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Captain Hart entered the Navy via the NROTC Program at Columbia University where he obtained BA and MA Degrees. His first active duty assignment was with the Amphibious Force of the Atlantic Fleet where he served as Communications and Operations Officer on USS OGLETHORPE (AKA-100). His next assignment was NATO duty on the Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Southern Europe, in Naples. He then returned to sea and the Atlantic Fleet as Gunnery Officer aboard the destroyer USS R. H. Mc- CARD (DD-822). He left the Atlantic Fleet to further his education at the Navy Postgraduate School, Monterey, Califor- nia. From 1957 to 1960, he served as Aide to the Director of Naval Communications in Washington, D.C. With this communications background, he went to sea again, this time as Communications Officer for the cruiser USS TOPEKA (CLG-8) Remaining in the Pacific, Captain Hart was awarded the Joint Services Commendation Medal as Chief of the Plans Branch for the newly-formed Defense Communications Agency in Hawaii. That assignment was followed by orders to the San Diego based destroyer USS LYMAN K. SWENSON (DD-729) as Executive Officer. This was followed by a two year tour with the Department of the Navy as Com- munications Officer in the Pentagon. There, he was instrumental in designing the Navy ' s first Automated Message Center. He holds a Master ' s Degree in International Af- fairs from the Naval War College, Newport, R.I. Cap- tain Hart was awarded the Legion of Merit while Com- mander of the Naval Communications Station at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam and the Bronze Star for duty as Commanding Officer of the destroyer USS McKEAN (DD-784) off Vietnam. Prior to assuming command of BLUE RIDGE 20 September 1974, Captain Hart ' s most recent duty has been as Assistant Commander for Plans at the Naval Telecommunications System Architecture Group which develops new information processing systems. Captain Hart is the son of Mrs. Mary D. Hart of Bartow, Florida and resides in Coronado, California with his wife, the former Miss Francis Busha of West- minster, South Carolina. A-
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CAPTAIN W. D. HART Commanding Officer — 20 Sept 1974 to Present
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COMMANDER R. W. S. CHRISTENSON Executive Officer — 15 Sept 1973 to present s ■ Wl
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