Bon Homme Richard (LHD 6) - Naval Cruise Book

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Stephen Greene graduated from the college of the Hohf Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts in l98I, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Physics, and received his commission through the colleges NROTC program. At the completion of flight training. was designated a Naval Aviator reported to HSL-3l at NAS California for LAMPS MK Seasprite. lnl of HSL-37 in NAS operational L While at HSL-37 Indian Ocean as aboard USS and of HSL-49 at NAS North the Persian etachment TWO aesesa D Fla f lune I993 Promotion Plans ' , Naxgfs annual officer and earhf retirement April I998, Captain Greene served as Executive Officer of the HSL-4l Seahawks, the West Coast SH-60B!LAMPS Ill Fleet 1. l'rggiSeptember i998 he reported to the HSL-45 Wolfpack as Executive Officer. In February 2000, he assumed command Whiletlflfti command, the Wolfpack successfulhf transitioned to night vision goggle operations, conductedits first Hellfire missiflershots, and extended its mishap-free flight hour record beyond 85,000 hours. reported to USS TARAWA KLHA Il where he served as Air Officer in charge of TARAWA's flight and hangar ,nec selected for promotion to Captain and for major sea command. From lanuaiy I996 to April l998, Captain Greene of the HSL-4I Seahawks, the West Coast SH-60B!lAMPS MK lll Fleet Replacement Squadron. ln September l998 he the HSL-45 Wolfpack as Executive Officer. ln February 2000, he assumed command of the Wolfpack. While in command, the Wolfpacksuccessfulhf transitioned to night vision goggle operations, conducted its first live-fire day and night Hellfire missile shots, and extended its mishap-free flight hour record beyond 85,000 hours. Captain Greene currenthf serves as Executive Officer in USS BONHOMME RICHARD QLHD 6l.

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, '1'1fvJT2:ii'H'5Xk ' 1' g- s - :f 1 11 - .2255 :XiiLe? tfLv ' 'f:s n:e4,?tP:.:-:fag-:ire-aafzadff M- FSI . - A -,--. - , - farm- fl, ,ff ' ' , ' , , , ' 1.41 1-I 'Tir I .- ' A: I , ' I1 a gvrI5 ' ' j' l'7'l'llllf'f3Ll gir l! I A I f lf Qlv 77 lM?'7Jf'41 '?lFf9l5I s4 ii Y niiif ll U l:i Fl' 515115 4 l'Q'.'n'lLl',Z-lflil ma . .C fl I I K : 1 1- I -' I f fii5Qj' ,u,g - Ii- ,stair lv ig .-'ga .-limi 2 X1 ' ' 'f ' A 0 Rear Admiral Ames is a native of Stamford, Connecticut. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in I976 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Designated a naval aviator in luhf I977, he joined Patrol Squadron FORW EIGHT lVP 483 at NAS Moffett Field, California. Fhfing the P-3C Orion, he conducted operations with VP-48 throughout the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. In I98I Rear Adm. Ames served with The loint Staff HSI and subsequenthf acted as Aide!Administrative Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations fPlans, Policy and Operationsl in Washington, D.C. This was followed by a tour as Flag Lieutenant to Commander Third Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Rear Adm. Ames was Assistant Navigator on USS AMERICA tCV 66l from I983 until I986 with operations in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Oceans. After a tour with Patrol Squadron THIRTY QVP-30l as Instructor Pilot and Maintenance Officer, he joined Patrol Squadron TWENTY FOUR KVP 24l as Operations Officer in I987, conducting deployed operations from bases in Iceland and Bermuda. Rear Adm. Ames next reported to the Bureau of Naval Assistant Washington Placement Officer, responsible for the placement of naval officers in the Executive branch, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the Naxy Staff. In I990, Rear Adm. Ames commenced advanced studies at Harvard University, earning a master's degree in Public Administration from Haward's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge. Massachusetts. He then commanded Patrol Squadron SIXTEEN IIVP I6l through I994, operating from Spain, Iceland, Panama and Puerto Rico, after first serving as the squadron's Executive Officer. Following surface command training in I99S, Rear Adm. Ames acted as Operations Officer to Commander, Combined Naval Forces. OPERATION UNITED SHIELD aboard USS BELLEAU WOOD QLHA 3l during the withdrawal of United Nations forces from Mogadishu, Somalia. Rear Adm. Ames assumed command of USS TARAWA QLHA Il in I996, following ayear as the ship's Executive Officer. During his command, TARAWA deployed to the Persian Gulf, participated in OPERATION DESERT STRIKE, and earned the Pacific Fleet's Golden Anchor Award for retention excellence, while receiving other national and Secretary of the Naxgf awards. In I998, Rear Adm. Ames joined the U.S. Pacific Command where he served as Operations Officer and then as Depugf fOr Operations. Rear Adm. Ames assumed command of Amphibious Squadron THREE and the BONHOMME RICHARD Amphibious Ready Group in 2000. He led the Amphibious Ready Group to a Persian Gulf deployment in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Selected to Flag rank, he reported to the U.S. Transportation Command in April 2002 where he served as the Director of Strategy, Plans, Policy and Programs ll-Sl during OPERATIONS ENDURING!IRAOj FREEDOM. In this capacity he supported the commands global responsibility to provide strategic mobility to all U.S. militagf forces. Rear Admiral Ames reported to his current dugf assignment as Commander, Amphibious Group Fl Q :RFE Expeditionary Strike Group FIVE in lune 2004. ,...,,,f,,,.,.,,.w.,.sf .. ,..,.,, ..... ,- ,:,x.,.,, , .,,, ., Personnel in Washington, D.C., where he sewedsag