Comstock (LSD 45 LSD 19) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER THOMAS L. MCKEON LIEUTENANT COMMANDER UNITED STATES NAVY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER THOMAS L. MCKEON IS THE SON OF MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM F. MCKEON OF TUCKAHOE, NEW YORK. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY WITH A DEGREE IN GENERAL ENGINEERING AND WAS COM- MISSIONED AN ENSIGN 7 JUNE 1978. LCDR MCKEON SERVED HIS INITIAL SEA TOUR AS MAIN PROPULSION ASSISTANT, AUXILIARY OFFICER, ELECTRICAL OFFICER AND NAVIGATOR ABOARD USS JUNEAU (LPD 10). FOLLOW-UP TOURS INCLUDED ENGINEERING PROPULSION PLANT EXAMINER WITH CINCLANTFLT ' S PROPULSION EXAMINATION BOARD, ENGINEER OFFICER ABOARD USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD 980), MATERIAL AND OPERATIONS OFFICER ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER AMPHIBIOUS SQUADRON TWO, AND OPERATIONS OFFICER ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER SECOND FLEET. IN APRIL 1991, HE REPORTED FOR DUTY ONBOARD USS COMSTOCK AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER. LCDR MCKEON ' S AWARDS INCLUDE THE JOINT SERVICE COMMENDATION MEDAL, NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL WITH GOLD STAR, NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL, SIX SEA SERVICE AWARDS, AND SEVERAL UNIT AND CAMPAIGN AWARDS. HE IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER TERRY CONSTANCE TURNAGE OF COLUMBUS, MIS- SISSIPPI. THEY HAVE VWO CHILDREN, WILLIAM AND CELESTE, AND RESIDE IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

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COMMANDING OFFICER ROBERT H. HOWE COMMANDER UNITED STATES NAVY COMMANDER ROBERT H. HOWE WAS BORN IN SAN DIEGO, CA, THE SON OF CAPT. AND MRS. CHARLES M. HOWE, USN, CEC, RET. HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN MCLEAN, VIRGINIA IN 1968 AND FROM THE U.S. NAVY ACADEMY IN 1972. HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS ABOARD USS SPRINGFIELD (CLG 7) HOMEPORTED IN GAETA, ITALY, SERVING AS FIRST DIVISION OFFICER. HE CROSSDECKED TO USS LITTLE ROCK (CG 4), WHERE HE SERVED AS GM DIVISION AND SPECIAL WEAPONS OFFICER. HIS NEXT ASSIGNMENT WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AND SCHEDULER AT THE SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER BASIC COURSE IN CORONA- DO, CA. AFTER COMPLETING NAVAL DESTROYER SCHOOL, HE SERVED AS ENGINEER ABOARD USS BARBEY (FF 1088), THEN SPLIT-TOURED AS FIRST LT ABOARD USS SAINT LOUIS (LKA 116). HE THEN REPORTED TO NAVAL MILITARY PERSONNEL COMMAND AS THE AMPHIBIOUS PLACEMENT OFFICER. AN ASSIGNMENT AT THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOLLOWED. HE RECEIVED A MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN MANPOWER PERSONNEL AND TRAINING ANALYSIS. HE THEN SERVED AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER ABOARD USS PENSACOLA (LSD 38). COMMANDER HOWE THEN SERVED A BRIEF TOUR AS A LONG RANGE PERSONNEL PLANNER ON THE STAFF OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (0P-01B) BEFORE ATTENDING THE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE OF THE ARMED FORCES. IN JANUARY 1989 HE REPORTED FOR DUTY AS PROSPECTIVE COMMANDING OFFICER, COMSTOCK (LSD 45). COMMANDER HOWE ' S AWARDS INCLUDE THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL WITH GOLD STAR, SEVERAL SEA SERVICE AWARDS, AND THE CNO ' S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL CURRICULUM AT POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL. COMMANDER HOWE IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER SUSAN FRANCES LAMBERT FROM PENSACO- LA, FLORIDA. THEY AND THEIR THREE DAUGHTERS - RACHEL, JESSICA, AND EMILY - RESIDE IN SAN DIEGO, CA.

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COMMAND MASTER CHIEF FRANK S. CONROY MASTER CHIEF ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN UNITED STATES NAVY MASTER CHIEF ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN (SW) FRANK S. CONROY WAS BORN MAY 22, 1950 IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK. UPON GRADUATION FROM MECHANICVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, MECHANICVILLE, NEW YORK, HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY. AFTER COMPLETING RECRUITING TRAINING AT RECRUIT TRAINING CENTER SAN DIEGO HE ATTENDED ELECTRONICS TRAINING AT NEAR BY SERVICE SCHOOL COMMAND IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND AT TREA- SURE ISLAND IN SAN FRANCISCO. IN MARCH 1970 HE WAS ASSIGNED TO U.S. NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS STA- TION, SAN MIGUEL, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES. HE THEN SERVED A YEAR ABOARD THE USS ROBISON (DDG 12) BEFORE AGAIN RETURNING IN 1972 TO SERVICE SCHOOL COMMAND TREASURE ISLAND IN SAN FRANCISCO. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS ADDITIONAL ELECTRONICS TRAINING HE WAS ASSIGNED IN 1973 TO NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS STATION, JAPAN. HE STAYED THERE TWO YEARS BEFORE TRANSFERRING AGAIN FOR A FOLLOW-ON TOUR AT U.S. NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS STATION, DIEGO GARCIA, BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORIES (BIOT). IN MARCH OF 1977, HE REPORTED TO USS PROTEUS (AS 19), APRA HARBOR, GUAM. AFTER FIFTEEN MONTHS ABOARD USS PROTEUS (AS 19), HE REPORTED TO US ARMY SIGNALS SCHOOLS COMMAND, FORT GORDON, GEORGIA. WHEN HIS ADDITIONAL ELECTRONICS TRAINING WAS COMPLETED HE WAS SENT TO US NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS STATIONS SPAIN. AFTER COMPLETING A TWO YEAR TOUR OF DUTY HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO MINE SQUADRON FIVE, HOMEPORTED IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. UPON COMPLETING THIS TOUR HE WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO THE USS KINKAID (DD 965) WHERE HE SPENT TWO YEARS. AFTER USS KINKAID (DD 965) CAME A THREE AND A HALF YEAR TOUR ON SEVENTH FLEET ' S FLAG- SHIP, USS BLUERIDGE (LOG 19) IN YOKOSUKA, JAPAN. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1988 HE REPORTED AS MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER OF THE COMMAND FOR PRE-COMMISSIONING UNIT COMSTOCK (LSD 45). MASTER CHIEF CONROY ' S AWARD INCLUDE THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL, COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, (4) BATTLE EFFICIENCY RIBBONS, (5) GOOD CONDUCT MEDALS, AND SEA SERVICE DEPLOYMENTS RIBBONS.