Aubrey Fitch (FFG 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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V 5 -X ff J W! xX V Mxxxxxtitt.. yy , 'v IHIINX COMMANDING OFFICER COMMANDER ROBERT L. SWEENEY, III UNITED STATES NAVY Commander Sweeney graduated with distinction from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 with a bachelor of science degree in Systems Engineering. Receiv- ing his surface warfare designation aboard USS RANGER CCV 61j. He saved as Second Division Officer and Assistant Damage Control Assistant. Following the Surface Warfare Department Head Course, Commander Sweeney served in USS OLIVER HAZARD PERRY CFFG 75 as Ship Control Officer and later as Combat Systems Officer. His other sea duty assignments include Operations Officer on the staff of Commander Destroyer Squadron EIGHT. Assistant Surface Operations Officer on the staff of Commander Carrier Group EIGHT and Executive Officer in USS IOHN HALL CFFG 325. Commander Sweeney's shore assignments include flag Lieutenant to the Commander Surface Forces Atlantic Fleet, Sea Coordinator for Surface Iimior Officer Assignments in the Naval Military Personnel Command, and Manpower Analyst in the Secretary of the Navy's Office of Program Appraisal. In 1991 he completed a masters of science degree in Operations Research from the George Washington University and is an Operations Analysis subspecialist. His awards include two Meritorious Service Medals, three Navy Commendation Medals, and the Navy Achievement Medal. Commander Sweeney is married to the former Cynthia Marie Divens. Their four children are Corirme, Catherine, Robert, and Christine.

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LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ROBERT E. MORABITO UNITED STATES NAVY Lieutenant Commander Robert E. Morabito, a native of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, was graduated from Lafayette College in 1975. After spending six years as a youth counselor , he was commissioned as an Ensign upon completion of Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island in May of 1981. After S commissioning, he served in USS 1 OUELLET CFF 10775, homeported at 8 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as the ship's 5 Electronic Warfare Officer, First 5 Lieutenant, and Main Propulsion 1 Assistant. While in OUELLET, he deployed to the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean theaters. He next served as a Naval Science Instructor and Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Department of Seamanship and Navigation at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Following that tour, he served as Chief Engineer Officer in USS AYLWIN QFF 10815, homeported in Newport, Rhode Island, and later, as Chief Engineer Officer in USS WAINWRIGHT CCG 285, homeported at Charleston, South Carolina. During these tours, he participated in three counter-drug cruises in the Caribbean theater, anti-submarine operations in the North and Central Atlantic Ocean, and a Mediterranean deployment. Lieutenant Commander Morabito next attended the College of Naval Command and Staff at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island from which he was graduated with distinction, earning a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies. He also has a Master of Arts in International Relations from Salve Regina University Following graduation from the College of Naval Command and Staff, Lieutenant Commander Morabito attended the Ioint Staff Officers Course at the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia. After completing his Ioint Professional Military Education, Lieutenant Commander Morabito reported to the Joint Electronic Warfare Center in San Antonio, Texas as the Chief, Surface Electronic Warfare Branch. Lieutenant Commander Morabito assumed his current duties as the Executive Officer in USS AUBREY FITCH CFFG 345 in October, 1993. His personal awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, two Navy Commendation Medals and two Humanitarian Service Medals. He IS married to the former Cynthia Ann Palatka of Ellwood City Pennsylvania. They have two daughters, Danielle Marie and Kathryn Ann.