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The evacuation from Lebanon, we got 15,000
people, or about 15,000 people, out. My name is
Sinclair M. Harris. I am a Rear Admiral
Select in the United States Navy. My first job
I was OE - Operations Electronics Division
Officer. I had the computer technicians, that ah
worked on the data processing systems, the radar
technicians that worked on some - some of the
radars. Um - the communication equipment, the
radios, those were the ah - the guys, the
technicians, that were part of my division.
About 25 of 'em. The highest rank was a
Master Chief - um - but that's why you have the
Master Chief, you have a Senior Chief, you have
Chiefs there to help, you know, lead and mentor
you, and you know, and do the management of the
equipment cause I didn't know as much as any
of these guys did about radars. Without a doubt,
my favorite Navy memory has to be Command at
Sea. There's nothing like being the Commanding
Officer of a ship that goes to sea and know
that everybody on board there, whether it's
something like this aircraft carrier that's
sneaking up behind me or whether it's a small
ship, that's your responsibility. The equipment,
the people, the mission, that's your
responsibility. I think that if - if I hadn't
joined the Navy, as a person, I don't know that
I'd be as well rounded. I've got 2 Master's
Degrees from the Navy, ok, that I never would've
gotten if I hadn't joined. My deepest
relationships have been in - the people I've
met in the military. In the Navy in specific.
Well I think the Navy has gotten more diverse
over time, I mean when I first came in the Navy,
out of a war group of 75 Officers in the
[ inaudible ] there were 3 Black Officers. That
was it. Now, you look around at the Commanding
Officers on the very ships, the Executive
Officers, the wardrooms in general, and - so I
think the diversity has increased across the
board in the service. I've always had a desire
to understand the world, you know and to travel,
and when I joined, I had no concept of staying
in 26 years. I really - I had no idea.