I had the pleasure of serving with Tony at NAVFAC Eleuthera in 1972-1973 before he became a chief. He was an exceptionally talented junior leader at that stage of his career. I remember that he and three others went over the seawall in Governor's Harbour while driving back into town on a late Saturday night and landed upside down in about three feet of seawater. Luckily no one was killed but all were sent to Patrick AFB for treatment of their injuries on a medevac flight the next morning. Tony was instrumental in saving the lives of the two female OT's that were involved and who were seriously injured. I think alcohol may have been involved but in those days not much was mentioned about that fact. They were lucky that they did not drown because their injuries were serious enough to incapacitate them and prevent them from escaping the vehicle while it was upside down. He returned to duty several weeks later with just a few injuries that were pretty much healed. Had he not been able to extricate them they would have surely drowned. It was great that he was able to spend another 52 years on this earth and make Master Chief and enrich the lives of so many others.