Elmer Montgomery (FF 1082) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMAND MASTER CHIEF PNCM JOHN D. ZITO MAY 87 1 .,, 7, fi. ,f ?V QSTXXX fi? S XXII I 8 X4 X ' j QXIY QQ! , Y . f'-If KH! In-U , I Q ,, Q N , W , RX llllllli. lm 1 , . A -1-'-F 1 INS' A -V . . - xXxxxsss' ' 'ff f K gf X f 2 wwf f f . 'f,sMwf M. Q Q - 5 MASTER CHIEF PERSONNELMAN JOHN D. ZITO ENTERED THE NAVY ON 15 DECEMBER 1961 AT SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. HE COMPLETED RECRUIT TRAINING IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND WAS INITIALLY. ASSIGNED TO NAVAL AUXILIARY AIRSTATION, NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA-FOR DUTY WITH TRAINING SQUADRON TWENTY-SEVEN. MASTER CHIEF ZITO THEN REPORTED TO AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING SQUADRON ELEVEN, ARGENTIA, NEWFOUNDLAND WHERE HE WORKED IN THE PERSONNEL AND EDUCATION OFFICES. HIS NEXT ASSIGNMENT WAS AT AIR ANTISUBMARINE SQUADRON TWENTY-SEVEN AT NAS NORFOLK, VIRGINIA AS THE LEADING PERSONNELMAN. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS TOUR HE REPORTED TO THE FLAG ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, COMMANDER, NAVAL AIR FORCE, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET AT NORTH ISLAND, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA WHERE HE CONTROLLED TANGO FUNDS IN EXCESS OF ONE MILLION DOL- LARS PER FISCAL YEAR FOR ALL PACIFIC FLEET AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. MASTER CHIEF ZITO THEN REPORTED TO GUIDED MISSILE UNIT FORTY-ONE WHICH WAS LOCATED AT NAS POINT MUGU, CALIFORNIA WHERE HE PERFORMED ALL PER- SONNELMAN FUNCTIONS AS THE ONLY PERSONNELMAN ASSIGNED. ' MASTER CHIEF ZITO'S NEXT ASSIGNMENT WAS ON BOARD USS PUGET SOUND CAD 387 AT NEWPORT, RHODE IS- LAND FOR DUTY AS THE ASSISTANT PERSONNEL OFFICE SUPERVISOR. WHILE ON BOARD PUGET SOUND HE WAS IN- VOLVED WITH OPERATION PEGASUS IN 1979. OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS MASTER CHIEF ZITO WAS STATIONED AT THREE NAVY RECRUITING DISTRICTS, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA AND NEW ORLEANS, LOUISI- ANA WHERE HE SPENT THREE OF THOSE FOUR YEARS. WHILE AT NRD NEW ORLEANS, MASTER CHIEF ZITO WAS PRO- MOTED TO CHIEF PETTY OFFICER. MASTER CHIEF ZITO THEN TRANSFERRED TO NAVY SUPPORT FACILITY, DIEGO GARCIA AS PERSONNEL OFFICER, ASSISTANT ADMIN OFFICER, ADMIN DIVISION -OFFICER, COMMAND POSTAL OFFICER, COM- MUNICATIONS OFFICER AND TOP SECRET CONTROL OFFICER. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS TOUR HE REPORTED ON BOARD USS ELMER MONTGOMERY CFF 10827 AT MALAGA, SPAIN ENROUTE TO A FIVE MONTH MIDDLE EAST DEPLOY- MENT. HE ALSO COMPLETED ANOTHER DEPLOYMENT DURING HIS TOUR TO THE MED. DURING HIS TOUR ON ELMER MONTGOMERY HE SERVED AS PERSONNEL OFFICER, COMMAND POSTAL OFFICER, ON DIVISION OFFICER FOR A SHORT PERIOD, AND AFTER HIS PROMOTION TO SENIOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICER HE WAS SELECTED AS THE COMMAND SENIOR CHIEF WHICH HE HELD UNTIL HIS TRANSFER ALMOST 18 MONTHS LATER. I MASTER CHIEF ZITO THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE NAVAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT SAUFLEY FIELD, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA WHERE HE WAS THE PERSONNELMAN ADVANCEMENT IN-RATE EXAM- INATION WRITER FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS. WHILE AT THE EXAM CENTER HE WAS PROMOTED TO MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER ON 16 APRIL 1984. PRIOR TO TRANSFER HE WAS SCREENED FOR THE COMMAND MASTER CHIEF PROGRAM BY COMNAVMILPERSCOM AND THEN REPORTED TO USS ELMER MONTGOMERY CFF 10825 IN MAY 1987 AS COMMAND MASTER CHIEF. l

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