Fredrick Hardy
Hi Tashia, I am Fred and your father and I met while station in Atlanta, GA and also was roommates. Words can not express the love that he had for you, I can remember some of our conversations which he would talk about how much he loved you. Your father was and still is the hardest working and caring person I have ever met. He helped mold countless of lives and careers in and out of the Navy. Your father's leadership and guidance continues to live and burn like a Eternal Fire in the Sailors that he trained. I had the opportunity to visit him twice while he was out in California and each visit was like a we had only been away for a few weeks. We simply left off from the last conversation. I can truly say with honor and respect that Willie J Goggins was not just a friend he was my brother. Fair winds and Following Sea Chief Goggins . Boatswainmate pipe MMC (SW) Goggins to Heaven where his eternal light may shine on us until we see him again .