John F Kennedy (CVA 67) - Naval Cruise Book

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Captain Jerry 0. T attle, USN Commanding 0 ficer Captain Tuttle assumed command of USS JOHN F. KENNEDY KCV-672 on May 14, 1977. Captain jerry O. Tuttle enlisted in the Navy in February 1955. Shortly thereafter he was selected for the Naval Aviation Cadet KNAVCADX Program. He reported to Pensacola, Florida in july 1955, and was designated a Naval Aviator upon completion of flight training in October 1956. Assignments in Captain Tuttle's career inclu.de: Staff of Commander Naval Air Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, Commanding Officer and Executive Officer, Attack Squadron EICHTY-ONE, Executive Officer, Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR, Aide and Flag Lieutenant to Commander in Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet, Instruc- tor, Attack Squadron. FORTY-FOUR, Maintenance Officer, Attack Squadron FIFTEEN fduring this tour he flew 210 combat missions over North Vietnamjg Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D. C., Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWELVE, and Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWELVE. Prior to his tour as Com- manding Officer of USS KA LAMAZ00 KAOR-61, he had command of Attack Carrier A ir Wing THREE in USS SARA- TOCA fCV-60j. Captain Tuttle made his one-thousandth arrested carrier landing aboard USS SARATOCA in january 1975. In fuly 1961, Captain Tuttle attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where he attended the postgraduate and undergraduate schools simultaneously. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications Engineering in fune 1963. In 1968, he attended the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island. He received his Masters Degree in International Relations with honors from the Command and Staff school in July 1969. Captain Tuttle has been awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Meritorious Service Medals, twenty- three Air Medals f18 Strike flight and five individual awardsj, four Navy Commendation Medals and various other campaign medals. Captain Tuttle, a A12-year-old native of Hatfield, Indiana, is married to the former Ifarbara Honifay of Pensa cola, Florida. They have five children.

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Captain Mitchell assumed command of USS JOHN F. KENNEDY fCV-672 on 29 November 1975. Graduating from the Naval Academy in 1952, Captain Mitchell entered flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1953. ln 1954, he reported for sea duty with Fighter Squadron ONE NINETY THREE and flew F211-3's during deployments aboard USS ORISKANY and USS YORKTOWN. Captain Mitchell then attended Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland, in 1957, and conducted air- craft carrier suitability projects with the Flight Test Division, Returning to sea duty in 1960, he joined Fighter Squadron SEVENTY-FOUR and flew the F-4 Phantom during deployments aboard USS FORRESTA L. ln early 1964, he reported for duty as Aide to Commander Naval Air Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet Returning to sea duty in 1965, he reported to Fighter Squadron THIRTY-THREE as Executive Officer and flew F-4's dur' ing deployments aboard USS AMERICA, Completing the tour in 1967 as Commanding Officer. Attending the U. S. Army War College, from 1967 to 1968, he then served overseas in Southeast Asa w'th t t Commander Attach Carrier Striking Force, U. S. Seventh Fleet for one year. Returning to Southeast Asia as Commander Attack Carrier Wing NINE, Captain Mitchell flew F-4 ,A-7 and A-6 aircraft aboard USS AMERICA until 1971. flshore once again, he served with Commander Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet staff as Wing and Force Train- ing Officer until mid-1972 followed by two years Service in the Office of the De ut Ch' N l p y tef of ava Operations ffltr Warfarej as the F-111 FOMCA 1 fighter aircraft Program Coordinator. Returning to sea duty in 19711, Captain Mitchell served as Commanding Officer of USS SYLVANIA f.fIFS-21, and completed a seven month Mediterranean deployment prior to assuming command of USS j0HN F. KENNEDY KCV-672. lle now reports to the Office of Chief of NUL'!ll Operations, Sea Control Planning Division fOP-9572. Captain Mitchell is married to the former Kaye Ffflllt-Y of Quincy 'ilassathusetts Tl 11 1 ll - ,,. T ' ie ,t itcze s have five children: foartne, john, llarold, Dana and f1flliS- Captain John R. C. Mitchell USN Commanding 0 Hcer

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1 r i R ..t,.,L. MN. r, if 5 if 5 1 3 5 E 1 i 5 - Q Executive Ufficer Commander D. Bruce Cargill gradu.ated from the University of Washington as an NROTC Midshipman earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was commissioned as Ensign in fune 1958, received orders to the Naval Air Training Command and in September, 1959, was awarded his r1viator's Wings. Early assignments as a pilot were with VS-24 and VS-27 at the Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia. While th.ere, he deployed aboard the USS V,-TILLEJ' FORCE, USS ESSEX and USS INTREPID to the Mediterranean and North Atlantic waters. Commander Cargill attended the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California from 1963 to 1965. ln 1966, he completed further study at the .Uassachusetts Institute of Technology graduating with degrees of Master of Science in Hleronautical Engineering and Engineer of fleronautics and Astronautics. His next tour of duty was at the Naval A ir Station, Lemoore, California, with VA-22, flying the A-4 Skyhawk. Ile made two combat deployments to Southeast flsia in USS R.-INCER and USS HON 11OM.'1iE RICHARD earning sixteen .4 ir Medals, a Navy Commendation Medal amd the Vietnamese Cross of Callantry. ln 1969, Commander Cargill reported to the Naval A ir Test Center, Patuxent, Maryland and was assigned to the Weapons Systems Test and Flight Test Divisions. As Program Manager of the Automatic Carrier Landing System Project, he worked extensively with most of the Navy's aircraft carriers and many Naval Air Stations. Following refresher training at NAS Lemoore, Ca., he reported to Vfl-113, also at Lemoore, as Executive Officer and again deployed to the Culf of Tonkin aboard USS R.-INCER. ln April 1973. Comnzander Cargill became Commanding Officer of VA-113 and upon returning to CONUS was awarded the Distifngn,i.gl1gd Flying C,-Ogg, Commander Cargill underwent Nuclear Power Training followed by an assignment on the Naval Air Force Atlantic staff as the Senior Member of the Electronics Examining Board. On May 7, 1976, he assumed duty as Executive Officer aboard the USS JOHN F. KENNED Y KCV-672. Commander Cargill is the son of Ur. and Mrs. .flrthur Cargill of Seattle, Washington. Commander D. Bruce Cargill, USN