John F Kennedy (CVA 67) - Naval Cruise Book

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Captain lack C. Presley, USN 1 Commander Carrier Air Wu One Captain Presley, a native of Peru, Nebraska, attended school in Yakima, llashington. Entering the Navy as a Naval Aviation Cadet in March 1955, he received his wings and commission as an Ensign in August 1956 and was assigned to Fighter Squadron Fifty-Two flying F211-3 Banshees aboard USS BENNINCTON and USS TICONDEROCA . In March 1959, Captain Presley was assigned to Fighter Squadron One Hundred Twenty One as an instrument instructor in the F9F-8T aircraft. Following a two-year tour at the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree, he was assigned to Attach Squadron Sixty-four flying A-4 Skyhawlfs from the USS ENTERPRISE and USS AMERICA. His next assignment was as Assistant Air Operations Officer on Seventh Fleet Staff Det Charlief, ln 1966, Captain Presley reported to the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland. After completing test pilot training, he served as a project pilot at Flight Test and then returned to the U. S. Naval Test Pilot School in 1968 as an instructor. ln1969, he became the first exchange tutor on the staff of the British Empire Test Pilot School. He transitioned to the A-6 intruder at Whidbey lsland,ll'ashington while attached to Attack Squadron One Hundred Twenty Eight. He reported to Attack Squadron One,Hundred Fifteen as Executive,Officer in ,luly 1, 72 aboard the USS JIIDWAY and assumed Command of the squadron on 6 fuly 1973. Captain Presley served as Assistant Project Manager for A-6 aircraft at the Naval Air Systems Command from july 197-I to December 1975. On 20 August 1976, Captain Presley assumed command of Carrier Air Wing One aboard USS JOHN F. KENNEDY. Captain Presley was promoted to his present rank on April 18, 1977. Captain. Presley holds the following awards and medals: two Distinguished Flying Crosses, the Bronze Star Medal, four Air Medals, nine fStrihe Fliglzitj Air lledals, two Navy Commendation Jledals, and numerous unit and campaign awards. He has accumulated over -1300 hours in 55 types of aircraft. Captain Presley is married to the former llilda ,lo-An Schneider of Yakima, Washington and currently resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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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

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'S' X Group Two Rear Admiral E. j. Carroll, fr., was born 2 December 1923 in hliami, Arizona. Ile graduated from Bell High Schggl, Bell, California, and attended CALTECII prior to entering the Navy as an .flviation Cadet on 20 july 1943 at Los Angeles, California. Following completion of flight training, he was designated a Naval .flviator and commissioned as an Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve on I .-lpril 1945. Ile was appointed to a regular commission in the U. S. Navy in 1947 and has served in a wide variety of operational assignments since that time. Highlights include two tours of combat duty in the Korean Campaign as a pilot in an. .V-1-I SKYRAIDER Squadron, flying from the aircraft carriers USS BOXER, USS lf'.4I,LEY FORGE and the USS PHILIPPINE SEA. He has also served as Navigator of the Flagship of the Commander :Uiddle East Task Force, Maintenance Officer offlttaclc Squadron 176 and as Operations Officer and Executive Officer of the aircraft carrier, USS KITTY H.r1WK, His auiatign commands were both A-'I SKYIIAWK Squadrons, let flttaclf Squadrons 36 and 113. During the Vietnam Campaign he commanded the USS OCIJEN KLPD-51 which engaged in a series of amphibious assault operations in Vietnam. Subsequently he became the Commanding Officer of USS .11IlJW.il Y fCV.'1-112, once again returning to Vietnam waters for combat operations there. Upon completion of two years aboard USS ,1llIIllN:IY, Hear Admiral Carroll was assigned as Deputy Chiefo c , I Staff for Operations and Plans on the Staff of Commander in Chief, U. S. Naval Forces Europe, in London, England During this tour of duty he was selected for and appointed to the ranlf of Rear fldmiral, U. S. Navy on I November 1972. Ile next assumed dual duties as Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations fjlanpower Planning and Pro- grammirlgl, and .flssistant Chief of Naval Personnel fljersonnel Plannin and Pro ' j. RJD1 C l g grammtng .I arro l assumed duties as Commander .-lttaclf Carrier Striking Force, SIXTII Fleet ICTI9 601 f't'! Commander Carrier Croup TWO on ll Iuly l975. Ile also commands the N21 T0 plttaclr Carrier Striking Force KC Tl 5022. Rear .Aldmiral Carroll is a graduate of the U. S. Navy General Line School, U. S. Naval War College ICJESI, and the U. S. .flrrny ll' ar College at Carlisle. Harraclfs. Ile holds Iixl and U51 degrees from George Washington Uni- versity. His awards include the Legion of .Uerit zcizh two Cold Stars, Ifronzc Star Uedal with Cold Star and Comlnat l , four awards of the tl ir ,iledal and numerous unit citations and campaign medals. Ile is married to the former .llargaret Steffen of Northumberland, Pennsylvania. They have one son, Dennis RAdm. Eugene 1 Carrolh Jr, USN Commander Carrier