Jose Ricardo "Dick" Corpus, son of Jose Corpus and Carmen Guillermo
of Kamuning, Quezon City. Dick is now the Commanding Officer of USS Portsmouth
(SSBN-707), one of the most sophisticated nuclear submarines in the world.
He was born in Kamuning in 1954 and was a pupil at the Ateneo de Manila
University until age 13. His naval career was recently featured in the
Asian Journal in San Diego, California. Like most Filipino parents with
a yearning for hardship and higher income the Corpus family left Kamuning
in 1968 (Dick was 13) and settled in Seattle, Washington, where Dick enrolled
in Grade 7. Before long he qualified for advanced classes and his high
school grades and his high school grades were impressive enough to earn
for congressional appointment to the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. In
1977, age 23; he graduated with a BS in Marine Engineering. In his junior
year he volunteered for submarine duty. He was interviewed by Admiral Rickover
by Admiral Rickover the architect of nuclear power in the Navy. From then
on he specialized in nuclear submarine training. He attended the Nuclear
Power School, Proto-type Training and Submarine School. In August 1970
he held several division officer jobs at USS Ray and USS Queenfish that
completed Northern and Western Pacific operations and an Indian Ocean deployment.
From 1991 to 1992 he was executive officer of USS Nevada. In July 1992,
Disk was ordered to join the staff of the Commander, Submarine Force of
the Pacific Fleet as strategic operations and plans officer. From this
post in July 1994 he was given his own command of a (Los Angeles class)
the USS Portsmouth ((SSN707). Portsmouth's main job is to hunt and destroy
enemy surface ships and submarines. She has a crew of 145 and can carry
such sophisticated weaponry as the Mark 48 antisubmarine torpedo; the Harpoon
and Tomahawk guided cruise missile. (Note the Tomahawk was the first missile
tested in Iraq conflict when it was launched from nuclear submarine). His
submarine won the coveted Battle "e" Readiness Award, a commendation for
excellent leadership and crew efficiency in teamwork. The boy from Kamuning
and Ateneo has traveled long and hard since he left Quezon City with his
parents in 1968. Dick career path is leading to an admiral desk is leading
to an admiral desk-someday perhaps-to the pride and honor of his Filipino
kin and friends. He is married to nurse Kim Brouillette, from LeMars, Iowa.
They have a son named Hunter. (From Manila Bulletin Aug 26, 1997)
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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 19:58:52 +0800 To: Rtorrecar@aol.com From: Jess
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