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 is shown in his U.S. Navy dress uniform in 1995, after being awarded “Sailor of the Year” while attached to VQ-5 in San Diego. Mallinson retired from the Navy after 20 years, having served on four aircraft carriers as a jet engine mechanic and In-Flight Technician. He also had shore duty in Puerto Rico and San Diego, had a seven-month deployment in Iraq during the Gulf War, and served as a recruiter in Shawnee and a classifier at the MEPS. See full cutline.
Tecumseh Assistant Police Chief Mike Mallinson is shown in the '90s at the Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego. 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 ...
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