Episode 32 – Master Chief Legalman David S. Leafer, U.S. Navy

Welcome to Episode 32 of the Voices to Veterans podcast. This episode features the story of Master Chief Legalman David S. Leafer, U.S. Navy (Retired).

Dave Leafer enlisted in the Navy in 1981 to see the world and see the world he did. Not only did he deploy to the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea on a World War II-era destroyer tender, but he also participated in Operation Desert Storm during a wartime deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-60). Decorated for pulling a seriously injured man from a burning car about to explode, Dave set the consummate example of leadership throughout his thirty-year career. If you want to see what makes the U.S. Navy’s sailors the best in the world, you need to listen to Dave’s story.

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