Curts (FFG 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WILLIAM E.JACKSON, U.S.N. EXECUTIVE OFFICER, USS CURTS (FFG-38) LCDR JACKSON WAS BORN IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS ON FEBRUARY 6, 1955. HE WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN UPON GRADUATION FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1977. LCDR JACKSON HAS SERVED AT SEA SINCE JANUARY 1978, BEGINNING WITH ASSIGNMENT TO USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) AS THIRD DIVISION OFFICER AND ASSISTANT FIRST LIEUTENANT UNTIL DECEMBER 1980. HE WAS A PLANKOWNER AND SERVED AS COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER OFFICER IN USS SCOTT (DDG 995) FROM JANUARY 1981 UNTIL OCTOBER 1982. HE THEN COMPLETED BRIEF ASSIGNMENTS AS MATERIAL OFFICER ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER AMPHIBIOUS GROUP TWO AND COMMANDER AMPHIBIOUS SQUADRON TEN FROM NOVEMBER 1982 TO OCTOBER 1983. FOLLOWING DEPARTMENT HEAD SCHOOL, LCDR JACKSON REPORTED TO USS ANTRIM (FFG-20) AS SHIP CONTROL OFFICER FROM JULY 1984 UNTIL JUNE 1986. HE THEN REPORTED TO USS SAMPSON (DDG 10) IN JULY 1986 WHERE HE SERVED AS OPERATIONS OFFICER UNTIL JULY 1988. HIS FINAL DEPART- MENT HEAD ASSIGNMENT WAS IN USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) FROM AUGUST 1988 TO MARCH 1990 AS FIRST LIEUTENANT. LCDR JACKSON REPORTED TO USS CURTS (FFG-38) IN MAY 1990 AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER. HE IS MAR- RIED TO MARY ELLEN ADAMS OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN; MEGHAN , (1983), MAUREEN (1984) AND MICHAEL (1990). 1

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DTO R InI )utyI COMMANDER GLENN H. MONTGOMERX U.S.N. COMMANDING OFFICER USS CURTS (FFG-38) COMMANDER MONTGOMERY WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY ON 18 JUNE 1949. HE WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN UPON GRADUATION FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1971. INITIALLY ASSIGNED TO THE USS MANITOWOC (LST 1180) COMMANDER MONTGOMERY SERVED AS DAMAGE CON- TROL ASSISTANT FROM AUGUST 1971 UNTIL JANUARY 1973. DURING 1973 HE SERVED BRIEF TOURS ABOARD THE DESTROYERS HAMNER (DD 718) AND JAMES C. OWENS (DD 776). HE WAS ASSIGNED TO , USS FOX (CG 33) AS ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE OFFICER FROM LATE 1973 UNTIL 1976. IN APRIL 1976, COMMANDER MONTGOMERY BEGAN A TWO YEAR ASSIGNMENT AS AN INSTRUCTOR NAVAL TACTICAL DATA SYSTEMS AT FLEET COMBAT TRAINING CENTER PACIFIC. WHILE ON SHORE Dl HE ACHIEVED THE MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. FOLLOWING DEPARTMENT HEAD SCHOOL, HE REPORTED TO USS BRUMBY (FF 1044) AS ENGINEERING OFFICER FROM FEBRUARY 1979 UNTIL JANUARY 1981, HE REPORTED TO USS TRUXTUN (CGN 35) WHERE HE SERVED AS OPERATIONS OFFICER UNTIL NOVEMBER 1982. COMMANDER MONTGOMERY SERVED AS THE SURF ACE ANTI-AIR WARFARE INSTRUCTOR AT TACTICAL TRAINING GROUP PACIFIC FROM NOVEMBER 1982 UNTIL MAY 1984. HE SERVED AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER ON USS HARRY W. HILL (DD 986) FROM JULY 1984 UNTIL MARCH 1986. FROM MAY 1986 UNTIL JULY 1988 COMMANDER MONTGOMERY SERVED ON THE STAFF OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS AS HEAD SUR- FACE COMBAT DIRECTIONS SYSTEMS AND HEAD, AEGIS ADVANCED DEVELOPMENTS. IN 1988 HE COMPLET- ED REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE FROM NATIONAL UNIVER- SITY IN SAN DIEGO. FOLLOWING HIS OPNAV TOUR COMMANDER MONTGOMERY ATTENDED THE NATION- AL WAR COLLEGE WHERE HE GRADUATED WITH THE CLASS OF 1989. COMMANDER MONTGOMERY ' S PERSONAL AWARDS INCLUDE THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL (GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF SECOND AWARD) AND THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL. HE IS MARRIED TO SUZANNE HANCOCK OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNL AND LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. THEY HAVE A SON, BRL N (1981) AND DAUGHTER, TRACY (1983).

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COMMAND SENIOR CHIEF I ' a I I A.s ' ■ ■ J! - ' ' ' - . .. 4i7i;. . ' ' Wftii ENCS(SW) JOHNNIE R.JONES