Stump (DD 978) - Naval Cruise Book

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Captain William , Rodriguez Chief of Staff Captain Rodriguez was born on 20 October 1937 in New York City and graduated from City College of New York in 1959. He was commissioned through the Aviation Officer Candidate Pro- gram and designated a Naval Flight Officer in May 1961. l-le had operational flying tours with Patrol Squadron Forty- Five homeported in Bermuda, Patrol Squadron Twenty-Four Homeported in Patuxent River, Maryland, from 1977 to 1979 was Executive Officer and then Commanding Officer of Patrol Squadron Forty-Five in Jackson- ville, Florida. l-le has been desig- nated a tactical coordinator in the SP-5B Marlin and P-3AfP-3 C Orion Aircrafts and has deployed to virtually every patrol7ASW aircraft deployment site in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Cap- tain Rodriguez has served two tours with the staff of Patrol Wing Eleven. ln Jacksonville, a tour on the staff of Cruiser-Destroyer Group Twelve which included two Mediterranean deployments, and from 1979 to 1980 a tour as Operations Officer with Com- mander Fleet Air Keflavik, lce- land. While in Keflavik, his staff was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for extensive anti- submarine and surface surveil- lance operations against Soviet forces in the Norwegian Sea. l-lis shore assignments in- clude a tour as an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy and, upon promotion to Captain in July 1981, a command tour of the Naval Reserve Officer Training fNROTCl Unit at the University of lllinois. Captain Rodriguez has a masters degree in Oceanography from the Naval Post graduate School in Monterey, California. I-le has been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, and the Meritorious Unit Commenda- tion Ribbon. He married to the former Carolyn Disanti of New York City and has three children: Pamela, Rita Marie, and Edward.

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Rear Admiral Richard C. Ustick Commander South Atlantic Force Rear Admiral Ustick was born on 12 January 1934 in Modesto, California and was commissioned an ensign through the Naval Reserve Officer Training QNROTCD Unit at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1956. His shipboard assignments include: Damage Control Assistant, USS Gunston Hall, QLSD-5lg Opera- tions Officer, USS Agerholm, CDD-826lg Executive Officer, USS Zellars, QDD-777l, and Command- ing Officer, USS Duval County, CLST-758D and later USS Rea- soner, QFF-10631 From 1979 to 1981 Rear Admiral Ustick had command of Destroyer Squadron Twenty One, a squadron of ten destoyers that deployed to the Western Pacific Fleet and lndian Oceans with the U.S. Seventh Fleet. He has served on the staff of the Commander Amphibious Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander Antisubmarine War- fare Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Rear Admiral Ustickls shore as- signments include: Two tours at the U.S. Naval Academy, first as an instructor, then from 1976 to 1979 as Chairman of the newly created Division of Professional Developmentg and two tours with the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, D.C. The second as director of all U.S. Navy Person- nel assignment and placement. He was promoted to Rear Admiral on 9 April 1985 after having assumed command of USCOMSOLANT on 20 Febru- ary 1985, 6 Rear Admiral Ustick has mast- ers degrees in Operations Analy- sis from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and in International Relations from the National War College at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. He has been awarded the Legion of Merit with Star, Navy Com- mendation Medal, the American Expeditionary Medal, and the National Defense Medal. He is married to the former Bernice Ollar of Modesto, Califor nia and has three children: Brent Lori Ann, and Charon Leigh.

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Executive Officer Commander Williams D. Lynch Commander Lynch was born in 23 September 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He subsequently moved to New York City, which he considers home. A graduate of Columbia University, he was commis- sioned an ensign in June 1971. His shipboard assignments include: First Lieutenant, USS DYESS QDD-8802 Gunnery Officer, USS MILLER QPF-109155 Assistant Engineering Officer, USS SPRUANCE CDD-96315 Engineering Officer, USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD QDD-9685. Commander Lynch's shore assignments include: duty at the Surface Warfare School, Newport Rhode Island as Senior Gas Turbine Engineering Instructor. He also served a tour at Cinclantflt's Propulsion Examining Board as Senior Gas Turbine Examiner. Commander Lynch has a masters degree in Computer System Management from the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, California. He has been awarded the Navy Commen- dation Medal with gold star and Navy Achievement Medal. Commander Lynch is married to the former Barbara Bird of Freeport, New York and has two children: Nulty and Brennan. The Lynch's reside in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 'W umx 2 3-M, ww W ,Q ' f , 2 .,,fw,5.fym - , .-.Mlm , ' Lf ,,.. l- A If if- ,,,.,, 6 r V I I 1 Xa We PW uv M 5 ,, 9 if . .z X ff' K 35 U l fr if , w 3, , ,, ,.,, 9 , v ,Z if 7 I X f 4 5 Z 1 E 42' Q l CDR Lynch, takin' care of business. 8 2. 5 w f ' 'T ' i ' 4 . - T? f25'.l2'Ef u. ' ' -P' fffqi' 4, . L Q I rift. Y Handling the re-enlistment of petty officer First Class Schilling.