Nassau (LHA 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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22d MEU Executive Officer Lieutenant Colonel William T. Tucker was born on August 28, 1946 in Troy, Alabama. He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps in june 1968. He attended the Basic School Class 1.69 graduating in December 1968 and WHS Ordered to the Republic of Vietnam the following month. In Vietnam LtCol Tucker served as a Platoon Commander with Company A, 1st Military Police Battalion, Force Logistics Command, FMF Pacific. Returning to the United States in February 1970, he served as the Embarkation Officer, S-4 Officer and Commanding Officer for Company K, 3d Battalion, 6th Marine Regi. ment, 2d Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, N.C. In September 1972 he transfered to the Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Virginia, to serve as an Embarkation Instructor at Landing Force Training Command, Atlantic. Reporting to the 9th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division in january 1975, he was assigned to Headquarters 3, Service Company, 2d Battalion. He served first as the S-2 Officer and later as the S-4 Officer. While with Battalion Landing Team 2f9 he participated in the SS Mayaguez recovery operation. In October he assumed command of Company F, BLT 279. LtCol Tucker attended the Amphibious Warfare School in 1976 and in 1977 was assigned as Executive Officer of Company C, Marine Security Guard Battalion at the American Consulate General in Hong Kong. He became the Commanding Officer of Company C, MSGB in june 1979. Returning to the United States in 1980, he reported to H815 Company, Headquarters Battalion as Executive Officer. In june 1983 he was ordered to the field grade officers Air 8c Ground Exchange Program with the 2d Marine Aircraft Wing at Cherry Point, N.C., where he served as the G-3 Plans Officer. He joined the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit as Executive Officer in january 1986. LtCol Tucker's personal decorations include: the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal, with combat V , the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, with bronze star, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, and the Vietnam Service Medal, with four campaign stars. He is married to the former Lucy Harkins. They have two sons, William and Matthew, and a daughter, Rebecca. . . . and fights - and wins - the Paper WM! .l

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frm mind. 22d MEU Commanding fficer col. WE. BARTELS, JR. MEU Commander is briefed in the field Colonel William E. Bartels, jr., was born in Quincy, Mass., and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, in 1964 following his graduation from Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Following his completion of the Basic School, he entered flight training in january 1965 and was designated a Naval Aviator in june 1966. Colonel Bartels' aviation assignments have included Schedules Officer, VMA CAWD-225, Quality Assurance Officer, VMA CAWD-242, Air Liai- son Officer, lst Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company in support of the First Brigade, Republic of Korea Marine Corps, Flight Instructor, VT-22, Assistant Operations Officer, H8cMS-14, and Commanding Officer, VMA CAWD-332. Staff assignments for Colonel Bartels have been All-Weather Attack Instructor, Marine Air Weapons Training Unit Cduring which time he consolidated the A-6 program for Marine Air Weapons Training Squadron Onelg Marine Corps Representative at Nuclear Weapons Training Group, Atlantic, and the Assistant Fleet Marine Officer! Fleet Exercise Officer for the Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet. Besides the Basic School, he has attended the following military schools: the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va., and the College of Naval Warfare, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. In addition to his Bachelor of Science degree from Ohio State, Colonel Barrels holds a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from the Salve Regina College. Colonel Bartels' personal decorations are the Defense Meritorious Ser- vice Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with one gold star, the Air Medal Gold Numeral 1 and Bronze Numeral 18, the Navy Achievement Medal and the Combat Action Ribbon. He and his wife, Connie, live in Morehead City, N.C. and have three grown daughters Amie, Beth and Lori. . . . leads staff meeting and operational planning . . . . , , and entertains a variety of VIPS!

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22d MEU Sergeant Major Sgt Maj L.R. CROMWELL MBU SgtMaj . . . . joins the 2 for special Moroccan chow ,f V, W, ,ff , W . . . is ready to talk - after his coffee! in the field . . . Sergeant Major Lawrence R. Cromwell joined the Marine Corps january 1954. After four years of service aboard the USS Iowa CBB-61D and Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Va., he was released from active duty and returned to his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, working as a police officer with the Baltimore City Police Department. In january 1968, he returned to the United States Marine Corps, 10 years after he was first discharged. Sergeant Major Cromwell attended Advanced Infantry Training, Reconnaissance School and Vietnamese Language School, before serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. Sergenat Major Cromwell was a team leader, scoutfsniper and interpreter with 'E' Company, 3d Reconnaissance Battalion in Quang-Tri Province. Returning from Vietnam in September 1969, he served as a Drill Instructor at Parris Island, S.C., and later as a Platoon Sergeant at Officer Candidates School, Quantico, Va. He was also an instructor at the Staff Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, Quantico, Va. Prior to reporting to the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit in March 1987, the Sergeant Major saw service with the joint Casualty Resolution Center, Thailand, and as Company Gunnery Sergeant and First Sergeant for 'K' Company, 3d Battalion, 3d Marines and 'D' Company, 3d Amphibious Assault Battalion, 1st Marine Brigade, Kaneohe, Hawaii. SgtMaj Cromwell has also served as Squadron Sergeant Major of Marine Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, Camp Pendleton, Calif., In- spector-Instructor 'E' Company, 2d Battalion, 25th Marines, Harrisburg, Penn., Squadron Sergeant Major of Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 36, Okinawa, and Marine Corps Recruiting Station, Detroit, Mich. His decorations include: the joint Service Commendation Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Meritorious Unit Commendation CArmyj, the Good Conduct Medal seventh award, the National Defense Service Medal with star, the Meritorious Unit Citation with two stars, the Navy Occupation Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, the Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. Sergeant Major Cromwell is a graduate of Baltimore City College, and is married to the former Patricia Carlson of Baltimore, Maryland. The Cromwell's have four children and three grandchildren. . . . and enjoys the age! privileges of rank - an