![]() ![]() His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (two), the Navy Commendation Medal (three), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two), and various campaign and unit awards. After the publication of Moby-Dick, Melville finally visited the island, and met face-to-face with Captain George Pollard Jr., the captain who survived one of the most harrowing ordeals at sea in human history. A good-natured man, he fasted privately every year on the anniversary of the loss of the. Later he served 13 years as one of the town constables. After one voyage in the merchant service, he quit the sea and worked as a grocer on Nantucket for a few years. He is a qualified naval aviator with more than 3,000 hours in the F/A-18C/E and he accumulated 1,034 carrier arrested landings. The wreck of the Two Brothers ended Pollard’s whaling days. ![]() George Pollard : You are not the captain But you were born to do this job. ![]() Joint Forces Command, project lead at the Joint Staff, and as the Naval Financial Analyst/Programmer for the President’s Budget in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. George Pollard : Captain of what Owen Chase : The Essex was lost through no fault of yours. Hes more Captain Kangaroo Captain Jack Sparrow, which is just about the last. Other sea duty assignments include VFA 34, VFA 136, VFA 192, and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).Īshore, he served as a Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor at the Strike Fighter Weapons School, at U.S. was probably never meant to head a whaleship. 6th Fleet’s Theater Security Cooperation plan, as well as Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195 forward deployed in Atsugi. He commanded USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) in support of U.S. He is also is a graduate of the Navy Nuclear Power School. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership through the Regent University School of Global Leadership. His previous ship, the Essex, had been rammed by a whale and also sank, providing the narrative for the. He graduated and commissioned from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering in 1996. Captain George Pollard was the skipper when the ship hit a coral reef and sank in 1823. Pollard is a native of Corpus Christi, Tex. ![]()
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