Moosebrugger (DD 980) - Naval Cruise Book

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Executive Officer LCDR CA. Melhuish LCDR Christopher Melhuish was bom in Baghdad, Iraq on 23 September, 1957. Raised in England, he sen edin 63 Special Air Service Signal Squadron (V) as radioman and graduated from the University of Bournemouth in 1978. He was commissioned through Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island in November 1979. In September 1980 he reported to USS COMTE DE GRASSE as Communications Officer. His next assignment was as Operations Officer in USS EL PASO. Following instructor duty at the Fleet Combat Training Center Atlantic as Harpoon instructor, he attended Department Head School at Newport in 1 987 where he received orders to USS SA GIN AW as Operations Officer. In February 1989 he reported to USS MCINERNEY as Combat Systems Officer. In 1990 LCDR Melhuish joined the staff of Commander Cruiser Destroyer Group EIGHT embarked in USS SARATOGA as Current Operations Officer, and participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm as Battle Watch Captain. His awards include five Navy Commendation medals, the Navy Achievement Medal and various campaign medals. LCDR Melhuish and his wife Katlvyn live in Charleston, South Carolina.

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• w ?i ,L The Captain on a more serious day. The Captain glad to be on liberty. The Captain over the pipes!

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XO ' s Words of Wisdom