USS Iwo Jima, New Orleans
• 2006 Presidential Support, USS Shreveport, Cancun, Mexico; RIMPAC, USS Denver, Hawaii; JTF Lebanon, USS Wasp (after Lebanon we ended up in Iceland and Denmark somehow...)
• 2007 GOMEX, Panama City, FL
• 2008 Out of the Navy. Back to Illinois. Graduate school??

Will you be attending the reunion: No


Folded MH-53E onboard USS Wasp at sea


Senior project - Inflatable Tetrahedron


MH-53E's onboard USS Denver off the coast of Hawaii

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