Bowen (FF 1079) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDER PAUL X, RINN EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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CAPTAIN WILLIAM A, ESTELL, JR,. U. 5. NAVY Captain WILLIAM A. ESTELL. JR.. was born in Cincinnati. Ohio, on 3 May 1938 and lived there until entering the Naval service on June 1958. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned an Ensign, U. S. Navy, on 6 June 1962. Shipboard tours of duty include service in USS BLANDY (DD-943) as First Lieutenant, USS BRONSTEIN (DE-1037) as First Lieutenant, Sonar Officer. ASW Officer and Weapons Officer, USS MILLER (FF-I09I) as Executive Officer, and currently in USS BOWEN (FF-1079) as Commanding Officer. Additional sea duty tours were with the staffs of Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla SIX and Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group EIGHT as Aide and Flag Secretary. Shore duty assignments were with the Key West Test And Evaluation Detachment of the Operational Test and Evaluation Force as a Sonar Project officer and the Staff of the Chief of Naval Operations as Net Assessments Analyst in the Systems Analysis Division (OP-96). Captain ESTELL is a graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, in the Oceanography Curriculum, the Armed Forces Staff College, the National War College, and the University of Southern California with a Master of Science Degree in Systems Management. Captain ESTELL has the following personal decorations and awards: Navy Commendation Medal, Navy E Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Cuban Blockade). Vietnam Service Medal and Sea Service Ribbon. He is married to the former Jinny Lee Cornell of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have a son, William Andrew III and a daughter. Martha Elizabeth. Captain ESTELL assumed command of USS BOWEN on 25 January 1980. s m lMMSam

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COMMANDER PAUL X, RINK U. S. NAVY Commander PAUL X. RINN was born in New York City 13 September 1946. He graduated from Marist College in May 1968 and was commissioned an Ensign U. S. Navy through the ROC Program in October 1968. Commander RINN has served aboard the USS SARSFIELD (DD-837) as CIC Officer. Communications Officer and Operations Officer, USS BLAKELY (FF-1072) as Weapons Officer and Senior Watch Officer, and currently in USS BOWEN (FF-1079) as Executive Officer. He has also served as Operations and Tactics Officer for the First Canadian Destroyer Squadron homeported in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Commander RINN ' s shore assignment was served as Rivervine Training Officer and Combat Intelligence Counter Insurgency Officer U. S. Naval Advisory Group Thailand Cambodia. Commander RINN is a graduate of the U. S. Naval War College, Newport. R. I. and has conducted Post Graduate Studies at Stanford University. Commander RINN has the following personal decorations and awards. Joint Service Commendation, Navy Achievement Medal. Asiatic Campaign Ribbon, Combat Action Ribbon. National Defense service Medal, Sea Service Ribbon. He is married to the former Anne Pamela Paul of Staten Island. New York. They have two daughters Courtney and Kirstin and a son Matthew. Commander RINN joined USS BOWEN on I October 1981. mmmam