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June 2007   
George Trawick and Capt. L.D. Carley
Bill Cook, photo

Congratulations on 45 years of service

Civil service mariner George Trawick, a 74-year-old supply utilityman, celebrates 43 years with Military Sealift Command as he receives a career service award for 45 years of service. Civil service Capt. L.D. Carley, master of fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl, presented the award. Trawick joined MSC in 1964, when Military Sealift Transportation Service was located at Fort Mason in San Francisco. He also served with the U.S. Army from 1949-1952. Trawick was employed by the County of Los Angeles when friends employed by MSTS regaled him with their many stories of travel overseas. He decided that a job at sea that included a lot of travel would suit him. He obtained his Z-card and signed on to USNS Eltanin, bound for an Antarctic research run. He stayed on Eltanin for three years in order to get permanent status. Trawick remembers that tours were one year then. His favorite ships were the cable ships, but he has no favorite port. Diehl will be his last ship as Trawick plans to retire in August 2007.
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