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Heroes Among Us: ‘This Country Is Unlike Any Other’: U.S Navy Veteran Paul Thiesen

SUNRISE (CBSMiami) – Now to a weekly segment you will only see right here on CBS4.

Every Friday, in partnership with the Florida Panthers, we put the spotlight on a hero among us, men or women who have gone beyond the call of duty for our country.

U.S. Navy Retired Senior Chief Petty Officer Paul Thiesen. (Source: CBS4)

Today, we’re meeting Navy Retired Senior Chief Petty Officer Paul Thiesen.

Thiesen enlisted in the Navy in 1983 and served until 2007.

He got started in the advanced electronics field in the Navy working on everything from computers to weapons fire control systems but over the years he became a missile technician on submarines.