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Mark A. Schafer – Rear admiral and Commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force - Central. Former commander, US Naval Forces Korea. Tim Sheehy – Founder of Bridger Aeorospace and Senator-elect for Montana. William M. Shepherd – First SEAL in space, first American commander of the International Space Station.
Alan Shepard – naval aviator and flag officer (Rear Admiral), first American in space (Mercury-Redstone 3) and Apollo 14 commander; William Shepherd – Navy SEAL, astronaut (STS-27, STS-41, STS-52) Thomas P. Stafford – aviator and astronaut (Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10) Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper – astronaut (STS-115, STS-126)
William McMichael "Bill" Shepherd (born July 26, 1949), (Capt, USN, Ret.), is an American former Navy SEAL, aerospace, ocean, and mechanical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who served as commander of Expedition 1, [1] the first crew on the International Space Station.
Shepard was promoted to captain on May 15, 1893, and to rear admiral on March 3, 1901. [1] [3] In 1901, Shepard became the first flag officer to become a student at the Naval War College. [4] Shepard retired on June 13, 1902 [2] on his own request. He died on August 17, 1904, of heart disease, [5] and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. [6]
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Webber was the son of Robert Webber, who was a merchant seaman. [2] He graduated from Oakland Technical High School.Webber enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1943 during World War II, serving in the 1st Marine Amphibious Corps and later in the 6th Marine Division as a 776-Radio Operator (Low Speed) [3] in Guam and Okinawa.
The White Shepherd is a variety of the German Shepherd bred in the United States. Although white-coated German Shepherds have been known in Europe as early as 1882, in 1933 the breed standard was amended in their native Germany, banning white-coated dogs from registration.
The first direct action undertaken by Sea Shepherd was against Canadian seal hunting in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. In March 1979, 32 crew aboard the Sea Shepherd protested the hunt and eight members were arrested after going on the ice to spray the pups with colored organic dye so as to render the pelts worthless to traders. About 1,000 seals ...