BTCS(SW) Thomas Dandes (Ret.), the co-chair for the 18th Annual CPO Heritage Days training event, presented a first person narrative account of the fateful actions of Chief Water Tender Peter Tomich, who perished aboard the USS Utah (BB-31/AG-16) during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Dandes provided the presentation in the Chief’s Mess aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64), a space that is generally closed to the publich. Dandes is dressed in the US Navy dungaree uniform, and had the opportunity to demonstrate the uniform’s lack of sweat wicking abilities. The Hampton Roads Naval M
BTCS(SW) Thomas Dandes (Ret.), the co-chair for the 18th Annual CPO Heritage Days training event, presented a first person narrative account of the fateful actions of Chief Water Tender Peter Tomich, who perished aboard the USS Utah (BB-31/AG-16) during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Dandes provided the presentation in the Chief’s Mess aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64), a space that is generally closed to the publich. Dandes is dressed in the US Navy dungaree uniform, and had the opportunity to demonstrate the uniform’s lack of sweat wicking abilities. The Hampton Roads Naval Museum, in conjunction with local Chief Petty Officers and Nauticus, hosted the annual CPO Heritage Days event, which provides history and heritage training for CPO selectees over the course of three days. This years event was held on August 21-23, 2018, and attracted over 840 CPO Selectees from 58 area and out of state commands.
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