Conolly (DD 979) - Naval Cruise Book

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SO U TH ATLA TIC FORCE ARRI VI G THE ILS. COMMANDER SOUTH ATLANTIC FORCE, RADM CLINTON WI TA YLOR, BROKE HIS FLAG ABOARD USS CONOLLY ON 18 JUNE IN ROOSE- VELT ROADS, PUERTO RICO. FOR THE DURATION OF THE UNI TAS XXI V AND WA TC 1983 DEPLOYMEN TS, CONOLLY SERVED AS FLAGSHIP OF THE US. SOUTH ATLANTIC FORCE. RADM TA YLOR REPORTED TO HIS PRESENT COMMAND IN MA Y OF 1983. RADM TAYLOR WAS GRADUA TED FROM MEMPHIS STA TE UNIVERSITY IN 1952, AND COMMISSIONED ENSIGN THROUGH THE NROTC PROGRAM DURING HIS EARLY CAREER RADM TA YLOR SERVED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF BILLETS AT SEA, AND LA TER COMMANDED A TANK LANDING SHIR USS JEFFERSON COUNTY KLST 8451, FROM JUNE 1958 TO DECEMBER 1959, A DESTROYER, USS HUGH PURVIS fDD7091, FROM JANUARY 1967 TO FEB- RUARY1969, ANDA REPAIR SHIR USS VULCAN KAR-51, FROM JULY1973 TO APRIL 1976. ASHORE, RADM TA YLOR'S ASSIGNMENTS WERE EQ UALLY AS CHAL- LENGING. FROM 1960 TO 1962, HE SERVED AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE FLEET GUNNERY SCHOOL, PACIFIC FLEET TRAINING CENTER. IN 1964 RADM TAYLOR WAS ASSIGNED TO THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR SURFACE MISSILE SYSTEMS IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NA VAL OPERATIONS IN WASHINGTON D.C. IN 1969, RADM TA YLOR RETURNED TO THE WEST COAST AS FORCE OPERA TI ONS OFFICER TO COMMANDER AMPHIBIOUS FORCES, PACIFIC. IN 1972, RADM TA YLOR AT- TENDED THE US. ARMY WAR COLLEGE IN CARISLE, PENNSYLVANIA. IN MAY 1976, RADM TAYLOR WAS ASSIGNED DUTY IN NAPLES ITALY AND SERVED AS COMMANDER SERVICE FORCE, SIXTH FLEET AND COM- MANDER SERVICE SQUADRON SIX WHICH OPERA TED THROUGHOUT THE MEDITERRANEAN HE RETURNED TO NORFOLK IN 1978 SERVING AS EX- ECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO COMMANDER-IN-CHIEE ATLANTIC, AND SU- PREME ALLIED COMMANDER, ATLANTIC. ON 1 SEPTEMBER, 1980, RADM TA YLOR WAS APPOIN TED TO HIS PRE- SENT RANIL AND WAS ASSIGNED AS COMMANDER TRAINING COMMAND, ATLANTIC, A POSITION HE HELD UNTIL ASSUMIN G COMMAND OF THE US. SOUTH ATLANTIC FORCE. RADM TA YLORS PERSONAL DECORA TIONS INCLUDE THE DISTIN- GUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, LEGION OF MERI71 BRONZE STAR WITH COM- BA T V AND GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF A SECOND A WARD, AND THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON RADM TAYLOR HOLDS A MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN EDUCATION AT OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RADM TAYLOR IS MAR- RIED TO THE FORMER NANCY SH ULER OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. THE TA YLOR'S HA VE THREE ADULT SONS. 5

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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