John W. Quinn Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Someone Like Me

Coming April 15, 2010

John W. Quinn, Senior Chief Petty Officer, USN

John W. Quinn was born in Detroit, Michigan on 18 April 1962. One of eight children, he joined the Navy in January 1982 specializing in administration. Throughout his distinguished twenty-year career, he has sailed around the world on carriers, battleships and destroyers, and is a plank owner of SEAL Team THREE. His numerous military decorations include four Navy Commendation Medals, Joint Service Achievement Medal, and four Navy Achievement Medals. He is authorized to wear the Enlisted Surface Warfare breast insignia. John is single and makes his home in Tucson, Arizona.

History of Assignments

Assignment

Recruit Training, Great Lakes IL.

Yeoman Apprenticeship Training, NTC Meridian, MS

USS Point Defiance (LSD 31)

SEAL Team THREE

United States Central Command

USS Iowa (BB 61)

USS Chandler (DDG 996)

Naval Special Warfare Group ONE

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet

USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)

Dates

JAN 82 – MAR 82

APR 82 – MAY 82

JUN 82 – MAR 83

APR 83 – OCT 86

NOV 86 – APR 89

MAY 89 – NOV 90

JAN 91 – MAR 93

APR 93 – OCT 93

NOV 93 – OCT 96

NOV 96 – OCT 00

NOV 00 – OCT 02