Sylvania (AFS 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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officers E Q COMMANDER GERALD J. CARVER Commander Gerald J. Carver assumed The duTies of ExecuTive Officer on board USS SYLVANVX CAPS-QD on 13 July i972 afTer complefing a Three and one-half year Tour of duTy wiTh The ,loinf Chiefs of STaff in WashingTon, O.C. As a college undergraduaTe, Commander Carver aTTended The UniversiTy of Tennessee for Two years before Transferring To Memphis STaTe UniversiTy where he compleTed his sfudies in i957 and received his B.S. Degree in accounTing. Affer graduaTion he applied for and was accepTed To The OCS program. l-le was commissioned an Ensign in November l957. Eollowing brief periods of insTrucTion in Minewarfare and Naval ,lusTice School, Ensign Carver reporTed To The USS AOOQESSIVE CMSO-11221 for his firsT sea duTy as Eirsf Lieu- TenanT, Minesweeping Officer, and Supply Officer. As a LieuTenanT Ciunior gradei, he refurned To OCS in NewporT for lnsTrucTion OuTy. ln April i962 l.ieuTenanT Carver again reporTed for sea duTy, This Time as OperaTions Officer on board The USS BMQTON COO-7221. l-le held This billeT for Two years before Traveling To WashingTon, OC. To work on The sTaff of The Chief of Naval OperaTions. While in The l3enTagon l.ieuTenanT Carver complefed a posT graduaTe degree program aT George Washingfon UniversiTy. Every Naval Officer's goal is To command his own ship. LieuTenanT Carver achieved This goal in June l966 when he received orders To reporT To The USS llVlPLlClT flVlSO'455i as her skipper. Commander Carver is married To The former Jo Anna JohnsTon of Ridgely, Tennessee The Carvers have one son, Shane, age 141. if ll Hxgii Us

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executive Q 3 T COMMANDER EMU. D. MALMQUIST SYLVANINS ExecuTive Officer was Commander Emil D. MalmquisT, a naTive of l-lollY' wood, California. Commander MalmauisT reporTed aboard in March T971 from The USS DENEBOLA. H ' 4' ' e quickly esTabl1shed a rapporT wiTh The crew based on muTual respect His sTay on The SYLVANIA has been h c aracierized by improvemenis in working con- diTions and overall hab'T b'l' ' ia i :Ty of The ship. Commander Malmquisi is now DFGPUVUWQ for his nexT assignmenT in WashingTon, D.C. where he will be working wiih The ,loinT Chiefs of STaff, Communicafions CenTer. N ' o newcomer To The XO business, Commander MalmCiUl5l also served i Th b'l S n aT i leT on The USS DENEBOLA CAI:-58D and USS Al.SllffDl? CAF-48h While serving on board USS DENEBOI- A, Commander MalmguisT was recognized fOr his conTribuTions To her efficiency which resulTed in her receiving The Mc-riforious UnIT CommendaTion. Prior To receiving his commission ' Th . In e Navy, Commander MalmguisT affended The UniversiTy of SouThern California where he was a member of The Phi Sigma Kappa fra- TerniTy. ln June of T957 he graduaTed 'Th wi a B.S. Degree in Pwusinesfz Adminisirafion Grid was appoinTed an Ensign in The Navy. Commander lVlalmquisT is married To The former Adeline Louis Smith of Yucaipa Cali- fornia. The MalmquisTs have Two sons - Mark, age l3, and linvicl, nge lf, and a daughTer Robin, age lO.

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As everyone well knows, The working parr of any ship, is irs crew. My men worked hard and long. l wish To Thank each and every person, for a job well done. Well le'r's Take a look aT The crew aT work and aT liberry. . . 4 , y, wa 1 4 X .. E , Y ?