Richard E Byrd (DDG 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commanding 4CO Officer CDRRa Anderson, allace, USN Commander RayA Wallace, USN, a native of San Antonio, Texas, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in June, 1968, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Science. Following graduation, he received nuclear power training at Mare Island, Califomia and Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was ordered to USS TRUXT UN fCCrN 55l for his first operational tour, where he served in the M Division and Electrical Officer billets. ltwas during this tour that Lieutenant Wallace was designated a Surface Warfare Oflicer and was qualified to be the Engineer of a nuclear powered ship. In 1972, Lieutenant Wallace reported to the Pre-Commissioning Unit, USS NIMITZ CCVN 68I to be the Radiological Controls Officer. Alter NIMITZ was commissioned in 1975, he reported to the Surface Warfare Officers' School, Department Head Course. Upon graduation he received orders to USS MITSCHER lDDCr SSI for duty as Operations Ofiicer. Lieutenant Commander Wallace was then selected to be an instructor in the Prospective Engineer Oflicers' Course, Ship's Material Readiness Crroup, Idaho Falls, Idaho. Following this tour as an instnrctor he reported to USS SOUTH CAROLINA ICON 573 for duty as Engineer Officer, a billet he held from 1978 to 1981. Attendance at the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia, preceded orders to USS VIRGINIA ICON 58l for duty as Executive Officer, which he began in May 1982. It was during this tour that Commander Wallace was designated as Qualified for Command. In May 1984, Commander Wallace reported for duty in the Surface Warfare Plans and Requirements Branch KOP-3245, Surface Warfare Division on the staff of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations fSurface Warfareb. He reported to USS RICHARD E. BYRD QDDG 231 in December 1986 and relieved as Commanding Officer. Commander WaIlace's decorations and awards include the Navy Achievement Medal with one Crold Star, Naxy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation with one star, Navy Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Senice Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with one star, Wetnam Service Medal with three stars, Sea Rrxice Deployment Ribbon with three stars, and the Wetnam Campaign Medal. Commander Wallace and his wife, Dr. Martha Broumlee, reside in Norfolk. He has two cl1ildren,Williarn and Staq. ,dl

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Oflicer ICDR Ronald D. Honey, USN Lieutenant Commander Ronald D. Honey, USN, a native of Fayetteville, Tennessee, graduated from Aubum University in 1972 with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. He received his commission through the Naval Reserve Oflicer Training Corps program. Following graduation he received orders to USS WILLIAM C. IAWE KDD-7659 where he served as the Anti-Submarine Warfare Ofiicer. From IAWE, he transferred to USS THOMAS G. HART CFF 10923 as the Combat lnformatlon Center Officer. lt was during this tour that Lieutenant Junior Grade Honey was designated a Surface Warfare Ofiicer. He transferred to the Department of Naval Science at the Texas Maritime Academy in January 1977 where he served as the Officer in Charge and eamed his Master of Business Administration at the University of Houston. Lieutenant Commander Honey has had service in USS DAMATO TDD 8719 as the acting Weapons Officer, LSS MWRENCE fDDC1 41 as the Weapons Officer, and at Destroyer Squadron Thirty-'Iwo as the Combat Systems Oficer. ln December 1984 he reported to COMNAVSURFIANT where he senfed in the Tactics and Doctrine Requirements Office. He reported to USS RICHARD E. BYRD KDDG 231 in June 1986 and relieved as Executive Officer. Lieutenant Commander Honeys decorations and awards include the Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Sea Sewice Deployment Ribbon, and the Wetnam Campaign Ribbon. Lieutenant Commander Honey and his wife Linda reside in Virginia Beach with their son Ryan and daughter Randi. Executive X