Elmer Montgomery (FF 1082) - Naval Cruise Book

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THIS CRUISE BCJCDK IS I DEDICATED TO THE MEMCRY CF GMM1 SW MICHAEL E. REYNCLDS f I Wm 54 ff ,V I. ,gf We I G ,Kg I 3 , x Iw XIII RQ CN MAY 28TH WHILE ON PATROL NEAR BAHRAIN, PETTY OFFICER REYNOLDS FELL ILL AND WAS MEDEVACED TO THE US ARMY HOSPITAL AT LANDSTUHL, GERMANY. THERE HE UNDERWENT EMERGENCY SURGERY FOR A BRAIN ANEURYSM, HE PASSED AWAY JUNE 1, 1988. GMM1 RYENOLDS WAS ANTI-SUBMARINE DIVISIONS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, WORK CENTER SUPERVISOR, AND WEAPONS HANDLING SUPERVISOR. A STRONG PROFESSIONAL SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND VERY WARM CARING PERSONAL DISPOSITION WERE HALLMARKS GF MICHAEL REYNOLDS. HE WILL SURELY BE MISSED BY HIS FRIENDS AND SHIPMATES. THE PRAYERS OF THOSE ABOARD THE ELMER MONT- GOMERY GO OUT FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY. MICHAEL REYNOLDS IS SURvIvED BY HIS WIFE KATHY AND TWO SONS WHO RESIDE IN ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA. HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM CAMPBELL, MO. PETTY OFFICER REYNOLDS HAD COMPLETED NINE YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS IN THE NAVY. 1

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Q CCMMANDING OFFICER CDR JOHN J. KEARLEY 06 APRIL 86 TO 03 SEPT. 88 COMMANDER JOHN J. KEARLEY GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN MONROEVILLE, ALABAMA IN 1965. HE EN- TERED THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY IN JUNE 1965 AND GRADUATED WITH THE CLASS OF 1969. AFTER TRAINING AT THE FLEET SONAR SCHOOL IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA, HE REPORTED TO THE USS ALLEN M. SUM- NER CDD 699: AS ASW OFFICER, MAKING ONE MEDITERRAN EAN DEPLOYMENT, AND, LATER, WAS PROMOTED TO OPERA- TIONS OFFICER. HE REPORTED TO THE DESTROYER SCHOOL KNOW SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS SCHOOL DEPARTMENT HEAD COURSED, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND IN 1971 AND GRADUATED WITH THE CLASS OF '36 IN 1979. HE REPORTED TO USS KNOX CDE1052D IN PEARL HARBOR IN MAY 1979, SERVING AS WEAPONS OFFICER UNTIL MAY 1974, AND MADE ONE DEPLOYMENT TO THE EASTERN PACIFIC FOR SPECIAL SONAR TRIALS. COMMANDER KEARLEY THEN REPORTED TO THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY AND, AS A BRIGADE OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT, WAS THE THIRTIETH COMPANY OFFICER FROM JULY 1 974 UNTILJULY 1977. UPON COMPLETION GF HIS TOUR AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY, COMMANDER KEARLEY ATTENDED THE PROSPECTIVE ENGINEER OFFICER COURSE AT THE NPTU, IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO. UPON COMPLETION, HE SERVED AS ENGINEER OFFICER, USS EL PASO CLKA 1177 FROM JANUARY 1978 TO DECEMBER 1979. FOLLOWING THIS TOUR, HE REPORTED TO THE COMMANDER, NAVAL SURFACE FORCE, ATLANTIC WHERE HE SERVED IN THE OPERATIONS AND PLANS DIVISION, FROMJANUARY198OTOJANUARY1982, CONCLUDING HIS ASSIGN- MENT AS THE CRUISER DESTROYER SCHEDU LING OFFICER. COMMANDER KEARLEY WAS THEN ASSIGNED AS THE EXECU- TIVE OFFICER, USS OLIVER HAZARD PERRY CFFG 75 IN JULY 1989, MAKING ONE DEPLOYMENT TO THE MIDDLE EAST FORCE. COMMANDER KEARLEY REPORTED TO THE CHIEF OF NAVAL MATERIAL IN DECEMBER 1983 AND WAS ASSIGNED FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS AS THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF NAVAL TECHNOLOGY CLATER TO BECOME A PART OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL RESEARCHJ COMMANDER KEARLEY HAS BEEN AWARDED THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL TWO NAVY COMMENDATION MEDALS, THE NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL, AND VARIOUS UNIT AND CAMPAIGN AWARDS COMMANDER KEARLEY IS MARRIED T0 THE FORMERJUNE SADIN 0F KENSINGTON CONN.ECTICUT. THEY AND THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS, EMILY AND LESLIE, LIVE IN MAYPORT, FLORIDA. ' Q I I!