Tecumseh’s Assistant Police Chief ’s Dual Service Journey

Tecumseh Assistant Police Chief Mike Mallinson poses with his wife, Laurie, and son, Michael Lawrence Mallinson, in 1994 at the Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, after flying in from Hawaii after a six-month deployment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln CVN72. Photo provided.
Tecumseh Assistant Police Chief Mike Mallinson poses with his wife, Laurie, and son, Michael Lawrence Mallinson, in 1994 at the Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, after flying in from Hawaii after a six-month deployment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln CVN72. Photo provided.

When Tecumseh Assistant Police Chief Michael Mallinson was going to Orem High School in Utah, he had a passion for airplanes.

In his senior year, Mallinson entered an aircraft maintenance program. And, after he graduated in 1982, he decided to put his training to use and see the world in the U.S. Navy.

Mallinson joined in April 1983 and served as an aircraft mechanic for both shore duty and sea duty…