Comte De Grasse (DD 974) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 'fs i I Comrnonder RoberT A HIGGINS groduof ed from Florldo SToTe UnrversrTy ond wds cornrnlssloned on Ensrgn USNR upon comple Tron of Offrcer CondrdoTe School In 'I97O Followrng hrs rnITrol Tour oboord The USS NOA QDD 840 where he served os lvloln Propulsron AsslsTonT ond uITrrnoTeIy Engrneerrng Offrcer he ougmenTed rnTo The reguldr Novy Corn monderHrgg1ns edrned hrs IVIosTers Degree rn Personnel Ivlonogernenf from George Wosh IngTon UnIverslTy ID 'I975 Cornmonder Huggins oTTended DepdrT menT Heod School In 'I976 followed loy Tours os Engrneer Offlcer oboord The USS LAW RENCE QDDG Ay ond IoTer os lVIoTerrol Offlcer for Commonder Desfroyer Squddron TWO EXECUTIVE OFFICER A . ,.,, A 'K -Q , fi-,,--6.-ljyfrij 1 1.53-' - A . T11 lm R .-1 . ,, 1 :yy I Y 5 Followrng cornpleTron of Prospechve Execu Trve Offrcer Course he served os ExecuTrve Offrcer of USS COIVITE DE GRASSE QDD 9745 Tours oshore hove Included InsTrucTor ond The UnrTed SToTes Novol Acddemy ond The SToff of Commonder Trornrng Commond U S ATIdnTlc FleeT He rs curenTly ossrgned ds Heoc. of The Cornmond PosT Exercrse ond JornT DepIoymenT SysTem SecTron of OPNAV Commonder Hrggrns rs The son of Mr ond Mrs RC Huggins of ST PeTersburg Florrdo ond rs morrred To The former PdTrrcro A Phelon of Jocksonvrlle Florldo They hove Two dough Ters KoThryn ond Leslre ond Two sons RoberT ond Mlchoel The Hrgglns currenTly resrde In Forrfox Vrrglnro 3 COMMANDER ROBERT A. HIGGINS

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COIVIIVIANDING OFFICER S51 237 2333 will celv1.rviANeisiG oismcisiz Commander RoberT L. Richardson was born in Chicago, lllinois, on 7 December 1942. He is The son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon C. Vit Richardson. Commander Richardson aiTended' The Universiiy of illinois and was graduaTed in 1965 wiTh a BachelorofArTs Degree in Philosophy. He enTered OCS and received his commission in 1966. Commander Richardson earned a Mas- Ters Degree in Psychology aT UniTed STaTes lnTernaTional Universiiy in 1973. Commander Richardson has served aT sea aboard USS PUTNAM CDD-7575 as Com- municaiions Officer, USS STICKELL CDD-8885 as Weapons Officer, USS ENGLAND CCG-225 as CombaT SysTems Officer, and USS PAUL F. FOSTER CDD-9645 as ExecuTive Officer. Commander Richardson has served ashore 2 comm-xNoER re. -. RICHARDSON wiTh The Naval Advisory Group, Republic of VieTnam, The Naval Amphibious School, Coro- nado, California, The Chief of Naval OperaTions Foreign Liaison Office, and The Naval MiliTary Personnel Command. His mosT recenT assign- menT was as Special AssisTanT To The AssisTanT SecreTaly of The Navy CManpower 84 Reserve Affairsb. ln addiTion To various campaign, service and foreign decoraTions, Commander Rich- ardson has been awarded The Bronze STarwiTh CombaT V, The MeriTorious Service Medal wiTh Gold STar, The Navy CommendaTion Medal, The Navy AchievemenT Medal and The CombaT AcTion Ribbon. ' Commander Richardson is married To The former Nancy Carol STory of BarringTon, Illinois.

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