Mount Vernon (LSD 39) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR D.K. ULRICH am not the Mustering Petty Officer! Lieutenant Commander Donald Keith Ulrich was born in 1954 and raised in San Diego, California. After graduation from California State University Long Beach he was selected for Officer Candidate School and commissioned an Ensign in February 1982. Following Commissioning, Lieutenant Commander Ulrich served as Auxiliaries Officer and Damage Control Assistant aboard USS NEWPORT {LST-1179). NEWPORT served prima- rily in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea in support of Second and Sixth Fleet operations. From February 1985 to December 1986, Lieutenant Com- mander Ulrich served as Missiles Officer aboard USS JOSE- PHUS DANIELS (CG-27). During this tour, DANIELS partici- pated in Operation SNAPLOCK, operating in the Barents Sea off the coast of the former Soviet Union. Upon detaching from DANIELS, Lieutenant Commander Ulrich served as a Combat Systems and Shiphandling instructor at Surface Warfare Offic- ers School, Coronado, California from January 1987 to Febru- ary 1988. Lieutenant Commander Ulrich then reported to San Diego State University NROTC and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Education, Training and Management m De- cember 1988. Returning to sea duty in February 1990 as a department head. Lieutenant Commander Ulrich served as Engineer Of- ficer aboard USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD-41) until August 1991. During this tour, WHIDBEY ISLAND participated in Operation SHARP EDGE off the coast of Liberia, Africa and in the Mediterranean Sea during Operation DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM. From October 1991 to November 1994, Lieu- tenant C ommander Ulrich served as a Diesel Examiner at CINCPACFLT Propulsion Examining Board. Lieutenant Commander Ulrich ' s personal military decora- tions are the Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal. Lieutenant Commander Ulrich is married to the former Bar- bara Louise Downing of Torrance, California. They and their two daughters, Arlynda and Trisha, reside in San Diego, Cali- fornia.

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COMMANDING OFFICER CDR EJ. MARQUEZ ' GUNFIGHTER 1 Commander Edward J. Marquez was born in Pueblo, Colo- rado and reared in Aztec, New Mexico. He graduated from Aztec High School in 1970 and from New Mexico State Uni- versity in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science in History. He was commissioned via Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island in December 1975 Previous shore tours include Minority Affairs Counselor at the United States Naval Academy; Special Assistant to His- panic Affairs, Naval Recruiting Command Washington, D.C. and Exchange Student at the Chilean Naval War College, Val- paraiso, Chile Past sea duty tours include Deck Officer, USS RANGER (CV-61); Anti-submarine Officer, USS OLIVER HAZARD PERRY (FFG-7); Navigator Ship Control Officer, USS VANDE- GRIFT (FFG -48); Operations Officer; USS VANCOUVER, (LPD-2); ExecuHve Officer, USS ALAMO (LSD-33); and Oper- ations Officer-N3 on the staff of Commander Amphibious Squadron THREE. Commander Marquez ' s personal military decorations are the Navy Commendation Medal (four awards) and various campaign unit citations and foreign awards.

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COMMAND MASTER CHIEF EMCM(SW DV) J.P. LEHNHERR John Phillip Lehnherr, Jr. graduated from Mediapolis High School, Mediapolis, Iowa on 31 May 1972. The next day, he re- ported to Recruit Training Center, San Diego, CA to com- mence a Basic Training curriculum that included Recruit Training, Basic Electricity Electronics School, and Interior Communications A School before reporting to the USS NASHVILLE (LPD-13), homeported in Norfolk, VA in March 1973. In the next three years the ship completed two normal east coast rotations through the Caribbean. IC2 Lehnherr was released from active duty in June 1976 and returned to his home of record. He reenlisted in the Navy as a Fireman NAVET in October 1976 and received orders to the USS POINT LOMA (AGDS-2), San Diego, CA, working as an IC Repairman and eventually as the IC Workcenter Super- visor. In August 1979 ICl Lehnherr received orders to 1C A School where he served one year as an instructor before being selected as school Company Commander. In September 1983 ICC Lehnherr received orders to the USS ORION (AS-18), homeported in La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy, and over the next two years served as R-3 Assistant Division Officer, Ship ' s Superintendent, Repair Department Safety Of- ficer, and SHIPALT A l Coordinator until October 1985. He transferred to the Navy Diving and Salvage Training Center in Panama City, Florida for training, with follow on orders to the USS DIXON (AS-37), after graduating as a deep sea Sec- ond Class Salvage Diver in April 1986. After spending one year as Waterfront supervisor, ICCS(SW) Lehnherr attended First Class Dive School from May to September 1987. Upon returning to the USS DIXON in October, he was as- signed to R-7 Planning and Estimating Division to fill a gaped billet as the Repair Department Contracts Officer and re- mained in this billet until October 1988. In November, ht transferred to SIMA, San Diego, CA, and was assigned ae SIMA Night Repair Department Administrative Officer with a myriad of collateral duty assignments which included Repair department Master Chief, Senior Ship ' s Superintendent, and JQR Program Director. EMCM(SW) Lehnherr transferred to the USS LEAHY (CG-16) in November 1991 and served as the 3M Coordinator and Flight Deck Officer until August 1993. Master Chief Leh- nherr reported to the USS MOUNT VERNON (LSD-39) as Command Master Chief in September 1993.