After serving in the U.S. Army 1961-1963 on
active duty in the Military Police , Walter was
called back to serve in the U.S Army Reserve
1965-1968
Walter worked for the New York Telephone Company as
a Central Office technician and then a field
technician as an installer. He progressed to install
& maintain large business telephone systems in the
New York City area mainly in the Madison Square
Garden complex servicing large customers, IBM,
Merrill Lynch, CBS, Penn Central Rail Road & Madison
Square Garden.
After AT&T divesture (1984) of local telephone
companies Walter migrated to AT&T as a field
engineer maintaining various telephone systems. In
1988 he transferred into AT&T computer systems where
he installed and maintained various computer
systems, mainly working with UNIX systems in the New
York & New Jersey areas. His responsibilities also
took him to Atlanta, Denver, San Francisco and
various other cities.
Walter retired from AT&T in 2000 and was immediately
hired by Verizon. He worked in midtown Manhattan
dedicated to NBC at 30 Rockefeller Plaza as a field
engineer and Verizon laison. His responsibilities
were to maintain & monitor various types of data ,
voice & video circuits.
He retired from Verizon in 2005 after having worked
a total 42 years in the Telephone Communications
business.
After retirement Walter moved down to Clearwater
Florida where he attended a Boating Skills &
Seamanship recommended by his nephew who was a
friend of Buddy Casale's son. Buddy was an
instructor in the class. He was invited to join the
Coast Guard Auxilary in 2005 and the rest is
history.
He served as the FSO-CM for Flotilla 11-10 and SO-CM
for Division 11. He presently serves as the FSO-CS
and FSO-IS in Flotilla 11-10 which keeps him busy in
addition to serving as crew and TCO (watch-stander).duties.
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