Comfort (T AH 20) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDER RALPH A. LOCKHART, M.S.C., U.S. NAVY EXECUTIVE OFFICER MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITY USNS COMFORT (T-AH 20) Commander Lockhart enlisted in the Navy in 1961. After completing three tours in a stateside hospital and on board ships, he was selected for the Associate Degree Completion Program. He earned an AA degree in Business Administration at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, and was then commissioned as an Ensign in the Medical Service Corps in 1972. Naval Hospital, Annapolis was Commander Lockhart ' s first duty station as a Commissioned Officer. Following that, he earned a BS degree in Hospital Administration at George Washington University as a student at the Naval School of Health Care Administration at Bethesda. Tours of duty subsequent to that include Assistant Head, Manpower Division at Naval Hospital, Pensacola and then Administrative Officer, Branch Clinic, NAS. Commander Lockhart also served as Brigade Administrative and Supply Officer as well as Company Commander, Company A, 3rd Medical Battalion, for the First Marine Expeditionary Brigade in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Following that, he became Staff Officer and Medical Planner for Logistics Command Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Commander Lockhart returned to Pensacola as Officer in Charge of Branch Clinic, Naval Air Station. During that time period, he completed a MS degree in Management from Troy State University. Commander Lockhart ' s most recent assignment prior to reporting the COMFORT, was as the General Medical Officer Assignment Officer at Naval Military Personnel Command, Washington, D.C. He detached there in July 1990. Commander Lockhart ' s personal decorations include the Navy Commendation and Navy Achieve- ment medals. Commander Lockhart and his wife, Gloria, reside in Arlington, Virginia. They have 2 adult sons. 10

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CHARLES CHIP ZULAUF FIRST OFFICER USNS COMFORT (T-AH 20) First Officer Charles Zulauf attended and graduated from the Harry Lundeburg School of Seamanship. His first following assignment was to the SS WORTH (which ironically is the current USNS MERCY (T-AH 19). The ship made an around-the-world voyage that included a visit to Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates to load oil. Mr. Zulauf spent the next 14 years sailing on commercial ships in various assignments. He had experienced duty on nearly every type of merchant vessel and was ready to expand his professional horizons. Thus, he decided to switch from the commercial shipping industry to the Military Sealift Command as he felt it would be very interesting to work with the military. In 1989, he applied to the MSC. At the moment in which he was being told the MSC was not then hiring Officers and definitely not First Officers, a MSC official noted his Baltimore address and informed him that MSC was in need of a Relief Officer from Balti- more on the COMFORT. Subsequently, he was promoted to Second Officer for a different ship assignment, returned to USNS COMFORT and then was promoted to First Officer (Chief Mate) for another assignment. He thus returned to the COMFORT as First Officer with all this occurring in the space of a year. Five weeks later in August 1990, COMFORT was activated. First Officer Zulauf sees his role on this ship as primarily being Second in Command and Deck Department Head. His other duties are multiple and varied, including: Damage Con- trol Officer; Safety Officer; Training Officer; and Physical Security Officer. Mr. Zulauf is no stranger to naval conflict. He found himself in close proximity to a little publicized war in 1980 between Peru and Equador, having been involved in commercially shipping cargo into Peru and out of Equador. A more recent experience was the Persian Gulf tanker war of 1987-1988. He was the Second Mate on a tanker carrying jet fuel from Bahrain to worldwide military bases. He notes his current cargo of 1200 plus MTF and MSC crew plus their patients to be the most important he has ever had responsibility for as an MSC Officer. n