Chancellorsville (CG 62) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commanding Ojicer CAPTAIN GORDON O. DORSEY Captain Gordon Owen Dorsey, originally from San Angelo and San Marcos, Texas, was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps QNROTCJ program at the University of Texas at Austin in 1976. After completion of Navy Nuclear Power Training, his initial sea tour included duties as Reactor Laboratories Division Officer and later Chemistry and Radiological Officer in USS NIMITZ QCVN 685. He then served as the Combat Information Center Officer in USS CALIFORNIA CCGN 363. Following graduation from the Surface Warfare Officers School Department Head Course, Captain Dorsey completed tours as the Operations Officer in USS BARNEY QDDG 61 and the Reactor Officer in USS EISENHOWER QCVN 691 before sewing as Commanding Officer of USS STERRET CCG 315. Captain Dorsey served ashore as an NROTC instructor at the University of Texas at Austin and at Headquarters, United States European Command, in Stuttgart, Germany where he was assigned sequentially as a political military affairs officer fGreece and Albania Deskj, the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Commander in Chief and the Chief of the Middle East and Africa Division of the Plans and Policy Directorate. His most recent assignment ashore was as the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy and Operations fN3!N5J. Captain Dorsey holds B.S. and M.A. degrees in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin. Captain Dorsey's personal awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Meritorir ous Service Medal with one Gold Star in lieu of second award, the Navy Commendation Medal with two Gold Stars in lieu of second and third awards, the Navy Achievement Medal with Gold Star in lieu of second award, and various SGl'ViC9 medals and unit awards. Captain Dorsey is married to the former Susan Lee of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and has one daughter, Allison Lee Dorsey. He is the son of Mrs. Darlene Dorsey and the late Dr. O.L. Dorsey of Bulverde, Texas. His next assignment will be as Branch Head, Surface Warfare Manpower and Readiness QN769l on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. Commanding Officer l

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Executive Ojyieer LIEUTENANT COMMANDER MICHAEL J. FORD Lieutenant Commander Michael J. Ford, from Sioux City, Iowa, is a 1982 graduate of Cornell College of Iowa where he majored in Chemistry and Biology. After graduation, he spent four years as a chemistry instructor at a private high school in Minnesota and as a graduate assistant at the University of Minnesota before attending Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI in 1986. After Nuclear Power Training, his first assignment was to the pre-commissioning unit for USS ABRAHAM LIN- COLN QCVN 725. After LINCOLN was commissioned in 1989, he accompanied the ship on a homeport shift to Alameda, CA. During his three year tour, he served as M-Division Officer, Main Propulsion Assistant for Post-shakedown Availabil- ity and as Reactor Training Assistant. While aboard, he qualified as a Surface Warfare Officer and Engineer. He left the ship in 1991 during its maiden WESTPAC deployment. Immediately following thistour, LCDR Ford attended Department Head School and reported to USS BRISCOE QDD 9775 as Combat Systems Officer. During this tour, he completed a MEF deployment to the Mediterranean and Bed Sea. He left BRISCOE in 1993 and reported to USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT QCVN 71i as Main Propulsion Assistant during a Med deployment. He served for two years as MPA and SWO for Reactor Department. His next tour was as a Junior Board Member for the CINCLANTFLT Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board. H9 conducted over 50 Reactor Safeguards exams on both surface ships and submarines. He left the NPEB in 1997 and reported to the Staff of the Chief of Naval Operations lN81J as an Operations Analyst in the Force Structure Branch. He senled in this position until 1998 when he was selected to be the Admin Assistant and Aide to the DCNO for Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments QNSJ. While in Washington, LCDR Ford earned a Master of Engineering DGQVQQ in Engineering Management from the Catholic University of America. LCDR Ford, who has been selected for promotion to Commander and has screened for Command, is married i0 LCDR Noreen Hagerty-Ford, JAGC. His next assignment will be as Combat Systems!Readiness Branch Head CN81l OH the staff of the Commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific Fleet. Executive Ojficer