Complex sentence: He was stationed at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in 1910, and in April 1911 Reed became a member of the Naval Board of Inquiry that convened to investigate fraud involving naval Paymaster Arthur M. Pippin and two others.
Split into simpler sentences: He was stationed at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in 1910. While there, Reed became a member of the Naval Board of Inquiry that convened in April 1911 to investigate fraud involving naval Paymaster Arthur M. Pippin and two others.