Comte De Grasse (DD 974) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER CDR DENIS V. ARMY UNITED STATES NAVY SEP 87 -SEP 89 COMMANDER DENIS V. ARMY HAILS FROM WORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. HE RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION AFTER GRADUATING FROM HOLY CROSS COL- LEGE IN 1975. IN 1979 HE ATTENDED THE NAVAL POST GRADUATE SCHOOL AND GRADUATED IN 1980 WITH HONORS AND A MASTER DEGREE IN COMPUTER SYS- TEMS TECHNOLOGY. HE HAS SERVED AS ASSISTANT CIC OF- FICER AND OPERATIONS OFFICER DUR- ING A 39 MONTH TOUR ABOARD USS DAHLGREN (DDG 43), WEAPONS OFFICER ABOARD USS CLAUDE V. RICKETS (DDG 5). HIS SHORE TOURS INCLUDE COMBAT SYSTEMS OFFICER ON THE COMDESRON TWO STAFF, AND PRIOR TO HIS ARRIVAL ON USS COMTE DE GRASSE HE WAS OPER - ATIONAL TEST DIRECTOR FOR TACTICAL DATA SYSTEMS AT COMOPTEVOR. HE IS LEA VING US FOR AN ASSIGNMENT ATSA- CLANT STAFF AS NATO WEAPONS COOR- DINATOR. COMMANDER ARMYS PERSONAL AWARDS INCLUDE THE NAVY COMMEN- DATION MEDAL, NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL, AND THE ARMED FORCES EXPE- DITION AR Y MEDAL. COMMANDER ARMY AND HIS WIFE BETH RESIDE IN VIRGINIA BEACH WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN SARAH AND MATT.

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COMMANDING OFFICER CDR WILLIAM D. LYNCH UNITED STATES NAVY COMMANDER WILLIAM D. LYNCH, A NEW YORK CITY NATIVE. WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1949. HE RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION IN 1971 AFTER GRADUAT- ING FROM COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF CO- LUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK. HE SUBSEQUENTLY EARNED A MASTER DE- GREE WITH HONORS IN COMPUTER SYS- TEMS MANAGEMENT FROM THE NAVAL POST GRADUATE SCHOOL, MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. COMMANDER LYNCH HAS SERVED AT SEA AS FIRST LIEUTENANT IN USS DYESS (DD 880), GUNNERY OFFICER (AND PLANK OWNER) IN USS MILLER (FF 1091), CHIEF ENGINEER (AND PLANK OWNER) IN USS ARTHUR W RADFORD (DD 968) AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN USS STUMP (DD 978). HIS SHORE ASSIGNMENTS HAVE INCLUDED SENIOR GAS TURBINE ENGI- NEERING INSTRUCTOR AT THE SURFACE WARFARE SCHOOL IN NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND AND SENIOR GAS TURBINE EX- AMINER AT THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF U.S. ATLANTIC FLEETS EXAMINING BOARD. HIS MOST RECENT SHORE AS- SIGNMENT WAS AS DIRECTOR, CRUISE - MISSILE AND TARGETING ON THE STAFF OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET COMMANDER. COMMANDER LYNCH HAS BEEN AWARDED THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL WITH GOLD STAR. THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL WITH GOLD STAR, AND THE NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL. COMMANDER LYNCH AND HIS WIFE BARBARA RESIDE IN VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA WITH THEIR TWO SONS, NULTY AND BRENDAN. ■CHENG. YOU RE KILLING ME

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EXECUTIVE OEFICER LCDR GREGORY L BYRD UNITED STATES NAVY SEP 89 — PRESENT LIEUTENANT COMMANDER BYRD WAS BORN IN CONNELLSVILLE. PENNSYLVANIA. HOWEVER. FROM THE AGE OF 9 HE GREW UP IN PASEDENA. MAR YLAND. PASADENA IS ONL Y TEN MILES FROM ANNAPOLIS, SO ITS NO SURPRISE THAT THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY IS WHERE LCDR BYRD RE- CEIVED HIS COMMISSION IN 1977. SEVEN YEARS LATER. IN 1984, WHILE ON SHORE DUTY, LCDR BYRD ATTENDED NIGHT SCHOOL AND EARNED A MASTERS DEGREE IN SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT IN AN OFF CAMPUS PROGRAM FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER BYRD HAS SERVED AT SEA AS FIRST LIEUTENANT. ELECTRICAL OFFI- CER AND NAVIGATOR IN USS PREBLE (DDG-46); SHIP CONTROL OFFICER NAVIGATOR IN USS JAR- RET fFFG-33); AND OPERATIONS OFFICER (PLAN- KOWNER) IN USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD -45). HIS SHORE ASSIGNMENTS HA VE INCLUDED SEN- IOR INSTRUCTOR. FFG-7 CLASS SHIP TRAINING. FLEET COMBAT TRAINING CENTER. ATLANTIC. DAM NECK. VIRGINIA AND STUDENT AT THE ARMED FORCES STAFF COLLEGE NORFOLK, VIR- GINIA. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER BYRDS PERSONAL AWARDS INCLUDE THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL WITH GOLD STAR AND THE NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL WITH GOLD STAR. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER BYRD AND HIS WIFE WANDA RESIDE IN VIRGINIA BEACH WITH THEIR DAUGHTER MIA NICOLE