Retired U.S. Navy Officer Gary Chadwell to Speak at RCC Veterans Day Event Nov. 8

Gary Chadwell

Retired Chief Petty Officer Gary Chadwell, U.S. Navy, will be the guest speaker at Randolph Community College’s Veterans Day celebration on Tuesday, Nov. 8, from 11 a.m.-12 noon in the JB & Claire Davis Corporate Training Center on RCC’s Asheboro Campus. A luncheon will be served afterward. The public is invited.

Chadwell joined the U.S. Navy in 1980 and started his military career in Orlando, Florida. He completed electronics school in Chicago, Yeoman A school in Meridian, Mississippi, and basic submarine training in Groton, Connecticut. He was stationed in San Diego, California, on the USS Stein before being transferred to Bangor, Washington, where he served on three (Ohio Class) missile submarines. He was later stationed and retired at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where he served on two fast attack (Los Angeles Class) submarines.

After serving for 25 years, he retired in February 2005 and returned to his hometown of Fayetteville, where he was a high school social studies teacher for over 10 years.

The Davis Corporate Training Center is located in the Continuing Education and Industrial Center at 413 Industrial Park Avenue.