Thank you for your hard work and dedication Rick! Without your continued skills and efforts this site may never have been. Your passion for making things happen is the fiber of who you are. It is my pleasure and honor to know you. Well done my friend. My deepest thoughts and prayers are with you for whatever battles you face in the future. Always remember that you are never alone. God bless!

I hope that you can keep on keep'n on as others have posted here. I pray that your situation will be overcome positively and I appreciated working with you at CNFJ. Best wishes to you and your family.

Rick -

My family and I just returned from Oregon (and a visit to the former NavFac at Coos Head) where I met my wife over 50 years ago.

Having read each one of the posts regarding your service to this site over the last 20 years, I wish to add my thanks for your dedication to the System and this website. TWO THUMBS UP for a job well done !

I honestly cannot recall having served with you - or having met you during our careers within the System. However, just having the privlege of participating on this site over the last several years, and knowing your involvement, it seems like I have known you a long, long time.

I will keep you in my prayers for a COMPLETE victory over whatever battle it is you are up against.

Keep in touch, as you are able - all the best to you and yours.

Irv (Dee) DeMatties

Rick,

You already know how much respect I have held for you over all these years since you took me under your wing and showed me that there was an educator in me and I should follow that path. During the years we were stationed together, as well as watching what you contributed these past twenty years, the defining word for you in my mind has always been a true professional.

Whatever the fight may be, I wish you strength and success in beating it, and know you have lots of friends that care about you and pray for that success.

John Ross

Rick, you have always given your best in every thing you have ever been assigned to or taken on voluntarily. You are in our prayers for your next challenge.
You were well liked by all you met and most of all highly respected by those of us in the system.
Marshall

I guess the best way to say it is 'BZ' Rick.

Rick...Thanks for the Many Years of Keeping this Fine Organization Informed and Together!
I join the in the Long List of Prayers and Get Well Wishes...May God Grant You His Blessings and Help in Fighting what it is that You so Bravely now Face! Good Luck my Friend!!