Joe Rice,
Spouse: Eleanor
7580 Fox Hollow Rd.
Bloomington, IN 47408
Son: Joe H. (Married Barbara Nelms of Indianapolis, IN)
                              

                          Personal: Last book read, Black Elk Speaks,a life story of an
                          elder of the Oglala Sioux. Last Organization joined: The Timber
                          Framers Guild


       1959, June; Graduated from USNA
       1959-1961-Joined USS Walker (DDE 517) Worked for John Hurd as Damage Control Officer,
                            and Bob Schultz as Anti Submarine Warfare Officer. First Deployment: Japan; Taiwan;
                           Philippines;Perth, Western Australia;Hobart; Tasmania.
       1961-1962- USS Duncan (DDR 874) ;Weapons Department Head, Yokosuka, Japan
       1962-1964-Instructor Fleet Anti Air Warfare Center, San Diego, California
       1964-Resigned from USN to work as engineer for GTE, Durham, N.C.
       1965-1968-Returned to USN as Combat Information Systems Officer on USS Bainbridge (CGN-25), Long Beach, CA.
       1968-1970-Communications Studies at Navy Postgraduate School, Monterey, Ca.
       1971-Defense Communications Agency, Southeast Asia Mainland, Nha Trang Detachment Commander, RVN
       1972-1974-Operations, Executive Officer, Navcommsta Harold E. Holt. Exmouth, Western Australia
       1974-1976-Executive Officer,  USS Kawishiwi (AO 146)
       1976-1978-Assistant Chief of Staff for Communications, Commander Seventh Fleet,Yokosuka,Japan
       1978-1980-Commanding Officer USS Shasta (AE 33),San Francisco, Ca.
       1980-1982-OP 941H, Staff of Chief Of Naval Operations, Washington,DC.
       1982-1983-Commanding Officer, Navcommsta, San Diego, Ca.
       1983 - October 31; Retired Captain, USN
       1984-1986-Worked for Computer Data Systems, Inc., Rockville, Md .
        1986-1988-Worked for Naval Telecommunications Software Support Command, London,England
       1989-2006 Raised English Suffolk Draft Horses in Crossville, Tn.and operated business from home,
                          In Step With Nature.