Jack Whitehouse Author

From 1968 to 1970 Jack Whitehouse served aboard the U.S.S Buck (DD-761) for two deployments to Vietnam. In 1971 he became the Executive Officer and for a time the Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Chehalis (PG-94) sailing out to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Following a year of language training, Jack became the first U.S. Navy exchange officer with the Royal Norwegian Navy. From 1973 to 1975 he sailed aboard Norwegian frigates, patrol boats and a submarine north of the Arctic Circle. In 1976 he joined the CIA, serving abroad for most of his career. In 2010, he won the first-place award from the Press Club of Long Island for his regular column in the Fire Island Tide. In 2011 Islip town supervisor Phil Nolan presented him with the town's Carl A. Starace History Award for his research and authorship on Islip town subjects. He has written numerous pieces for the Fire Island Tide, as well as other local periodicals. He lives in Sayville, New York.