Petty Officer Ronald O'Toole has the distinction of being the last uniformed military member to serve on Adak, marking the end of nearly 60 years of continuous military presence on Adak since August 1942 when members of the unit nicknamed "Castner's Cutthroats" first landed on Kuluk beach. His departure marks another significant milestone toward completing the transition of the former naval air facility to a self sustaining, self governing Alaska community with a private sector commercial economy.