Conolly (DD 979) - Naval Cruise Book

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CO DI N G OFFICER R W COMMANDER MAIXNER JOINED THE CON OLL YFAMIL YAFTER A TWO YEAR TOUR AS PROSPECTIVE COMMANDING OFFICER OF USS SCOTT IDDG-9951 AND SUBSEQUENTLY AS COMMANDIN G OFFICER AFTER PLACING THAT SHIP IN COMMISSION IN OCTOBER ZH 1981. COMMANDER MAIXNER WAS GRADUA TED FROM THE UNITED STA TES NA VAL ACAD- EMY IN JUNE OF 1966 WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN NUCLEAR ENGI- NEERING AND COMMISSIONED AS AN ENSIGM UNITED STA TES NA VK PREVIOUS DUTY ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE EXECUTIVE OFFICER, USS RICHARD E. B YRD KDDG-2325 OPERA TI ONS OFFICER, USS PA TTERSON KDE-106125 WEAPONS OFFICER, USS GOODRI CH fDDR-83115 AND GUNNER Y OFFICER AND NA VIGA TOR, USS BENNER KDD-8071. DURING HIS TOUR ABOARD USS BENNER, CDR MAIXNER PARTICIPA TED IN THE FIRST SEA DRA GON OPERA TI ONS IN TERDI CTIN G THE FLOW OF SUPPLIES ALONG THE COAST OF NORTH VIETNAM. PREVIOUS SHORE DUTIES INCLUDE FLAG SECRETARY AND SPE- CIAL ASSISTANT FOR CURRENT READINESS ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER, NA VAL SURFACE FORCE, ILS. ATLANTIC FLEET CDR MAIXNER ATTENDED BOTH THE NA VAL DESTROYER SCHOOL AND THE COMMAND AND STAFF COURSES AT THE NA VAL WAR COLLEGE IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND AND THE NA VAL POSTGRADUA TE SCHOOL IN M ON TEREK CALIFORNIA, WHERE HE WAS A WARDED A MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN OCEAN OGRAPH K COMMANDER MAIXNER HAS BEEN AWARDED THE MERITORI US SERVICE MEDAL, THE NA VY COMMENDATION MEDAL WITH COMBAT V'j A GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF A SECOND NA VY COMMENDA TION MEDAL, THE COMBATACTION RIBBON AND THE RE- PUBLIC OF VIETNAM GALLAN TRY CROSS. HE ALSO WEARS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SER VICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH THREE STARS, THREE BATTLE EFFICIENCY AWARDS, THE SEA SERVICE DEPLOYMEN T RIBBON THE NA VY EXPERT PISTOL MEDAL, AND TWO REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM UNIT CI TATIONS. CDR MAIXNER IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER JUDITH CAROLE CARRICO OF LOUIS- VILLE, KEN TUCK K THE COUPLE RESIDES IN THE VIRGINIA BEA CH AREA WITH THEIR DA UGH TER, KRISTEN J UDI TIL

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EXEC UTI VE OFFICER . ff 'x Q x M 4 . nw ,K N . K fa' LCDR THOMAS PLI CH TA REPORTED ONBOARD CON OLLY WHILE MOORED IN LAGOS, NIGERIA TO ASSUME DUTY AS EXECUTIVE OFFI- CER. BORN IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN AND RAISED IN THE MIS- WEST, LCDR PLICHTA RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION THROUGH THE NROTC PROGRAM AT MARQUETTE UNI VERSI TK HIS FIRST SEA TOURS WERE SPEN T ABOARD THE USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ICVA 431, WHERE HE ASSUMED DUTIES AS GUNNER Y OFFICER, AND THE USS WIC. LA WE IDD 7631 WHERE HE SERVED AS THE NA VI GA TOR. FROM SEA OUR XO WENT TO WINSTON-SALEM NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE HE SERVED AS THE CO OF THE NA VAL RESERVE CENTER. AFTER DEPARTMENT HEAD SCHOOL, LCDR PLI CH TA SERVED AS DAMAGE CONTROL ASSISTANT AND THE I OPERATIONS OFFICER ABOARD THE USS R.K. TURNER K CG 201 AND THE USS ARKANSAS KCGN 411 RESPECTIVELK LCDR PLICHTA'S LAST TOUR OF DUTY WAS AS OFFICER IN CHARGE, NA VAL RESERVE SHIPBOARD SIM ULA TOR LABORATORY AND SCHOOL, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. XO PLI CH TA IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER REGINA GASPERL TOGETHER THEY RESIDE IN HAMPTON VIRGINIA WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN, DA VID AND AMANDA. 8