Living his 103rd year, 'Navy Centenarian Sailor', wartime commissioned Chief Warrant Officer Julio 'Jay' Ereneta, Naval Flight Officer, Radio Electronics, Aviation, USN (Ret.), former enlisted Aviation Chief Radioman (ACRM, Combat Aircrewman) is a thirty year veteran of World War One and World War Two. He first flew aircrewman (Radioman Third Class) in an F5L Seaplane of USS WRIGHT (AZ-1) in August 1922. He was Radioman/Gunner (Combat Aircrewman) in the 1920s/1930s in air squadrons of the first aircraft carriers, USS LANGLEY (CV-1) and USS LEXINGTON (CV-2). See biography: http://www.qrz.com/callsign/W6ZOM; keywords: battleship FLORIDA, Scapa Flow, North Sea Mine Barrage, Mustang, Panama Canal, China Station/Yangtze Patrol, North Island San Diego, Filipino, Philippine Islands, Minesweeper EIDER, FINCH, Cruiser TRENTON, SAVANNAH, Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Cactus, Russell Island, Munda, Barakoma, Leyte, Samar

1st Native Born Filipino to achieve in the U. S. Navy: radio operator (1919); aviation aircrewman (1922); Radioman First Class (1925); Radioman/Gunner, Combat Aircrewman (1932); Chief Radioman (CRM Aviation) (1941); Aviation Chief Radioman (ACRM, Combat Aircrewman) (1942); Warrant Officer (Naval Flight Officer, Radio Electronics, Aviation) (1942); Chief Warrant Officer (Naval Flight Officer, Radio Electronics, Aviation) (1943). Keywords: World War One, World War Two, Scapa Flow, North Sea Mine Barrage, USS LANGLEY (CV-1), USS LEXINGTON (CV-2), USS FLORIDA (BB-30), minesweepers EIDER, FINCH, cruisers TRENTON, SAVANNAH, China Station/Yangtze Patrol, Guadalcanal, Russell Islands,Banika, Pavuvu, Bougainville, Barakoma, Munda, Segi Point, Green Island, Solomon Islands, Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands