Elmer Montgomery (FF 1082) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER CDR ROBERT A. HIGGINS 03 SEPT. 88 WELCOME I ix 1 M if F K E 1 Q f , 1 ii .1 , if: . , 35 -. 1,3 'WI ' , ' MWF , 1 lf ', .fQf2'I ,.Z,,?,., 1 1 f,.f-ff Iii . 5653 fire. Rza, if Q51 CGM-M.ANI9I a G I OFFKQIER COMMANDER ROBERT A. HIGGINS GRADUATED FROM FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY AND WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN, U.S. NAVAL RESERVE, UPON COMPLETION OF OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL IN 1970. FOLLOWING HIS INITIAL TOUR ABOARD THE USS NOA CDD 8419 WHERE HE SERVED AS MAIN PROPULSION ASSIS- TANT AND ULTIMATELY ENGINEER OFFICER, HE AUGMENTED INTO THE REGULAR NAVY. COMMANDER HIGGINS EARNED HIS MASTERS' DEGREE IN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN 1975. COMMANDER HIGGINS ATTENDED DEPARTMENT HEAD SCHOOL IN 1976 FOLLOWED BY SEA TOURS AS ENGINEER OFFICER ABOARD THE USS LAWRENCE KDDG 49, MATERIAL OFFICER FOR COMMANDER DESTROYER SQUADRON TWO AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF USS COMTE DE GRASSE CDD 9745 TOURS ASHORE HAVE INCLUDED: INSTRUCTOR AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AND THE STAFF OF COMMANDER TRAINING COMMAND, U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET. HIS MOST RECENT ASSIGNMENT WAS IN THE FLEET OPERATIONS AND READINESS DIVISION COP-641ED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. COMMANDER HIGGINS IS THE SON OF MR. AND MRS. R. C. HIGGINS OF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, AND IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER PATRICIA A. PHELAN OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, THEY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, KATHRYN AND LES- LIE, AND TWO SONS, ROBERT AND MICHAEL, AND RESIDE IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. 3

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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!

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Q EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR BRANDON M. SNEED MARCH 88 TO PRESENT LIEUTENANT COMMANDER BRANDON M. SNEED GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN LEESBURG, FLORIDA IN 1970. HE ENTERED THE NAVY ROTC AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AUBURN, ALABAMA IN AUGUST 1970 AND GRADUATED WITH THE CLASS OF -1974. AFTER TRAINING AT SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER SCHOOL'S DIVISION OFFICER COURSE, HE REPORTED ABOARD USS SARATOGA CCV 607 AS BOILERS DIVISION OFFICER. IN 1978, HE REPORTED TO NAVAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, FOR DD-963 CLASS PROPULSION PLANT SCHOOL. UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, HE REPORTED ABOARD USS CARON CDD 9709 AS MAIN PROPULSION ASSISTANT. FROM JANUARY 1980 TO APRIL 1982, HE SERVED, AS OFFICER IN CHARGE OF JEFF CRAFT AT AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT LANDING CRAFT EXPERIMENTAL TRIALS UNIT, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. IN MAY 1982, HE RETURNED TO NEWPORT TO ATTEND SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER DEPARTMENT HEAD SCHOOL. HE THEN REPORTED TO USS CLIFTON SPRAGUE CFFG 16? AS ENGINEERING OFFICER, FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF TOUR AS ENGINEERING OFFICER ABOARD USS OLIVER HAZARD PERRY CFFG 77. IN FEBRUARY 1985, HE ONCE AGAIN RETURNED TO NEWPORT, THIS TIME SERVING AS MATERIALS OFFICER FOR COMMANDER NAVAL SURFACE GROUP FOUR. FROM MAY 1986 TO JANUARY 1988, HE WAS A STUDENT AT THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE AND RECEIVED HIS MASTER'S IN MANAGEMENT FROM SALVE REGINA COLLEGE OF NEWPORT. HE RE- PORTED TO Uss ELMER MONTGOMERY CFF1082D, MAYPORT, FLORIDA IN MARCH 1988 AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER. UEUTENANT COMMANDER SNEED HAS BEEN AWARDED THREE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDALS, NAVY ACHIEVE- MENT MEDAL AND VARIOUS UNIT AND CAMPAIGN AWARDS. HE IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER GRACE BIRD OF DEMOPOL- IS, ALABAMA. THEY AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN, CHRISTINA, BRANDON RUSS AND LISA, CURRENTLY RESIDE IN JACK- SONVILLE, FLORIDA. 4 4