Captain Smith USNR was born on May 17, 1940 and passed away on Wednesday, September 25, 2019. Brad lived his high school years in Blackfoot, Idaho graduating from Blackfoot High School. In 1962 just prior to Graduation from The Naval Academy, Brad was selected by Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the "Father of the Nuclear Navy," to join the Navy's nuclear operations and attend Nuclear Power School, then serving for nine years on nuclear submarines. Arrangements are being made for Brad's interment at the Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium, Annapolis, Maryland. If you wish donations in Brad's name can be made to either of these institutions. Plans for a celebration of life at St. James Catholic Church, McMinnville, Oregon, will be announced.