Commander Loren Sibilla
I have one
child, Jeffrey Scott. I left 11 weeks of Great Lakes Boot Camp and went to USNAD
Crane, Indiana on September 26, 1961 where I worked with the 9th Naval District
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team. I then went to class UT "A" School and from
there, to MCB 11 from September 22, 1962 - June 1965. November 18, 1962, Guam as
an E4, worked with base security and CIA. August 17th, 1963, AC & R Class C
School, San Diego, CA. December 4th, 1963, Okinawa, E-5 in charge of berthing,
boiler crew and ran boilers. September 3, 1963, Navy People to People Program,
traveled through out Europe for thirty days. October 19, 1964, I was in Radio
Communications School, CA. January 7-14, 1965, E5 in charge of a utility crew
grinding out bathroom counter tops and installing sinks in the new bathroom of
the new Marine Barracks at Camp Hansen, Site C, Okinawa. Flew into Vietnam by
way of Air American and later to Takhli
Royal Thailand Air Force Base as a guerrilla to work
and supervise their base utility operations. Takhli was the major war center for
the CIA/Air America/U.S.A.F. and Thai A.F. These organizations were called the
secret war group that ran the war in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. The Seabee
Teams in Vietnam and Thailand were supported by Air America, a Subsidiary
Airline of the CIA. MCB 11Stat Team 1103 was in Thailand and Stat Team 1104 was
in Vietnam at this time. Some MCB 11 Stat Team members of the 1104 had been
attacked twice in Vietnam, once in March in Saigon, Vietnam and again June 9-10,
1965 at Dong Xoai, Vietnam. I was discharged from MCB 11 on June 16, 1965,
and I joined the Naval Reserve Program and made E6 August 16, 1967. I took the
Chief test and applied for Civil Engineer Corps Warrant Officer (84950), but the
board recommended a direct commission to Lt. Jg. On May 1, 1985, I made
Commander. In the fiscal year 1990 I was approved for Captain, but because I
went into the Individual Reserve Readiness Command, I was not promoted. I
retired from the military with over 32 years of service. I retired as a
Medical Service Corps Commander, Gold Leaf on the Shoulder Marks with 3 large
gold stripes. I received my Masters Degree from the University of Michigan and
got a D. D. degree and retired from civilian life from the County Health
Department as a Health Officer with over 34 years of distinctive service.