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' 'yi'-151 ,. 25 171. '. .. . f 9 -Q 'Fil' lfzlf'-''1 -T':,xG? 'f'. 5i-'-T-'--.1--.--. PQ.. X' . '1 15 ' V 4. ' .' . 59' Ei ,' ' - V A H . 1 f- EE S 4: 4 351.55 fi-ff'5i.f2?ZM .AJ 'Z '1' '?'2j'i ?!+Q1f2 -'L V31 .9 . - - f llfif 2111: iff. T ' wi -'M-'if 5 -if .13 - -.1 I . ,V 'Q ., . 3.'.t,-,Z-f Y,-f 'f3?L'E3f l -7i'f? +7 --21 9 35 3'-Eg? HgZi155. 'Wj ?,.Q55f:5fP7f2.7.'f fkfii 1 T 2,1213 ' - U. I M -I 1541,-...ri ix. Vg--J., ,aww- -j,,4: 5 ,,a,,,,, , ,,,g,g . ,V,.,V.:,,..,l.,: ,:,,,-nfiiriijll V, 2.1 fel-v,5? V 1 N r ' ' 1 fri . ,I :,:3.,,.:5I-,'-gi. ,.g7f'..' '..fi'i 1. H . Y.. , gf 4 ' , H ,.,. , in .i V .EAI llrq A My ,iW:v,,,,:,- ., ...7., .-. ,..V ..,-...Iggy ,,,. ,SfX513-.-ra-,..,...,..v ,I ., V. ,J . V. I Q , g 0...ni5iid5.1ga.5.iefh1L.iPyi. f was born' e .in ' 'Casselton, .Q A North fDakota,xthe son of' -Mr.,and Mrs. Ernest G. Pyle. He at- tendedthe U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and received a Bachelor of, Science degreeiand a commission in the ,U.S. Navyjin June 1968. e Prior A-to reporting for flight training, he attended the Cal- ifornia Institute of Technology as the recipient of ,the.Daedalian Fel- lowship. He received a Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineer- ing in June 1969. V - I' I I Designated- a Naval Aviator -in December 1970, he reported to VA- 42, NAS Oceana, Virginia, for A-6 fleet replacement training. He re- ported to VA-7 5 in December 1971 aboard USS SARATOGA QCV 605 for a deployment to the Western Pacific, and flew more than 180 combat missions. While in the squadron he served as Aircraft and Line Division Officer and NATOPS officer. For their performance dur- ing that cruise, the 'y'Sunday Pun-- chers earned the RADM C. Wade McClusky Award as the Navy's best attack squadron, the first A-6 squadron so honored. ' In April 1974 Commander Pyle received orders to VX-5 Det O at 'NAS Oceana. Following disestab- lishment of Det O he completed his VX-5 tour at NAS ,China Lake, California. He served as Safety Of- ficer, A-6 Tactical Manual Coordi- nator and project pilot for A-6E TRAM initial operational testing. Commander Pyle was then or- dered to VA-196 via VA-128. He joined the ' Main, Battery in August 1977 and completed a West- Pac-deployment aboard the USS ENTERPRISE QCVN 651. During that time, he served as TrainingOf- ficer, Operations Officer and Main-' tenance Officer. A I Commander Pyle's next assign- ment. was to VA-128 in'November 1979, as an-instructor pilot. While with the Golden Intruders he was the MAWS Coordinator, 'Crew Training Officer and Operations Officer. He rejoined the Main 'Bat- tery in November 1981 as Execu- tive 'Officer and later 'served as Commanding Officer' completing an, around-the-world deployment . 'in USS, CORAL SEA KQV 431. Duringhhis command tour, VA-196 won the RADM C. Wade McClusky Award as the Navy.'s number one attack squadron, in addition to the ,Battle'f'E'i' and Hughes Trophy as - - . -. xy--.':f1:f1f2 '-1271: -, .- 1. -uf.--fe--, .--f-v:1..,,,. tg..-.-9:25 In Lg. -f.a.'5.'J5Jg,f,''fsieyfxgf-a-, -, . f . .zwezi-e2,. -na--.fain 1 H .a., v.., ..... .1.,.m.f,...,., ,,. ,,.. .,- -, -. -4 -9-1-4',.-w'fr:zr7g4 :r . -ev: -,,:-.- '. -- - - 1-.:4.,..f.1r-mf-122 ' -' 4'-'-D ' Y'- ., ,. f- .faazzwuszaq 'F .--iff: fi. Regain- I .-7.-,j 11551:-L, . i'-Tf1,' 'h-- f M.,-we-aff-. f .1 Q.. ,- -1. - f, .- .f if,-1.2-Z'-su 15 ': '-2111.33.13 . 4-9-refs. . -1'- - - , ..L'.gf1:.- .:.-.' L' --2 -.fic :- 51-'11-.T-iiliiifk.-Li-.' :.?Iff:f hr-2222:-4 Hn -1- -1' ' . . . ...N ,,-. ,, .- -,-. s ...,:.1.--,,,,. ,....,, ,. - ......-..,,:-,, f f v 5 f -f.'-it'-,'.1: L,-3 P,..w-.a,,g.,. .2-sg,-V, M: 9.51,-, .Kgs - ,I ,.-- 1,5 ,ig-7fg,',Q. -W:-..f,. ,Q ,- 2 ,,-5 .::1.g -.'j.t.f.. ..pfv,4q,.L- -, 1:-I . mb. , . ..... . .4 - - . 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CVN r 1, , J 5 I ,fy ll?-fu Tl, 'X I 'P 5-2 .,, native of Los Angeles, Cali- - fornia, Commander Daniel , -C.- Roper graduated from California 'State -Polytechnic Uni- versity with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering in - D June 19684 He subsequently report- ed-to the. NASA Flight Research Center ras an -Army' Military Detai- lee, where hejcwasiatproject engineer for 1 ASR-71 pro-' grams... j ri N E, z . After an interservicetransfer to theff Navy, Commander Roper earned a Master of Science degree in 'Aeronautical !7Engineering fol- lowedf by 'designation .as a' Naval ,Aviator in September 1972Q - . c 4. Following a tour flying the EKA4 3B 'with VAQ-10 -Det 4 aboard USS RANGER QCV-61,1 as Main-I tenance Officer, -he transitioned. to the EA-6B Prowler in June 1974 and was assigned to-VAQ-133 em- barked on 7 the, USS, JOHN F. KENNEDY QCV-675. Selected as the Navy's exchange' pilot, he was the Air Force test pilot school dis- tinguished graduate in 1977. ' . During three years at the Naval Air Test Center, Commander Ro- per performed carrier suitability and ordnance separation- tests on the EA-6B Prowler, A-6E Intruder, and KA-3B aircraft and was the Operations Officer. He- joined VAQ- 137, thefirst squadron to receive the ICAP II version of the EA-6B, in August 1981, and served as the Safety and Maintenance Officer. Takingiover as Commanding Offi- cer in January 1985, VAQ-137 de- ployed aboard the USS SARATO- GA QCV-60j for over seven months to the Indian Ocean and supported the successful freedom of naviga- tion operations near the Gulf of Si- dra inf the Mediterranean Sea. ' commander Roper has flown 24 different military aircraft including the EA-6B,A-6, A-3, F-14, F-15, F- 16 and F-4 and landed .aboard 11- vdifferent aircraft carriers, accumu- lating 4000, flight 'hours and 965 arrested landings. ' V - I 4 . M ,Following selection .for and com- pletion of the Navy's Nuclear Powr eri Qualification Program, Com- mandsr Roper reported aboard USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOW- ER QCVNV-69l as Executive Officer in March 1988. ' ' s - . 1 Commander Roper-was the recip- ient of the Navy Leaguefs Vice Ad- miral John Perryc Award for Excel- lence in Electronic Warfare in 1986. his other awards include the Meri- torious Service Medal,.Navy Com- mendation Medal and ,several unit awards. 9' 1 ' - --g-Commander Roper andhisf wife, Kathy, have four children, Diana, Melanie, - Angela and Jessica, -and reside in Virginia Beach, Yirginia.