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Victor Fansler - US Navy(Husband of Michelle Vardiman)Military Service: 1989-1999
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Victor Fansler - Bootcamp Graduation 1990 Vic enlisted in Navy 1 Dec 1989 at 22 years oldd
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Content:Age: Occupation: Information Technology State: California, Idaho # of Children: 2 Click on any photo to enlarge
USS Lake Champlain
Vic at Tomahawk Console
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Victor and Michelle dating went on Dependants Cruise 24 May 1991
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Tomahawk Missile Launch
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Vic with Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines in background covered in ash 1991
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Vic's first 6 month West Pac
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Homecoming 25 November 1991 met by Mom, Frances Fansler and
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Victor & Michelle Fansler Wedding 29 Feb 1992
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Vic's Family at Victor & Michelle's Wedding 29 February 1992
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Victor and Michelle Fansler newlyweds at La Jolla Beach, CA 29 Feb 1992
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April 1994 Homecoming from 6 week Drug Pac, Michelle expecting Spencer
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July 1995 Homecoming from third West Pac with wife, Michelle and Son, Spencer - 7 months old
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July 1995 Homecoming with
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1999 Navy Whites in front of military housing during shore command before getting out.
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Victor joined the US Navy as an FC (E2) Firecontrolman (Tomahawk Missiles) in 1989. He went to boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Base in Gurney, Illinois. He completed A school in San Diego County. He was stationed on the USS Lake Champlain (A guided Missile Cruiser) for 4 years and completed three, six-month deployments (West Pacs) to the Persian Gulf. June-Nov 1991 - He participated in the Persian Gulf War/Desert Storm with the USS Lake Champlain protecting the carrier, Abraham Lincoln. He came close to firing a tomahawk missile but missed the "opportunity" by two weeks as the ship that relieved the USS Lake Champlain ended up firing several missiles. He did get to launch a tomahawk missile during training off the coast of California which caused garage doors to go up and down all over San Diego county and the anomaly was reported in the news without an explanation. The missile blew up in the target area in Arizona. On the way to the Persian Gulf the ship stopped in the Philippines to evacuate over 800 military dependants after Mt. Pinatubo started erupting on June 9, 1991. This was called Operation Fiery Vigil. Read Letter. Operation Tidal Wave was a six week deployment in 1994 along the coast of South America where the crew "completed one of the most successful and largest counter-narcotic operations in maritime history" seizing "$250 million of cocaine". Read Article. Finishing out his Navy career as an E5 he was stationed for shore command at FCTCPAC (Fleet Combat Training Center of the Pacific) in San Diego where he taught new recruits about the Tomahawk cruise missiles. He volunteered in the computer department over and above his regular teaching duties and was trained as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) which allowed him to transition to civilian life after 10 years in the US Navy. Honorable Discharge December 1999. |
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1999-2005 Vic worked for SAIC (Science
Applications International Corporation) in San Diego, CA in the IT |
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