SCOTT WALTER SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. FROM 1982 UNTIL 1987. HE GRADUATED FROM THE DEFENSE INFORMATION SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA IN 1983. WHILE ATTENDING DINFOS HE RECEIVED SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, PRINT - BROADCAST JOURNALISM AND STILL PHOTOGRAPHY. THROUGHOUT HIS 5 YEARS IN THE U.S. NAVY, HE ATTENDED ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS, THAT INCLUDED LIGHT PRODUCTION IN JAPAN AND VIDEO AND AUDIO EDITING IN SAN DIEGO. AFTER GRADUATION, FROM DINFOS HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE U.S.S. SAN JOSE (AFS-7) HOME PORTED OUT OF AGANA, GUAM. DURING HIS 15 MONTHS ONBOARD HE PRODUCED AND ANCHORED A NIGHTLY NEWSCAST WHILE UNDERWAY. HE WAS IN CHARGE OF RUNNING THE ONBOARD TELEVISION SYSTEM FOR THE CREW. SCOTT WAS ALSO THE DESIGNATED PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTACT FOR TOURS OF THE SHIP FOR GUESTS. SCOTT PRODUCED FAMILY VIDEOGRAMS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CREW AND THEIR FAMILIES AFTER EACH CRUISE.
SCOTT'S NEXT DUTY STATION WAS THE U.S.S. NEW JERSEY (BB-62). THE BATTLESHIP NEW JERSEY. THE NEW JERSEY WAS PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN'S FIRST RECOMMISSIONED BATTLESHIP.
SCOTT SERVED ONBOARD THE NEW JERSEY FOR TWO YEARS. HE PRODUCED AND ANCHORED A NIGHTLY NEWSCAST IN THE ULTRA MODERN BROADCAST FACILITIES.
HE PRODUCED PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDED THE WEEKLY CHAPLAIN CHAT. HE ALSO SENT NEWS REPORTS TO A-F-R-T-S.
THE U.S.S. NEW JERSEY (BB-62)WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF NEWS EVENTS WHILE SCOTT WALTER WAS ONBOARD. THIS INCLUDED MAKING AN HISTORIC CRUISE OFF THE COAST OF THE SOVIET UNION IN THE SEA OF OKHOTSK. SCOTT WAS PART OF THE ONBOARD "SNOOPY" TEAM WHICH PHOTOGRAPHED SOVIET AIRCRAFT WHEN THEY WOULD DO FLY-OVERS OF THE BATTLESHIP.
SCOTT ALSO PUT TOGETHER FAMILYGRAM PUBLICATIONS THAT WERE SENT TO FAMILIES BACK HOME WHILE UNDERWAY. SCOTT'S PUBLIC AFFAIRS SKILLS WERE ALWAYS BEING PUT TO WORK ON THE NEW JERSEY AS PRESIDENTS...VICE PRESIDENTS...AMBASSADORS...AND ENDLESS DIGNITARIES WERE ALWAYS MAKING CALLS ON THE BATTLESHIP. IN ALMOST EVERY PORT THE NEW JERSEY WOULD VISIT, THOUSANDS OF GUESTS WOULD RECEIVE TOURS OF THE SHIP.
IN 1987... AFTER FIVE YEARS IN THE NAVY SCOTT RETURNED TO CIVILIAN LIFE, WHERE HE WENT TO WORK FOR KOBI, THE NBC AFFILIATE IN MEDFORD, OREGON.
SCOTT BECAME THE JOSEPHINE COUNTY BUREAU CHIEF, WHERE HE PRODUCED DAILY NEWS REPORTS FOR THE NIGHTLY NEWSCASTS. HE ALSO PRODUCED AND ANCHORED THE WEEKEND SPORTS.
IN 1990, SCOTT PURCHASED GLENWAY MARKET IN GLENDALE OREGON.
LOOKING TO GROW HIS BUSINESS, IN 1993 SCOTT PURCHASED PROPERTY AND BUILT GLENWAY SUPERSTORE.
IN 1998, SCOTT WALTER WAS SELECTED AS OREGON'S SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR, SECOND RUNNER-UP. DURING A CEREMONY IN PORTLAND, HE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS OUTSTANDING DEVELOPMENT OF HIS BUSINESS AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.
WHILE IN THE GROCERY STORE BUSINESS, SCOTT PROVED HARD WORK, COMPETITIVE PRICING AND GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE ADD UP TO MAJOR SUCCESS. SCOTT WALTER ALSO STARTED UP THE FIRST INTERNET GROCERY DELIVERY BUSINESS IN SOUTHERN OREGON WHILE HE OWNED GLENWAY SUPERSTORE.