Interview 66- Navy Veteran, Corpsman, Founder of Utopic Essential Nutrients, Rodney "Doc" Walbecq
- Interview 66- Navy Veteran, Corpsman, Founder of Utopic Essential Nutrients, Rodney "Doc" Walbecq Bryan Roof 1:13:28
Come meet Rodney “Doc’ Walbecq
He was Born 4-5-65 (59) soon Detroit Michigan
Raised middle class suburb.
Dad was 3rd Generation Detroit Union Plumber
Great childhood lots of love (parents used capital punishment a lot)
Grew up playing sports, fishing swimming water skiing, snowmobile, but hockey was my real love and was very good. Played years of Travel league.
Started my first job at 12 doing dishes for $1.25 per hour.
Quit sports at 12 to work and have my own Money.
Rebellious kid, always in trouble, from 5th grade to 12th grade went to 7 schools in 8 years, graduated at a new school my senior year.
Met my first wife and my best buddy Rob the first day of senior year. First wife made it 10 years, best buddy Rob 42 years.
Future 1st wife and I had our first kid right at graduation.1983
Joined the Navy April 84 Great Lakes, Il bootcamp/apprenticeship training.
1984-1986 USS Lynde McCormick DDG-8
1986 Hospital Corpsman A School Balboa Naval Hospital
1986-1987 NAVHOSP Millington Tn. Made E-4 first time up
1987 Married 1st wife, Re-enlisted
1987-1990 NAVHOSP Kevlavik, Iceland. Made E-5 first time up
1990-1993 Naval School of Health Sciences, Great Lakes Il. Instructor Duty, HM-A School Assistant Military Advisor, Academic Counselor, LPO CAMIS
Went up for E-6 4 times missing it from .5 points to 4 points, 2 times passed over because of affirmative action.
Had orders for Independent Corpsman School and was going to re-enlist when my first daughter was born. I decided to leave the Navy on 23May93.
Owned Janitorial Business for many years.
Medicaid Worker 11 years
Director of Housekeeping and Laundry Services, Delmar Gardens, Smyrna Ga 5 years
QA Department, Automotive Factory 2 years
Data Cable Installer/Technician 5 years
Supervisor, 300 Cannabis Grow Operation 1 year.
Grew Cannabis for wife. 4 years
2019 Found Utopic Essential Nutrients Became Founder 2020.