NAME CHIP MORTON

NICKNAME NOBODY ABOARD SEAVIEW WOULD DARE CALL HIM ‘BLUE EYES’, BUT I OVERHEARD LT. CMDR JACKSON CALL HIM THAT WHEN SPEAKING WITH LEE ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASSION.

APPEARANCE IF HE AIN’T WELL GROOMED, HE’S EITHER SICK AS A DOG OR HE’S BEEN INFESTED BY ALIENS.

HAIR –STYLE-COLOR-TYPE-TEXTURE PALE BLOND,STARTING TO BALD, COMBS HIS HAIR FORWARD TO CONCEAL IT.

EYES –GLASSES-CONTACTS- BABY BLUE, NO GLASSES

WEIGHT I SURE DON’T SEE WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.

COLORING VERY FAIR

HEIGHT ABOUT 6’2”

BUILD LEAN, MUSCULAR

FACIAL FEATURES –LIPS, EYEBROWS, LASHES, JAW LINE, NOSE

DON’T SEE ANYTHING UNSUSUAL

VOICE –ACCENT – WAY OF TALKING SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE FROM THE MIDWEST.

FAMILY DIVORCED. ALMOST HAD A CUSTODY BATTLE FOR THE CATS UNTIL REASON PREVAILED. NO WAY COULD HE LOOK AFTER THEM PROPERLY BEING AT SEA SO MUCH. AT LEAST HE HAS VISITATION RIGHTS.

CONNECTION TO ME FORMER EMPLOYEE, SHIPMATE

BEST FRIENDS/ENEMIES CONGENIAL COLLEAGUES, FOND FRIENDSHIP

ETHNIC/CULTURAL BACKGROUND POSSIBLY SCANDINAVIAN

SCHOOLING UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY

OCUPATIONS PRESENT-PREVIOUS US NAVAL OFFICER , CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE PENTAGON.

HOBBIES BRONCO BULL RIDING, HORSEBACK RIDING, BUNJEE JUMPING

POLITICAL PREFERENCES THAT’S PRIVILEDGED INFO

LIKES COMPUTERS, THE LATEST IN TECHNOLOGICAL GADGETRY. POSSIBLY ONE OF THE REASONS THEY DRAFTED HIM TO THE PENTAGON. SOMETHING BIG’S GOING DOWN, BUT I’M TOTALLY OUT OF THE LOOP NOW.

DISLIKES ANSWERING MACHINE MENUS.

MOVIES/BOOKS/PLAYS ANYTHING WITH A ‘OLD WESTERN’ THEME

FOODS JUST ABOUT ANYTHING EDIBLE.

SPORTS WATER SKIING, MOUNTAIN CLIMBING HORSEBACK RIDING.

FEARS/PHOBIAS HEARING THE PHRASE ‘I’M FINE’

QUIRKS NONE THAT I KNOW OF

CHARACTER FLAWS IT WAS TO MORTON THAT LEE WOULD THREATEN A MISCREANT CREWMAN AS HE SAID MORTON COULD PUT THE FEAR OF GOD INTO THEM.

FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS/ TYPICAL GESTURES RAISED EYEBROWS

CHILDHOOD/TEEN MEMORY DIDN’T KNOW HIM BACK THEN.

ROLE MODEL THE NAVY HAD THOUGHT ABOUT USING HIM AS A RECRUITMENT POSTER BOY.HE HATED THE IDEA SO THEY HAD TO USE SOMEBODY ELSE.

TEN WORDS TO SUM UP WHAT I THINK OF THIS PERSON

A FINE OFFICER, A TRUSTWORTHY FRIEND

TEN WORDS HOW THIS PERSON AFFECTED MY LIFE

TOOK THE PESKY DETAILS I NEEDED DONE IN HIS STRIDE, LEAVING ME TO MY DREAMS.

WHAT I’D SAY TO THIS PERSON IF WE MET TODAY

HI CHIP, WANT SOME DOUGHNUTS?

WHAT I WISH I HADN’T SAID /DONE TO THIS PERSON

LEE WILL BE BACK FROM THE MUNITIONS PLANT IN TIME FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY PARTY.