She served in the Navy from Apr 77 to Oct 97. She attended CTA A School in Pensacola, FL Jul-Oct 77. She was assigned to CINCPAC HQ HI Oct 77-Oct81; NAS JAX (ARFCOS) Nov 81-Jul 85; NSGA Keflavik, Iceland Oct 85-Oct 86; she returned to NTTC Corry Station, Pcola, FL as an Instructor in the CTA A School from Nov 86-Apr 90; COMNAVSECGR May 90-Jul 93; NSGA Adak, AK Aug 93-Aug 94; DCS Pentagon - Oct 94-Mar 96; DCS Ft. Meade, MD Mar 96-Oct 97.
Her friends and shipmates can leave their remembrances for her family HERE.
Everyone wants "their own" CTA. God has His now.
ReplyDeleteMemories of Senior Chief Piotrowsky’s professionalism and natural leadership come easily; news of her death comes tough. She worked in the HQ Security Department when I struggled to fill the shoes of an icon-civil servant whose departure at retirement came amid complicated community infighting about how to ‘streamline’ security clearance processing. CTACS Piotrowsky was the indispensible link between this Navy captain and a staff of dozens of career civilian adjudicators and security experts. I must use a feminine term – “gentle” – when I recall how she kept us all in balance and good humor as an officer took over the daunting tasks of keeping our process and operations on an even keel. Leslie was a fine, technically superior CTA-brancher. She led from the front and looked after her people. I am very saddened to hear of her passing but know she is keeping the angels in Heaven-Administration squared away. May God keep her in the palm of His hand. Steve Myers
ReplyDeleteI’ve know Leslie since boot camp in 1977. She was in our sister company.
ReplyDeleteI know it’s been a while since she’s passed away, but I wanted to make sure she’s always remembered not only as a great sailor, but as a great person. We lost touch a few times during our career and I was so happy when I found her for the last time through TWS.
Leslie wasn’t only a shipmate, she was my best friend. We shared an apartment in Hawaii and were stationed together in CINCPAC.
She was a very caring and passionate person in her personal life. She embraced life and love like no one I’ve ever known. She was also my voice of reason because I was a bit younger than her.
The last time I corresponded with her, she told me that she had her sons. You could feel her pride coming through in her writing.
She passed away shortly after.
I have a picture of us after getting our first Crows. The smiles on our faces are of genuine pride and happiness. The start of a wonderful career.
I miss Leslie and think of her often. I hope her sons know and remember their mother was not only a sharp CTA, but a loving and funny person.
Mary Granger Coleman