Joseph (Jeff) GROVHOUG
LTJG
Served aboard
the USS Kawishiwi AO146.
from 1968-1971
He then began his Navy
Research and Development Career.
At the rank of Captain, Jeff has retired as of
March 31, 2004. He
plans are to establish a grand homestead in southwest Colorado
on 35
acres of land at 8000-foot elevation on the west slope of the Rocky
Mountains. This beautiful place will
likely serve as a
magnet for family and friends. He plans
to experience rural, low-density living at its finest and plans to
experience
backcountry trips into the South San Juan Wilderness Area and to teach
his grandchildren
to properly howl with the coyotes, and live among elk and wild turkeys. Jeffs hobbies include fly
fishing and backcountry exploration. Crazy thoughts for a
retired marine
biologist, eh? He sends his
heartiest
Aloha nui loa to all.
Following
is his 1971 - 2004 history.
He PLANS ON MAKING MORE, in a relaxed way.:
Head of the Marine
Environmental Quality Branch (Code 2362), began his Navy Research and
Development career in September 1971 at the Hawaii Laboratory of the Naval
Undersea Research and Development Center. Trained
as a fisheries biologist, he joined a
team of scientists and engineers performing a comprehensive multi-year
environmental study of Pearl Harbor. He
worked at the Hawaii Laboratory until
September
1991 where he specialized in marine ecosystem assessment in the Pacific
area
and developed applied techniques for field surveys at Navy sites. These techniques focused on the evaluation of
marine fouling dynamics and anti-fouling technologies and the design of
field
equipment to enhance assessment of marine environmental conditions
affecting
naval operations. For more than twenty
years he was an active diving biologist and became a recognized
authority on
the Pearl Harbor ecosystem.
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Mr. Grovhoug transferred
to San Diego in
September 1991 and became the Branch Head of the Marine Environmental
Quality
Branch, Environmental Sciences Division at the Naval Ocean System Center (NOSC).
Here he supervised twenty-five talented
scientists and engineers for nearly thirteen years, encouraged
excellence in
environmental projects and encouraged advanced degrees for six branch
employees. He was an active participant
and leader in the Marine Environmental Support Office that provides
direct
support to the US Navy fleet and shore
establishment.
He retired in September
1993 as a naval reserve
Captain (Special Operations, Diving and Salvage Officer).
He held four Commanding Officer billets in
Hawaii: Mobile Mine Assembly Group (West Loch), Commander,
Oceanographic
Systems Headquarters (Ford Island), Harbor Clearance Unit
One
and Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit
One
(both at Bishop Point, Pearl Harbor). Additionally,
he served on the staffs of
CincPacFlt, Third Fleet, Naval Central Command, Maritime Defense Force
Pacific
and as Operations Officer and Executive Officer on NRF Minesweepers. He held specialties in ship salvage
operations, diving and salvage, harbor defense, mine countermeasures
and
oceanographic systems. He was a
qualified diving officer in surface supplied and SCUBA systems. The most remarkable diving he ever
experienced was in the Red Sea (Aqaba, Jordan) during naval exercises
prior to Desert Storm where water was so clear and fish and coral
communities
so diverse.
Mr.
Grovhoug has technically supported the following Navy or national
programs: Marine Environmental Quality
Assessment, Waterside Security System, Uniform National Discharge
Standards,
ONR Antifouling Technologies, Non-Indigenous (exotic) species Issues,
Natural
Resource Damage Assessment, NAVSEA’s In-Water Ships Husbandry, Marine
Fouling
and Corrosion Prevention efforts, Naval Shipyard Compliance and Cleanup
issues,
and others. He has authored numerous
Center technical reports and documents, published in the open
scientific
literature and presented papers at many conferences and symposia in the
area of
marine environmental technology and assessment.
He considers solving
operational Navy problems along
with the quality, dedication and talents of many of his Center
co-workers as
the most memorable highlights in his career. He
feels fortunate to have worked in a highly productive
research
environment (especially at the NOSC Hawaii Laboratory) that contributed
many
useful tools and methodologies for naval use.
Treasured memories of field adventures, often at remote
Pacific sites,
will be the fodder for stories told to his grandchildren.
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