Blue Ridge (LCC 19) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS Blue Ridge LCC- 19 COMMANDING OFFICER, USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) JANUARY b. 1984 - NOVEMBER 19, 1985 CAPTAIN THOMAS D. PAULSEN Captain Thomas D. Paulsen was commissioned an Ensign and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in June 1960. During his first eight years of service, he served in two Atlantic Fleet submarines, the USS Corporal (SS-iAb) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600). During these two tours of duty, he completed division officer and department head assignments. From 1968 to 1970, he attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California and was awarded a Master ' s degree in computer science. In July 1970, he reported for duty as Executive Officer of the submarine USS Sailfish (SS-572), based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following a short tour as a watch officer on the staff of Commander Submarine Force, Pacific, he was ordered to the cruiser USS Reeves (CG-24) as Executive Officer. In July 1975 he assumed command of the frigate USS Whipple .¥¥- 0(i2). Captain Paulsen reported to the staff of Commander Seventh Fleet in August 1977 as Fleet Readiness and Surface Operations Officer. During his three-year tour of duty, the staff was embarked in the guided missile cruiser USS Oklahoma City (CG-5) and the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge {LCC-19), both operating from Yokosuka, Japan. His next assignment was Director, Professional Development Division, U.S. Naval Academy. Captain Paulsen assumed command of the USS Blue Ridge ' m Yokosuka, Japan, on 6 January 1984. Captain Paulsen was relieved of command of Blue Ridge on 19 November, 1985. His current assignment is Executive Assistant to the Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, Virginia. Captain Paulsen is authorized to wear the following awards and decorations: Meritorious Service Medal with one gold star; Navy Commendation Medal; Navy Achievement Medal; Battle Efficiency Ribbon with four awards; Expeditionary Service Medal; National Defense Medal with one star; Vietnam Service Medal with two stars; Humanitarian Service Ribbon with two awards; and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with three stars. Captain Paulsen is married to the former Marbeth Hirsch of Westbury, Long Island, New York. They have three daughters: Kari, Kendel, and Kate. (H I coramaiidc 10 il

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COMSEVENTHFLT CHIEF OF STAFF, COMSEVENTHFLT CAPTAIN DAVID R. OLIVER, JR. Rear Admiral-select David Rogers Oliver, Jr. was born and reared near Indianapolis, Indiana, where he attended Ben David High School. His parents are David R. and Doratha Oliver, who presently reside in Fort Myers, Florida. Captain Oliver graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in marine engineering. He took postgraduate education from the American University in Washington, D.C., graduating with a Master of Arts degree in international relations, specializing in Middle Eastern and United States foreign relations. He is also a graduate by correspondence of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, as well as the Naval War College. In addition to his sixteen years of sea duty, he also served a tour in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, proposing priorities for allocation of resources for Navy research and development, and a tour on the Pacific Submarine Commander ' s staff as Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel and Training. Captain Oliver served his junior officer tours aboard the USS Tnunpetfish (SS-425), a diesel submarine, and the USS George Washington Carver (SSN-656), a Polaris missile submarine. He subsequently was Engineering Officer of the USS Nautilus (SSN-57I ), the first nuclear-powered submarine; then Executive Officer of the USS Haddo (SSN-604) and Commanding Officer of the USS Plunger (SSN-595 ) , both nuclear-powered attack submarines home-ported in San Diego. Captain Oliver ' s major command was served as CTF-74, Commander Submarine Force Seventh Fleet, based in Yokosuka, Japan. He is currently serving as Chief of Staff for Commander Seventh Fleet, which has responsibilities for nearly one-half the world ' s ocean areas. Rear Admiral-select Oliver and his wife, the former Linda Bithell of Blackfoot, Idaho, currently live in Yokosuka, Japan. Mrs. Oliver is an attorney-at-law, admitted to the bars of California, Washington, Idaho, and Hawaii. She is listed in Who ' s Who in American Wonien ' dnd Who ' s Who in the West. Currently, she is President of Micron Japan Co., Ltd. in Tokyo. They have two children, David and Morgan.

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USS Blue Ridge LCC-19 CHANGE OF COMMAND NOVEMBER 19, 1985 HMS TAMAR, HONG KONG THE CEREMONY The change of command ceremony is a time-honored tradition which formally restates to the officers, men and women of the activity, the continuity of command. It is a formal ritual conducted before the assembled company of the command. The change of command ceremony is unique in the world today: it is the transfer of total responsibility, authority and accountability from one individual to another. Captain John H. Heidt, USN, who assumed command of the Blue Ridge from Captain Paulsen. Captain Thomas D. Paulsen, USN, Commanding Officer of the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-1 9) from January 1 984 to November 1985.