John King (DDG 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE , , , A ,V ,Q-ff,f.,f Z.f,,...,-4 WU, - OFFICER k xx? m LCDR JOHN A. IVIARYMCJNT g LCDR John MARYMONT received his commission as an Ensign upon graduation from the United States Naval Academy on 9 June 1965. Prior to entering the academy in June, 1961, he served in an' enlisted capacity at the U.S. Naval Reserve at Jamestown, New York, for approximately eighteen months. His first duty station as a commissioned officer was aboard USS VESOLE QDD-878j, where he served as Communications Officer, and made his first shipboard tour in Vietnam during VESOLE's round-the-world cruise in 1965-66. After a two year tour aboard VESOLE, from June, 1965 to June 1967, LCDR MARYMONT served a one year in-country tour in Vietnam, as a watch officer at Coastal Surveillance Center, Qui Nhon. Upon completion ofthat tour he reported aboard USS ALBANY QCG-101 in August, 1968, as part of the precommissioning crew for duty as Assistant CIC Officer. ln February, 1970, LCDR MARYMONT departed USS ALBANY and, the following month, reported to Naval Destroyer School in Newport, Fl.l. Upon completion of Destroyer School in October 1970, he remained in Newport, the homeport of his new duty station, USS BASILONE QDD-8241 and commenced his first department head tour as Operations Officer. lt was during- this tour of duty that LCDR MARYMONT made his second shipboard tour to Vietnam, as well -as a second cruise around the world. Following his tour aboard BASILONE, LCDR MARYMONT reported to the Navy Recruiting Command Headquarters in Washington D.C., where he worked in the Administration and Logistics Department in various assignments from November 1972 until December 1975. In January of lf1976, he returned to the Schools Command for six months. Upon completion of his training, he reported aboard USS DEWEY QDDG-451 where he served as Operations Officer until February 1978. He assumed his present duties as Executive Officer, USS JOHN KING QDDG-31 in April 1978. HLCDR MARYMONT wears the Navy Achievement Medal with Gold Star in lieu of Second Award, the Combat Action Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Flepublic of Vietnam Service Medal with 7 Stars, Vietnam Campaign Medal with Clasp, and the Excellency Award. He is married to Sandra L. Paul of Leominister, Massachusetts. 1 fc '..-. ....-:.fnJa......:I.'-: H 1 ' Z. -afaz-,..1g,4:...'iL..,,.J.f:r2,1 .-4.-.J1.5.-....2g4.-. :-. .1 mn... Q.-A-.,...,::-vi, -:Q

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sk iff if 2:7151 Co.M.MANi9HNG oziailioisa CDR JERRY D. BEVERIDGE Commander Beveridge received his commission upon graduation from the University of Oklahoma in 1960. His first assignment as a commissioned officer was to the USS UNION IAKA-,106l as Deck Division Officer and Boat Group Commander. He remained aboard the USS UNION for two years, at the end of which he received orders to USS BANNER QAKL-251, where he served as the ship's Executive Officer. Commander Beveridge's tour of duty on the BANNER ended in October 1963, when he was selected for the Navy's one year nuclear power training course. He spent six months at Nuclear Power School in Bainbridge, Maryland, followed by six months at the reactor plant prototype at Idaho Falls, and then was sent to the world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the USS ENTERPRISE QCVAN-651. He was aboard the ENTERPRISE from November 1964-June 1967, serving as Reactor Laboratory Division Officer. During this tour of duty, the ENTERPRISE became the first nuclear powered warship to engage in actual combat operations. Following this tour on the ENTERPRISE and a subsequent one year tour on Staff ff the Commander Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet, he was assigned as a student at the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, California. He graduated from Monterey in September 1970 with a Master of Science in Operations Research. After graduating from Monterey, Commander Beveridge again received orders to the ENTERPRISE, this time as the ship's Damage Control Assistant. During this tour of duty he qualified as an Engineering Officer of a nuclear powered ship. He left the USS ENTERPRISE in December 1972, and began one year of training at Newport and San Diego, which preceded his tour aboard the USS BAINBRIDGE ICGN-251. He served as Operations Officer from January to May 1974, then Executive Offfcer from May 1974 to February 1977. Commander Beveridge wears the Navy Commendation Medal with two Gold Stars, The Navy Achievement Medal, the Navy Unit Commendation, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, and the Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal, First Class, in addition to various campaign and service ribbons. He is married to the former Sara Beth Hawk of Bartleville, Oklahoma. The Beveridge family includes two children, Grant and Clay.

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