Philippine Sea (CG 58) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER uss PHILIPPINE SEA Ice-say ,rf , Captain Kim A Parker Captain Parker was commissioned through Officer Candidate School in 1982. He has senfed aboard USS AUSTIN QLPD 47 as First Division Officer, in USS SCOTT CDDG 9951 as First A Lieutenant and later as Navigator, in USS MOBILE BAY CCG 535 as Weapons Officer, later fleeting up to Combat Systems Officer, in USS GETTYSBURG QCG 645 as Executive Officer, as Commanding Officer, USS KINKAID QDD 9653, and is currently senfing as Commanding Officer USS PHILIPPINE SEA CCG 583 Captain Parker has senfed ashore as Training Program Coordinator for GSXEN ratings at the Chief of Naval Technical Training, as a Warning Controller, Nuclear Planning and Execution System Manager and SIOP Advisor at United States Strategic Command Surface Enlisted Assignments, later fleeting up to Deputy, Enlisted Assignments and Community Management at Navy Personnel Command His personal awards include: The Defense Meritorious Service Medal, 2 Meritorious Service Medals, 4 Navy Commendation Medals Q1 with Combat V l, and 1 Navy Achievement Medal 5 A Ltr-1 me I f as a Program Requirements Officer at OPNAV Theater Air Warfare fN765!865lg and as Head,

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I if I 'i ii i H iiii g History of USS Philippine Sea QCG-581 , Cont. Ifliya. if rr.. , 521+ ',' USS PHILIPPINE SEA deployed in early 2001 as part of the USS ENTERPRISE tCVN 655 Battle Group to the 'part in the Joint Maritime Course a Royal Navy exercise hosted annually by the United Kingdom whose purpose is to if I Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf, as part ofa scheduled six-month deployment. During that deployment, the ship took his i ' ' , l I train navies to operate in a joint senfice environment, providing large scale integrated training in land, maritime and ai E55-tia,,.U1eaters. If Following the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, DC., on September 11, 2001, PHILIPPINE SEA it participated in Operation Enduring Freedom in October 2001 by launching Tomahawk cruise missiles against al Oaed S terrorist training camps and Taliban military installations in Afghanistan. November 2001, the cruiser was back in Mayport, Florida. G Kr- bf. 'T + Russ PHILIPPINE SEA deployed in September 2003 thru March 2004, as part of the ENTERPRISE STRIKE Group to I the Middle East. This deployment included participation in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Operation IRAQI Li: JT! I , 6 . if f . LFREEDOM during witch PHILIPPINE SEA conducted over 120 Maritime interdiction Operations CMIOJ boarding s Th it 'Ahighest point of the deployment was the capture of two terrorist-linked dhows carrying over two tons of illegal narcotic ' s l, PHILIPPINE SEA boarding teams captured 25 prisoners, several with ties to AI Qaeda. The capture prevented undreds of thousands of dollars from reaching terrorist hands. While in the Northern Arabian Golf, PHILIPPINE SEA I ., , was in tactical control of a half dozen coalition ships charged with defending the Iraqi oil terminals and suppressing ' ggsmuggling and piracy. P I I Q V P Q perations in the Fifth Fleet area of operations QAORI for nearly four months in support of the GWOT The ship s ' L Q L primary mission while deployed was to work with allies and coalition partners to detect deter disrupt and deny fs. I PHILIPPINE SEA de arted forthe Global War on Terrorism GWOT Sur e, Ma thru Se tember 2005, conductin L. . . . gi ' R s s Q A 'r ginternational terrorist organizations the use of the maritime environment. Following a transit of the Suez Canal and R I Sea, PHILIPPINE SEA conducted Pulse operations in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. A highlight of these Vii .ff operations was the successful tracking of a vessel hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia while remaining ndetected throughout the operation If-C I F QQ. PHILIPPINE SEA deployed in June thru December 2006 with the IWO JIMA Expeditionary Strike Group UWOESGJ fo Ia six month deployment and arrived on station in the Northern Arabian Gulf QNAGI in mid-July. The ship immediately .ff assumed duties as flagship for CTF 158 and his Australian staff. PHILIPPINE SEA's ability to establish and maintain if ji ' s tgonsistent communications and operate a complex coalition command and control environment was a key factor in Q CTF 158's ability to execute a strategy for maritime security in the arduous conditions of the NAG. f , E' 'nlillhile on station PHILIPPINE SEA senfed as Scene of Action Commander QSACJ to provide multi-layered sector rf A defense for both Al Basrah Oil Terminal CABOTJ and Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal QKAOOTI. In this regard, u f-PHILIPPINE SEA developed and maintained an extremely complex Recognized Maritime Picture within a thirty ,W nautical mile radius ofthe OPLATS and abutting Iranian territorial waters. This AOR required the identification and 1 .V gV I deconfliction of hundreds of dhows, skiffs, commercial bulk cargo, and fuel tankers as well as the numerous l .. ' gil 'pertankers en route to ABOT. ! 51- 2' 'Q Q' ,. 3: A' 1 . 1' , ,. . ,ai pt , 'O' ej,- Y - , . v . -- . '.,5. 1 . 1? 3, W fig- r v If ah V gg . - g 1, .'? A 4' ' - 4 mf 'AI f ' 4 1' - 109- ' ', I . -va. . ,W v I. , -, H .ww .Wi-'f ' . - rf f F' . f 4 f , . f . 1 1' '. - . 1, . . .. , r .. '1 'K M ,, g . . .,, 'Q 'G f 4' . ,, 2 n :.. -..'.-r' 411,-,.,,,.,, ., 'F' A x ,xewtp . ,. fog. g . . -- -ll: -- -. Y f .L .- ,- ...L 2,2 L. Mui- 1' .Q... E 4 A - . -s.m,qtl.4h.h44-,.-ug., -gr - W - 1 ' 0 1 , f -Q1 . 'V 'F' I. ' 5 .Q . 'Z' '-eff A M- - 'A Lt 47 -- -.A W-. 'fl egg!

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