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Born January 6, 1944, 57 years old

Marvin Roger Woods, the son of a sailor, enlisted in the Navy when he was in high school and went on to serve for 23 years. When he retired from the Navy in 1984, he took a six-week vacation, then reported back to his office at the Patunxent River Naval Air Station and continued in his job as director of communications, but as a civilian.

Beginning tomorrow, I will post two daily remembrances honoring the 18 members of the Information Warfare community who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.

From: Michelle J. Kinnucan

On Monday, August 24, 2024, a three-judge panel of the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the District Court’s decision that a two-volume 1967 House Appropriations Committee report on the attack on the USS Liberty is a Congressional record, not an Executive branch record. Concretely, that means the National Security Agency (NSA), which possesses the only known remaining copy of the report, will not be releasing it to the public.

August 31, 1950 – December 3, 1979 (Aged 29)

CTO1 John Ball, a communications supervisor and bus driver for the Navy while serving at NSGA Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico was killed by gunfire when terrorists attacked a bus  he was driving.  RM3 Emil White seated directly behind him was also killed and several other sailors on board the bus were injured. 

Obituary:

Captain David B. Carson, USN (Ret), 59, East Greenwich, RI, passed away suddenly on July 16, 2026.  Born in Falls Church, VA, the son of Joseph and Carol (Dolansky) Carson.