Daniel Parkhurst Honored at Citifield for Service to our Country
Liberty Rotary Club could not be prouder of their President - Daniel R. Parkhurst, who was honored as Veteran of the Day at the August 16th NY Mets Game.
Dan is a role model to all of us, with an outstanding commitment to his family, his community, his country and the world. He is a man of integrity, compassion and honor.
Thanks to Judy and Gary Siegel who arranged a bus trip for the day, so many of Dan’s fellow Rotarians, friends and family were there to stand and applaud his monumental contribution to our country.
Who is CUCM (SCW) Daniel R. Parkhurst
Daniel Parkhurst enlisted in the Navy in October 1980 and after a short time in the delayed entry
program, he attended Recruit Training at Great Lakes, Waukegan, IL. After Daniel graduated Boot Camp he was sent to the Naval Construction Training Center in Port Hueneme, CA where he attended Builder “A” School. In July 1980, Daniel was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One Thirty Three located in Gulfport, MS. Daniel was immediately sent to Naval Air Station Agana, Guam where his Battalion was deployed. Daniel went on to do three additional oversea deployments with NMCB 133 to Naval Air Station Rota, Spain; Naval Air Station, Bermuda; and Marine Corps Cold Weather Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan. In 1985 Daniel was transferred to the Navy Absentee Collection Unit at Naval Training Center San Diego, CA where he apprehended Navy and other service deserters. Daniel left Active Military service in 1988 and moved back to New York. In 1991, he decided to join the Navy Reserve Program and was assigned to Reserve Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 13 and remained with this Battalion until it was decommissioned in 1995. Daniel was reassigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One Thirty Three Augment Unit where he was sent into a combat zone for the first time in Bosnia, Herzegovina. In 1998, NMCB 133 Augment Unit was
decommissioned and Daniel was again reassigned to Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit Two Zero Two located in Groton, CT. In 2001 Daniel was promoted to Chief Petty Officer. In 2004, CBMU 202 was moved from Groton, CT to Camp Lejeune, NC and Daniel was again transferred to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Twenty Seven located in Brunswick, ME. In February 2005, Daniel was temporarily assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five in Port Hueneme, CA for a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Daniel spent the next 9 months in training and in Camp Moreel, Kuwait in support of troops deploying to Iraq. Daniel rejoined NMCB 27 upon his return and was promoted to Senior Chief Petty Officer. Daniel was called upon again in 2008 to deploy to Iraq as the Operations Chief for NMCB 27 where he spent 10 months training and supporting the Battalions mission in Iraq. Upon his return, Daniel was promoted again to Master Chief Petty Officer and was assigned as Senior Enlisted Leader for NMCB 27, Region Northeast responsible for detachments in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts where he remained until his retirement in November 2011.
Bio submitted by Gary Siegel
