Complex sentence: John was born July 15,1958 in Norfolk, VA into a military family with his father, LCDR Edwin Pilmer Jr. USN, flying as a pilot from 1945-1970.
Split into simpler sentences: John was born July 15,1958 in Norfolk, VA into a military family. His father, LCDR Edwin Pilmer, Jr. USN, was a naval pilot from 1945-1970.