    I just saw this online. No idea what happened. I was in my first boat (USS Los Angeles) with Greg. He was a Chief at the time and I was brand new. It was tough back then and I was having a lot of trouble qualifying. Greg found me one day while at sea and told me that he would help me. He took me around the boat dozens of times during the qualification process to teach and show me things. He helped me with numerous things during that time. About 15 years later I was a Chief and had to go to a base-wide CMC meeting to stand in for our CMC. I looked around the room and saw Greg sitting there. It was great to see him and catch up. He was one of the people that caused me to stay in. 

Pelton Family,
As a vendor on a project w/Navy & Greg, I only recently (3 years ago) meet Greg.  Whenever he came to our office in CA for meetings, i enjoyed talking about the Ultra-Ironman.  I grew up watching the Ironman in Hawaii, but never knew or could fathom an Ultra Ironman and the dedication/training that went into it.  Our talks actually got me so excited  i rejoined my masters swim workouts.  I told him i hated running, so that was out, but the swimming i could do (albeit over two and a half days) and the cycling would be no sweat (as long as it was all downhill!).  

As for his vast knowledge on all things maintenance and logistics, he was such a wealth of information.  He could explain things in a way a novice like me could quickly pickup.  We even coined our project an attempt to automate what Greg does and knows.

Since  limited to 2000 characters, i wanted to type whatever i could to let you know that Greg touched a lot of people- even outside his normal channel of friends, workmates and acquaintances.  There will never be another Greg, but there will always be many memories we all have and can share amongst each other.   

My condolences and prayers goes out to your entire family.  And i know, as we speak,  Greg is running the Ultimate Ultra Ironman in heaven...

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10 julio, 1961 – 18 julio, 2020

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