The
son of a 30-year retired RMCS.
web
site (www.bupers.navy.mil/mentor)<http://www.bupers.navy.mil/mentor>
"see
complete Q1 FY 00 demographics" link.That
is a 16 page
demographics
report (PDF file) that does break out Filipinos.
One
of the most interesting number he gave me..
Filipino-Americans
were the largest non-White group of Master Chiefs. There are 277 Fil-am
Master Chiefs(E-9) This is an amazing 8.88 percent of the total 3,132 MasterChiefs
in the US Navy.There are 14,117
enlisted men in the Navy (4.35% of the total)
The
Navy has one half of all Asians in DOD (just in our one service).
CAPT
Tem Bugarin was the first Filipino to command a surface combatant ship.He
retired in 1998 in San Diego.Not
sure what he is doing now.
CAPT
Ike Puzon also recently retired as the senior Filipino line officer (CAPT
Corpus replaced him in that title).I
believe he is still in DC somewhere working for the senator from Georgia.
Note
that there is a Filipino class in the US Navy demographics/composite.
Navy Composite Stat FY2000 (partial table if you dont have PDF)