Missouri (BB 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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A. W. Fahy Captain, USN Executive Officer Captain Andrew W. Fahy was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Virgin- ia, Hawaii, and California. He is a gra- duate of the U.S. Naval Academy, hav- ing been awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering in June 1965. Upon commissioning, he was as- signed to USS Lynde McCormick (DDG 8) as First Lieutenant; subse- quent sea tours included USS Gainard (DD 706) as Weapons Officer, USS McCloy (DE 1038) as Engineering Offi- cer, USS America (CV 66) as Damage Control Assistant, and USS Sampson (DDG 10) as Executive Officer. He was the Commissioning Commanding Offi- cer of USS John L. Hall (FFG 32). He assumed duties as Executive Officer, USS Missouri (BB 63) on May 10, 1986. In 1968, Captain Fahy served a tour in Vietnam as a Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer with Headquarters Battery, Third Battalion, 11th Marines, First Division, located south of Da Nang where his unit was awarded the Presi- dential Unit Citation for their combat actions during the Tet Offensive of 1968. After completing his department head tour in USS Mc Cloy, he was as- signed to the Naval Postgraduate School where he received a Master of Science Degree in Operations Research and Systems Analysis in February 1974. In 1978, after completing his Executive Officer tour in USS Sampson, he was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Systems Analysis Division (OP 96), as an Operations Ana- lyst in the Manpower, Personnel and Training section. In addition to various unit, service and campaign awards, he wears the Navy Commendation Medal and Navy Achievement Medal with Combat V . Throughout his career, he has re- ceived strong support from his family — his wife, the former Barbara Bauer of La Jolla, and their two daughters, Suzanne and Sandra.

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Captain Al Carney is a native of the state of Arkansas. Born in Fort Smith, his family later moved to Hot Springs where he attended school until entering Hendrix College in Conway in 1957. Following commissioning at OCS in 1961, he was assigned to USS Princeton (LPH 5) where he served successively as Personnel Officer and Assistant Navigator. He then served in USS Richard E. Kraus (DD 849) before en- tering Class 11 of Destroyer School in June of 1964. Upon graduation he was assigned to USS Robert K. Huntington (DD 781) as Weapons Officer. Captain Carney ' s next assignments included a one year tour as Assistant Professor of Naval Science at the Uni- versity of Kansas. He was then assigned to the Naval War College as a student in the Command and Staff Course, graduating in June 1972. Following a tour as Weapons Officer in USS Dewey (DLG 14), Captain Carney was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Op- erations (OP 39) as Anti-Air Warfare Training Coordinator and Surface War- fare Officer Program Coordinator. Captain Carney served as Executive Officer in USS Jesse L. Brown (FF 1089) from September 1975 to April 1977. Following a tour as Force ASW Officer on the staff of Commander Na- val Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, he commissioned USS Leftwich (DD 984) and had command of that ship for three years. He then returned to OPNAV where he served as Head of the CG-47 DD-51 Branch (OP 35) and later as Ex- ecutive Assistant to the Director, Re- el. A. Carney Captain, USN Commanding Officer search, Development, Test and Evalua- tion (OP 098). He assumed command of USS Missouri (BB 63) on June 20, 1986. Captain Carney received a B.A. in Economics from Hendrix College and an M.A. from the University of Kansas. His military decorations and awards in- clude the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal with Combat V , Combat Ac- tion Ribbon, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Viet- namese Navy Honor Medal First Class, and Vietnamese Civil Action Unit Cita- tion. Captain Carney is married to the for- mer Betty Kate Brown of Hot Springs. They have two sons, Allen and Logan.

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Capt. Fahy checks helicopter landing oper- ations; is a noon meal chef, and smiles for Old Salts photo.