Mulk, as his friends and co-workers called him, had his first assignment as an instructor pilot in Beeville, Texas. His next orders were for Jacksonville, Florida where he underwent training in the A-7E Corsair jet. Terry served aboard the USS Forrestal during deployments to the Mediterranean, Indian and North Atlantic Oceans. At the time of his death, Terry was stationed at Key West Naval Air Station as a fighter pilot instructor. There he was a member of an elite adversary squadron called the Blackbirds who were the subject of a PBS documentary entitled “Blackbirds in the Sun.” The Blackbirds have thousands of flying hours aboard aircraft carriers, are graduates of the Navy’s Top Gun school and complete another year of specialized instructor training. They simulate the tactics of the enemy through aerial dogfights. During his time in Key West, Terry flew the A-4, F-5 and F-16 fighter jets.