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,ni '.--'-' 'T ' I I fa-s...r .:g,vCv.f'i4. fs Commander Schreadley enlisted in the Navy in February 1949, and served at sea on board USS FORREST ROYAL CDD-872D and USS LEYTE QCV-325. In July 1955, he re- ceived a commission as an Ensign by direct appointment from enlisted status and has since been promoted through the ranks, achieving the grade of Commander on 1 july 1969. He has served tours as Gunnery Officer on USS HANK CDD-7025, as an instructor of Naval Science at the New York State Maritime College, as a student in the Staff Officers Course at Naval Schools, Mine Warfare, as Mine Warfare Officer on the Staff of Commander Mine Squadron FOUR, as Officer-in-Charge of USS GREENWOOD CDE-679D, as Commanding Officer, USS STURDY CMSO-494l, and as a Special Assistant on the Staff of Commander Naval Forces , Vietnam. He assumed command of Mine Division FORTY-FIVE on 5 August 1970, and command of USS BLAKELY on 28 April 1972. Commander Schreadley holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In the period of 1967-1969 he attended, under Navy sponsorship, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, re- ceiving a Master of Arts degree in International Relations in 1968, and a Master of Arts degree in Law and Diplomacy in 1969. In July 1972, he was awarded a PH.D. degree in Political Science from the Fletcher School. He is the author of three published articles in the Naval Institute Proceedings and an unpublished History, all concerning the Naval War in Vietnam. Commander Schreadley, his wife Doris, and their son Rhys, make their home in Charleston. Commanding Officer Richard L. Schreadley