Chancellorsville (CG 62) - Naval Cruise Book

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Command Master Chief CIVIDIVICQSW5 CHARLES D. GIBB H Master Chief Gibb, a native of Lomax, Illinois, graduated in 1971 from Dallas City High School in Dallas City, Illinois and joined the Navy in 1976. Before converting to the Command Master Chief speciality rating, Master Chief Gibb '1 was a Mess Management Specialist. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from Columbia College, 1 Columbia, Missouri in 1993. Master Chief Gibb reported to his current assignment as Command Master Chief for USS CHANCELLORSVILLE 'f in July 1999. As the Command Master Chief, he is the chief advisor to the Commanding Officer on all issues surrounding inthe crew as well as an advocate and mentor for the entire crew, the Chief's Mess and the junior officers. Previously, he li was assigned to Naval Training Center Great Lakes, Illinois, where he was the Naval Training Center Simplex Command tl Master Chief. He was subsequently detailed to the Senior Enlisted Academy as a student. 5' Master Chief Gibbis initial sea tours included USS OKLAHOMA CITY QCG 55 from 1977 to 1980 and fighter 'n squadron VF-24 embarked on the USS CONSTELLATION QCV 645 from 1980 to 1982. Following these tours, Master .45 Chief served as a member of the commissioning crew of USS JACK WILLIAMS QFFG 245. After three sea tours, Master ZChief wintered over at the South Pole as a member of NAVSUPFORANTARCTICA in support of Operation Deep Freeze psfrom 1986 to 1987. Returning to sea, he served on USS TATTNALL QDDG 195 from 1987 to 1989 and USS BELLEAU SIWOOD ILHA 35 out of Sasebo, Japan from 1994 to 1996. In between these tours, Master Chief Gibb was assigned to the r4NavaI Coastal Systems Center in Panama City, Florida and the Naval Recruit Training Center in Orlando, Florida. From 341996 to 1997, Master Chief Gibb was stationed on the USS MOUNT WHITNEY QLCC 205, the SECOND Fleet Flagship .gihomeported in Norfolk, Virginia. He next reported to Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes for his first Command .Master Chief billet before coming to CHANCELLORSVILLE. .15 Master Chief Gibb's personal awards include the Navy Commendation Medal, with two Gold Stars, the Navy Q.dAchievement Medal, and the Navy Good Conduct Medal fsix awards5. Additionally, he is Enlisted Surface Warfare ' IQualified. Command Master Chief

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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

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