Fitzgerald (DDG 62) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER Commander James S. Grant United States Navy Commander Grant ' s tours at sea include duty as Main Propulsion Assistant. Missiles Officer, and Gunnery Officer aboard USSBROOKE(FFG-l ); Combat Systems OfficerinUSS DAVID R.RAY(DD-971 ); Combat InformationCenterOfficerandAssistant Operations Officer in USS LONG BEACH (CGN-9); and Flag Secretary at Commander, THIRD Fleet. Commander Grant also served as Commissioning Executive Officer in USS CURTIS WILBLrR(DDG-54). Commander Grants s tours ashore include duty as a Writer Action Officer in the Secretary of the Navy s White House Liaison Office; and at Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet where he served successively as Operations and Plans Officer and Hag Secretary. Commander Grant s most recent tour of duty was as a student at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island where he graduated in March of 1 998 with a Master s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies. Commander Grant ' s personal award include the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendat ion Medal ( five awards), and the Navy Achievement Medal. CommanderGrant is married to the fonner Martha Wilson of Chula Vista, California. They have three children. Roger at the United States Naval Academy. Jeanette, and Jimmy. i

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C0MDE5R0N TWO-THREE Captain Craig W. Patten United States Navy Captain Patten was commissioned in 1974 at the University of Southern CaHfomia via the Regular NROTC program after earn- ing a Master of Ails degree in Joumaiism. His career as a Surface Warfare Officer includes extensive sea duty in destroyers and frigates. His assignments at sea include: USS MARVIN SHIELDS (FF- 1066) as Communications Officer and Operations Officer: USS HEWITT (DD-966) as Engineer Officer; DESTROYER Squadron TWENTY-ONE as Material Officer: USS FIFE (DD-991 ) as Ex- ecutive Officer: Destroyer Squadron 7 as Chief Staff Officer; Cruiser Destroyer Group THREE as Assistant Chief of Staff for material and logistic; USS REID (FFG-30) as Commanding Of- ficer; and Commander SECOND Fleet Commander, Striking Fleet Atlantic as Assistant Chief of Staff for Training and Readiness (J-7). Captain Patten ' s shore assignments include duty as Aide to Deputy Commander-in-Chief. U.S. Naval Forces Europe. Lon- don, U.K., and Director of Plant OperaUons and Maintenance, Surface Ship Propulsion Systems Program (PMS-301 ), Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. He is a 1995 graduate of the Industrial College of the Amied Forces, Washington, D.C. and was awarded a Master of Science degree in National Re- source Strategy. Captain Patten is serving as Commander, De- stroyer Squadron TWENTY-THREE. His decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (Fourth award). Navy Commendation Medal (Second award). Navy Achievement Medal (Second award). Captain Patten is married to the fom)er Kathy Lister of San Diego, California. They have two children, Alexander and Anne.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER Lieutenant Commander Michael J. Foster United States Navy Lieutenant Commander Michael J. Foster was bom in Bangor. Maine on 2 June 1 962. He graduated from Maine Mariti me Academy, Castine Maine, in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Engineering and a U.S. Coast Guard steam and diesel 3rd Assistant Engineer License. LCDR Foster ' s first sea tour was in USS STUMP ( DD- 978). Where he served as Damage Control Assistant, and Main Propulsion Assistant. He then attended the Naval Post Graduate School earning a Master of Science degree in Management. After graduating from Surface W;uf are Officer School Department Head Course in Newport, Rhode Island, he was assigned to USS NICHOLSON ( DD-982 ) as Engineering Officer. As a follow-on tour, LCDR Foster then served on the Atlantic Fleet Propulsion Examining Board as a Gas Turbine Space Examiner. LCDR Foster attended the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, from June 1993 to June 1994. He then reported to U.S. Atlantic Command J8 Directorate as the Navy Program, Planning, and Budgeting Liaison Officer. In January 1998 he reported as Executive Officer onboard USSFITZGERALb(DDG-62). LCDR Foster ' s personal decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal ( 3 awards ), and National Defense Service Medal. He is married to the former Suzanne M. Collet of Bangor, Maine. They have three children: Katherine, Matthew, and Samuel.