USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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e terffighter determine ship. ex copters and thisppaepioymem Ronald Reagan to su ort Wong her second i Steaming out of San which the ship participate i 9 In June ofl986 plex, one-year overhaul. 1989 had rejoined the Pacific Fleet tary exercises with Thailand and 1989. n T p 9 p The following December brought the amphibious task force in support of Operation Iraqi occupation forces. It was the largest such mander, Amphibious Group Three and the Fifth Marine i 9 Tarawa p ' 9 uiuu pp d Vietnam Brigade ii..11

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' Y I-- ing deployments to South America serving as XXXIII, and later to the Adriatic as Flagship for the Rear Admiral MiClwel LeFever C0l1'll116lJ'ld6If,4 Expeditionary q A A StrikeGroup0rze J Rear Admiral LeFever is ia .l97i6qgraduate.of i 01' Operation Sharp Guard. John Rodgers won its first ever Battle mander, Destroyer Squadron Twenty-One from December 1998 to Commander for the John C. Stennis Battle Group in the Western Pacific Duties ashore included Director, Surface Officer Distribution 411 Millington, Tenn. Additional previous tours ashore included Communications and Computer Directorate CJ-61, Executive Assistant to H d f Fl t R d' d OPNAV L' ' and Executive Assistant to C21 OI' C6 63111688 HH 1315011 Atlantic Fleet, and Senior Fellow, Chief of Naval Operations, ter of Science Degree in Systems Technology, Command, Control uate School and attended Armed Forces Staff College. He is also a fully qualified Joint Specialty Officer. Most recently he served as Deputy Director, Expeditionary Warfare Division, OPNAV N75, and has oversight of requirements and resources for Amphibious Ships, Mine Warfare Programs, Explosive Ordnance Programs to include Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection issues and Special Operations Force Integration. Additionally, he led a number of ef- forts under the Sea Base and Sea Shield Pillars of Seapower 21. Rear Admiral LeFever,s personal decorations include the Legion of Merit 125, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal CZJ, Navy Commendation Medal 131, Joint Service Achieve- ment Award and various service campaign and unit decorations. States where he rec ivedyat if 1 ,His first W here he

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Tarawa the Soldier IV in January l proposed amphibious tion was, in fact, acoalition e Iraqi military focused on potential assault deception was successful, playing a major role ment of that magnitude. On February 24th, Saudi Arabia just south ofthe Kuwaiti borderg which entered and liberated Kuwait. I I I After the conclusion of Operation diverted to Bangladesh to render two weeks of Water purification equipment, medical aid and craft helped more than 1.5 million inhabitants Tarawa returned home to San Diego in June of I . ln May, l99Z, Tarawa deployedfor th '93, a joint U.S.!Kuwait exercise. Theship port of UN. humanitarian reliei and returned Admiral Flatley Award and her first Commander deployment. A I A by A This deployment was followed departed San Diego in April l996 for bian Gui, Tarawa participatedin a joint then proceeded to the Red Sea to exercise Infinite Moonlight with the the conclusion ofthe Red Seaexercises, the enforcement of the uno-ny zone over raq. Iraqi aggression. Returning to San Diego in Octoberll996, st was awarded both the F tion Award and the Secretary of the Navy Energy Conservation Award.