Loading nuclear weapons onto bombers, installing top secret Gatling Guns onto fighter jets, tracking down world renown scientists and convincing them to work at the Nevada Test Site, coordinating with the base commander about international spies, staffing the world’s largest weapons incinerator and diving into deep underground cavernous drinking water reservoirs for inspections; these were all tasks of a typical days work for my father law-in David Stoeckle.
In this episode, I interview David about his career with the government. Early in his career, he was a Air National Guard Sergeant where he worked inside “Bomb dumps” to install weapons onto aircraft before they took off to run missions. After his stent there, he became a HR specialist at the Nevada Test Site where he was responsible for recruiting and employing speciality scientists to work for the nuclear weapons research program. At the pinnacle of his career, he managed to reunite the top scientists from the World War II Manhattan Project to implement a nuclear weapons testing revamping program. After successfully executing this task, the Admiral awarded him with the “Award of Excellence for significant contribution to the Nuclear Weapons Program.” David then took his career to the military inhabited Johnston Atoll Island. With the worlds largest weapons incinerator complex at this island, he coordinated personal staffing to help keep the denuclearization of many of the world’s nuclear arsenals on track. He also took his passion of scuba diving to work and he dove into fresh water distribution lines and reservoirs for inspections for the Las Vegas Water District.
We also get to hear David’s thoughts on the COVID pandemic, his skydiving adventure for his 70th birthday, and what he knows to be true in life.
It doesn’t get much better than this for exciting stories, detailed insights about top secret military research/weapons and some inspiring ways to live by. I really hope you enjoy this episode. Thanks for tuning in!
Time Start agenda:
0:00:00- Introduction
0:05:36- What this podcast is about
0:09:26- David’s Q/A section
0:26:57- Air National Guard
0:49:27- Nevada Test Site: Nuclear Weapons Research
1:08:01- Johnston Atoll: Nuclear Weapons Incinerators
1:24:39- Scuba diving inspections for drinking water pipes and reservoirs
1:41:34- Conclusion