Jouett (DLG 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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JOUETT ' S THIRD Executive Officer OCTOBER 1969 TO PRESENT COMMANDER NICHOLAS BROWN, USN Born in Providence, Rhode Island, on 1 July 1932, Commander Brown attended Groton School and three years of Harvard University before entering the U.S. Naval Academy in 1952. Graduating with distinction in 1956, he was then ordered to duty as First Lieutenant aboard the USS MITSCHER (DL-2) out of Newport, Rhode Island. Tours followed on the staff of COMCRUDESFLOT 4 in Norfolk, and then in Sasebo, Japan, as Executive Officer of USS WIDGEON (MSC-208), Commanding Officer of ' USS ESTERO (AKL-5), and Commanding Officer of USS PEACOCK (MSC-198). In 1962 he was selected as an Olmsted Scholar and took a master ' s degree in International Relations at the Institute of Political Studies of the University of Paris. Commander Brown then went back to sea, first as Operations Officer an d then as Executive Officer of USS INGRAHAM (DD-694), homeported in Newport, R.I. INGRAHAM formed part of the first destroyer squadron to be deployed from the East Coast to the waters off Vietnam. Ordered in 1967 to London as NATO Infrastructure Officer on the staff. of Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, he was subsequently assigned as Flag Secretary to the CinC. His last assignment prior to reporting to JOUETT in October 1969 was as aide and Flag Lieutenant to the Commander in Chief, Pacific, at Honolulu.

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JOUETT ' S SECOND E XECUTIVE FFICER APRIL 1968 TO OCTOBER 1969 COMMANDER JOHN A. WALKER, USN Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 26 September 1933, Commander Walker attended Germantown Academy for twelve years. He then attended Princeton University as an NROTC Regular, graduating and being commissioned an Ensign of the line in June 1955. His first sea service was in USS RANDOLPH (CVA-15) during which he participated in two Mediterranean deployments, including the Suez crisis of 1956. He next reported to USS ALTAI R (AKS-32), homeported in Barcelona, Spain, as Operations Officer. Subsequent sea tours included service in the Atlantic Fleet as Operations Officer, USS LAFFEY (DD-724) and on the Staff of Commander Cruiser Destroyer Division Twelve as Surface Operations Readiness and Training Officer. Service ashore included tours as U.S. Liaison Officer to Her Majesty ' s Canadian Communication School in Nova Scotia, Canada and on the staff of Commander Service Force U S Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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D E S S Q T U R A D Y R E N R N E UtaiL CAPTAIN ALBERT LOUIS STICKLES II, USN He C e a nSd V. Zs e o eZe T™ ™ ' ' ™ ° f Dr atha Stick.es. o T? z: r i z, si.rp.oir 4 m i943 ' captain stickies - - - - • — J Z BylSoTr Z T ASS ' Stan H N h aVI9 p at0r and th6n AsS ' Stant Gunner V Officer. He ROOSEVELT (CVA-42) as Assistant Gunnery Officer ' L ' e enant and Damage Control Officer and later to USS F. D. Sci rD l e X ' -Sr ISTStS fofi a SS ti™? T ' 3 M «» ° f Aug U r;9 6 rTts s rf d ni a e n d d b s y er t w d o «ri!ri ss.Aj?LT Ann ? f For i s r coiie9e from aw 1959 - the rank of Captain on 1 September 1963 COMSIXTHFLT as Surface Warfare and ASW Officer. He attained In September 1964 he assumed command of the USS NITRO He is entitled to wear the oSw camion S hn A V n P ° f rtSmo c uth - Vir 9 inia has one son in the U.S. Navy, Albert L. Ill 122