Mars (AFS 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMA DI G O I 4 IHA wr .1..4. .miorifmarv I ,I s Captain John A. Moriarty was born in lJI'fIVllU'f'1Il'I'. lflzorlr-'l.fl.vml. :mil was I'-'1lA'ff'fl 11' :N' Il',g'fI,ififPZ0gZ Massachusetts. He graduated from the Massac'l71isoIIs lW:1r1I11n1' .'1I'.'lflI'lIl4X' :md uns fornini.. Ensi n in 1960. , . 1. Hfentered the flight training program and was UlI'Sl,L'l7,'Il!'Il :I iNk.'Il'.'ll .M mlor in ,lizlgxy 19111. llisqfilliltfsgg of duty was With VA-65 embarked in USS lIIN'l'l'lHl'lflSl'I, Al'I1'rf'ol l'lf'ff L'UUE 'ffm' I :.? ff!3 Q21 at briefly to VA-45 at NAS Cecil Field, Florida, prior Io f'l'fNlI'll-lI,L,' lu Ihw l ,S .Nxivrfl lf'Fl ll fyylwest Patuxant River, Maryland. Upon graduation from 'l'esI llilrrl Srlmol he uns ,wsigiir-Il Io Ihv. erx in Bd to Division at the Naval Air Test Center and partir-1'paIed in Ihr- inilinl II'sIil1,fj ul X , .'lll'1'l'-'lll- Hf'1f'Pfff1fX,4- VA-113 in 1968 as the squadron transitioned to Ihe A--7:11'rf-r:1I'I. llv miziplwiwl HH' flf'l'l''.V 'f 'I5,'L'!1.1681 113 embarked in USS Ranger. He then reported Io Num! f'UlIllIl.'1Il!l.'lIlIl' Smll t'o11rw -'II Illf' I '- ' 1 ' War College in Newport, Rhode Island. '-1'f'r nia Captain Moriarty's next assignment was with VAH l22:1I Ihr- N.'1ml ,Mr Sfffriofi in I,.e11ioor'c.'1'f'f1 113 r .1' HOWGVGF, 'after-9 V91'YSh01'f Stay, he was I'0E1S,'-Ifgl1f'lllU USS ll,f1NI'IlI'lx' :is Ihr Ns.s1kI.'11I1 .h1'UllIl'f'f- Urklg this tour which was the HANCOCK1s lint Went - I' , is fs rrn nrilif' f'I'llIA,'-l'. flu' ship p.f1f'I:I'1p.'Ilml in Il1ee'V:'u'l14ir1cgi of Vietnam and Cambodia. Captain Moriarty 's nr-XI Iour was :is l'lX'l'I'lIll'YI' IlIII.'r'i', nml llll'H as l 1'fl1.m:Il12Q ing Officer, of VA-94, embarked in USS CORA I, SICA. Upon I-omplr-Iion nl Illls four, he xr.'is:1ss1g1Ieb6d Commanding Officer of VA-122, the West Coast A97 l l1'1-I ll,l'fIl.'l1'I'Ill!:Ill Sc11l.fnlro11 ln .-UI,S'l1-Fl If. 'I Captain Moriarty reported aboard USS CCHA I, SICA as Ihr' l'i,X'l'l'llllAX'I' fllll1'I'lA.'1llfi wrvwl in 'thai 1.'z1i'-'IJIQ until July 1982. Captain Moriarty reported as the fvflllllllillllllhlllfj llllm-I ol I XSS Nl HCS IN April, I. bo. Captain Moriarty's combat experiences include 180 lHI'SSI'UII,'-J in x'Il'IlI,'lIH ,Hui me Iii-4-or-.'1I1o1zs lIIt'lllwllF tmp. Meritorious Service Medals, two individualAir Medals, IiIIm'n l li,-:hz Stnlw Nlfwlqils, Ihr- Yu-Iriaiirl I'f'k'S.O Gallantry with Bronze Star, nine NavyI7omrnen1l:1Iion Atl:-fl.-1l+. .-:ml x.Ir1ous oiln-r wrx iw rm-dals llllflflfi, his flying career, Captain Moriarty has lo,r,fgerl over , a,IlIlIl flllfjlll lion,-.. in ,I .ln lpn Ilftlk-ren! IUl'flf'l5 0 aircraft, and has logged 1,050 arrested carrier lamlin,qs. I , , , Captain Moriarty is married to the former lVlissl'::1'olllomI.':,f1 nl Nm 1 I? x, I f1,.f,, Ili -, Xl,1w.11i-lrzisvlls. HPC' have Hve children: John, Kathleen, Meagan, In-irln-, ffm! Allllllkllf Xl.-from l.mzily I't'S1ilf'5 In Lemoore, California.