Chuck Bloom in uniform on active duty in 1989
Chuck Bloom has been supporting the F/A-18 almost since its first operational flight. Pictured here, he served on active duty in 1989 as the supply officer of the USS Virginia CGN-38. Today, he is the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler weapon systems program manager, Navy Customer Facing Division, Customer Operations Directorate, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation.