{"id":13930,"date":"2016-09-01T20:01:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T20:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=13930"},"modified":"2016-09-01T20:02:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T20:02:13","slug":"macfarland-remembered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/macfarland-remembered\/","title":{"rendered":"MacFarland Remembered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13932 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/08.31.35-RADM-James-S-McFarland.jpg\" alt=\"08.31.35 RADM James S McFarland\" width=\"250\" height=\"318\" hspace=\"10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/08.31.35-RADM-James-S-McFarland.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/08.31.35-RADM-James-S-McFarland-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/08.31.35-RADM-James-S-McFarland-221x281.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>James Steven McFarland passed from this life 13 years ago. He started a remarkable career as a Yeoman, rising to Flag rank over the course of his distinguished career in the Navy and the Intelligence Community I first met RADM Jim McFarland in Hawaii, preparing for my first gig in my secondary (maybe it was primary) MOS of Mr. Vice. ADM &#8220;Sly Bob&#8221; Foley was to be president of the mess; there was concern that there would be no repeat of the infamous Lockwood Hall Dining In. I got tagged with the responsibility of keeping good order and discipline in the Mess. The Admiral walked me through the potential pitfalls, and everyone was on their best behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Jim was an engaging man as well as an outstanding and visionary Cryptologic Specialist. His key role in establishing the OPINTEL center at FOSIF Rota in the mid-1970s was recognized at the Spring NIP Red Tie luncheon in the remarks of retired CAPT George Pressly, Rota&#8217;s first CO. Jim CFarland&#8221;s Cryptologic Support Group was instrumental in the accuracy of the Ocean Surveiilance Information System (OSIS). Vince recalls being blasted by the Admiral as &#8220;the dumbest intel officer he had seen&#8221; in Rota in 72 when he first reported, to his visit to Midway (CV-41) in 80, when he said &#8220;well there is some hope for you. &#8221; He said Jim was &#8221; inspirational for me, and was my mentor and friend. I will always remember his leadership, brash style, uncanny intellect, and just exceptional personality. He influenced me and so many others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Joe Maz got to know him better in retirement. Joe commented that Jim established Oracle\u2019s Intelligence Business unit when he was hired there 25 years later. &#8220;People were still talking about Jim and seemed envious that I knew him,&#8221; remarked Joe. &#8220;He was a great guy who did great things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I wish I had known the contents of the citation below for his actions in Vietnam. This retrospective was originally published at Station Hypo (http:\/\/www.stationhypo.com) on 31 August, and was forwarded across the by the legendary Cryptologist Ivan Dunn, who commented &#8220;he left us too soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Steven McFarland passed from this life 13 years ago. He started a remarkable career as a Yeoman, rising to Flag rank over the course of his distinguished career in the Navy and the Intelligence Community I first met RADM Jim McFarland in Hawaii, preparing for my first gig in my secondary (maybe it was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-socotra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13930"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13934,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13930\/revisions\/13934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}