Aubrey Fitch (FFG 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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CA DIVISIO E Q s S S i S X -en Y' Back Row Left to Right: STG2 Houser, STG2 Strong, STG2 Marason, STG3 Douglass, STG3 Skala TMSN Quattropani, STGSN Stone, STG1 Flectner, LT1g Liberaski , Front Row Left to Right: TM3 Grismore, STG3 Hollingsworth, STG3 Baehler, TMT1 Taylor.