32, Laguna Niguel ... Commander of...
32, Laguna Niguel ... Commander of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter
Narwhal ... Led a 10-man crew on a 41-day jaunt from New Orleans to
Corona del Mar in Sept. 2001 to bring the Narwhal to its home base
... The 87-foot cutter replaced the Point Stuart ... The Narwhal was
the first patrol boat in the Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor area after
the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks ... Honored by Rep. Chris Cox at a
Nov. 2 commissioning ceremony for the Narwhal ... Was honored with a
“John Kidwell Day,” on Nov. 2 by his home-state Oklahoma Legislature
... Enlisted in 1991 ... Avidly follows Oklahoma Sooners football and
is predicting they will win the national championship ... “If they
lose, I don’t want to get a bunch of phone calls. We need to get past
Miami” ... Unranked last year
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