America (CV 66) - Naval Cruise Book

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REARIADMIRALI 1'rHoMAs D PAULSEN w- ' . Rear Admiral Thomas'D. Paulsen is a native of Bismarck, North Dakota, and a. 1960 graduate of the U.S. Navel' Academy. I I Q ' During his first eight years in the Navy, Rear Admiral Paulsen served in two Groton, Connecticut homeported submarines: USS CORPORAL ISS 3461 and USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT ISSBN 6001, completing division officer and department head assignments in each ship. I After earning ia masters 'degree in computer science at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California in 1970, Rear Admiral Paulsen reported for duty as executive officer of the submarine USS SAILFISH ISS 7521, homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. His tour in SAILFISH was followed by duty on the staff of Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet where he served as a watch officer. , In 1973 Rear Admiral Paulsen reported for duty as executive officer of the guided mis- sile cruiser USS REEVES ICG 241 and in 1975, assumed command of the frigate USS WHIPPLE IFF 10621, also homeported in Pearl Harbor. Following his first command'tour,,Rear Admiral Paulsen reported for duty in 1977 as the Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare IASW1 Readiness Officer and Surface Operations Officer on the Staff of Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet, homebased in Yokosuka, japan. Following this tour, Rear Admiral Paulsen assumed duties as Director of the Professional Develop- ment Division at the Naval Academy from 1980-1983, - Returning to the Pacific in 1984, Rear Admiral Paulsen assumed command of the com- mand ship USS BLUE RIDGE ILCC 191, flagship of the Seventh Fleet commander. Fol- lowing this second command tour, he reported for duty in 1985 as executive assistant to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, in Norfolk,lVirginia. From June .1986 - May 1989, Rear Admiral Paulsen served as executive assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. During this latter assignment, he was selected for promotion to flag rank in December 1987., ' U - I Rear Admiral Paulsen is the recipient of the following awards and decorations: Legion of Merit Itwo awardsl , Meritorious Service Medal Itwo awards1, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Battle-iEfficiency,iRibbon' with four E's, Expeditionary Service Medal, National Defense Medal Vietnam Service 'Medal with two bronzestars,1Humanitarianf Ribbon with ,three bronzestars. 'l.1 'ij lii- MRCQF, M iwestbury, Long I it 'Y IS1,aI1d,'fQNGW agranddaughter: ' Katef,15Their l?2

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C. MACKE Admiral Richard C. Macke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Macke, was born in Freeport, Illinois on January 4, 1938. He is a graduate of Kirkland High School, Kirkland, Illinois and of the U.S. Naval Academy where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in June 1960. He entered flight training at Pensacola, Florida in july 1960 and was designated a Naval Aviator in August 1961. He reported to VA-23 in Lemoore, California and flew A-4 Skyhavvks for the next four years accumulating over 200 arrested landings on USS MIDWAY ICV-411. Rear Admiral Macke entered Navy Test Pilot School in February 1965 and after graduation served in the Weapons System Test Directorate. There he participated in many projects and was Proj- ect Officer for the A-4 Shoehorn and the Navy Preliminary Evaluations and Board of Inspec- tion and Survey Trials for the A-7 aircraft. From January 1968 to january 1970, Rear Admi- ral Macke was attached to VA-27, flying the A-7A Corsair Il. He served there as Administra- tive Officer and completed two deployments in USS CONSTELLATIOPN ICV-641 flying more than 150 combat missions in Southeast Asia. Rear Admiral Macke reported to U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in February 1970. Where he graduated with distinction with a Master of Science Degree in Operations Re- search and Systems Analysis. While at Postgraduate School, he was selected for aviation squadron command. In March 1971, he reported to VA-66 at Cecil Field, Florida as Execu- tive Officer and later served as Commanding Officer of this A-7E squadron assigned to USS INDEPENDENCE ICV-621. He was next assigned tothe Navy Office of Legislative Affairs in the Pentagon in Janu- ary 1975, where he helped present the budget for Naval Aviation Programs to members of Congress and their staffs. Fol-lowing selection for and completion of nuclear propulsion train- ing, Rear Admiral Macke served from May 1979 to July 1981 as Executive Officer of USS NIMIT Z ICVN-681. -His tour in NIMITZ included a record-setting deployment to the Indian Ocean. ' . - Q - f Rear Admiral Macke reported as Commanding Officer of USS CAMDEN IAOE-21 followinghisf tour in NIMITZ.. During his-2'2 months in CAMDEN, the ship successfully completed a 14-month complex overhaul -'-the largest ever done in aprivate shipyard on the West'Coast f- and a compressed training period-preparing for a major deployment only ieightmonths .after :completing overhaul. B. A ' I- j A Q g A I . ' , - 1 if-iReair3'Admira,l?Maicke served as -Executive 'Assistant' to the Director of Command and rcontrslii-.sqoP 5-rfpriqrtox repprting -to-.USS.gg,DWIQHT.fD. E SEN finejulyi' '41 ., . A A ,I ICVN-691 as 98 deployed to .the Mediter- ranean VAIRLANT and commenced .its was frocked .I 1 l enhance TWO in'March