Gettysburg (CG 64) - Naval Cruise Book

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LCDR Wilkenson attended Northwestern University through the NROTC Scholarship Program and graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor ' s degree in Nuclear Engineering. Following commissioning he reported to USS LYNDE McCORMICK (DDG 8), ser ' ing as Machinery- Division OfTicer, Gunnerj Officer, and then as Navigator. He made two western Pacific deploy-ments and participated in Operation PRAYING MANTIS, the 18 April 1988 retaliatory strike against Iranian oil platforms and naval assets following the mining of USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG 58). Next. LCDR Wilkenson attended the Naval Postgraduate School, enrolhng in the Weapons Systems Science Curriculum. He conducted research in Free Electron Lasers and in June 1993 graduated with distinction, earning a Mas- ter ' s degree in Physics. From May 1994 through November 1997, LCDR Wilkenson ser ' ed consecu- tive sea tours as Engineer Officer in USS KLAKRING (FFG 42) and in USS BARRY (DDG 52), each including a Mediterranean deployment. A highlight of these tours occurred in 1996, when BARRY received the BATTENBURG CUP for the finest ship in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, the Golden Anchor Award for the best people programs, and the Arizona Memorial Trophy for best over- all fleet combat readiness. LCDR Wilkenson most recently served as the Second Tour Division Officer Detailer in the Surface Warfare Assignment Branch at the Navy Personnel Combat in Millington. TN. LCDR Wilkenson ' s awards include the Navy Commendation Medal (four awards I. the Navy Achievement Meal (three awards), the Combat Action Rib- bon, and various service awards. LCDR Stader attended USNA and graduated in 1988 with a Bache- lor ' s degree in General Engineering. Following commissioning, he reported aboard HARRY W HILL (DD 986) as Gunnery officer, CICO, and A-Ops. His second division officer tour was abroad COWPENS (CG 63) as CICO. Both ships were out of San Diego, LCDR Stader partici- pated in Operations Desert Storm Watch and Operation Southern Watch. Next, LCDR Stader attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Mon- terey, CA where he earned his Master ' s of Science in Joint Command, Control Communications, Computers and Intelligence (JC41). His first department head tour was the Operations Officer on CUR- TIS WILBUR (DDG-54). He started the tour in San Diego then shift- ed homeport to Yokosuka. Japan. His second department head tour was as the Operation Officer on YORKTOWN (CG 48) out of Pascagoula, MS. LCDR Stader most recently served as the Second Tour Department Head Detailer in the Surface Warfare Assignment Branch at the Navy Personnel Command in Millington, TN. LCDR Stader ' s awards include the Navy Commendation Medal (5), the Navy Achievement Medal (2), and various service awards.

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COMMJ i9 (pI0 [g Captain Stokowski is a native of Chicopee, MA. In 1976, he graduated from Southeastern Massachusetts University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Biology. After attending Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. He was commissioned an Ensign in 1977. Sea assignments included Main Propulsion Assistant and Combat Infor- mation Center Officer in USS COCHRANE (DDG 21), Weapon Office in USS THORN (DD 988). He was also assigned to the staff of the Com- mander Second Fleet NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic, responsible for Fleet long-range training and readiness. Captain Stokowski has deployed to all oceans, the Black Sea, and several times to the Persian Gulf From 1996 to 1997, Dennis Stokowski was Commanding Officer of the destroyer MOOSEBRUGGER (DD 980) homeported in Mayport, FL. During this tour, MOOSE served as flagship for U.S. Commander, South America. MOOSE earned four of four Warfare Excellence Awards, the Battle Efficiency E , and the Admiral Arleigh Burke Award as the most improved command among the ships, submarines, and aircraft squadrons in the Atlantic Fleet. Ashore Captain Stokowski served in the Pentagon on the Joint Stsiff Operations Directorate (J-3), Special Technical Operations Directorate. He also served in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in the Surface Warfare Directorate heading the Tomahawk cruise missile office. He spent a year as the Navy Federal Exeuctive Fellow at the Brookings Institution, an independent research institution in Washington, D.C. Most recently, he was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in the Qua- drennial Defense Review Office. Dennis Stokowski earned a Master of Science degree in Operation Research from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He is a graduate of the Joint and Combined Staff Officer School of the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, VA. A proven sub-specialist in Operations Research and Defense Meritorious Service Medal (2), Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal (3), and Navy Achievement Medal.

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.a -,-r- ' •«■-, S Hl ' PS ISSI09 C The mission of USS GETTYSBURG is to be prepared to conduct prompt, sustained combat operations at sea, in support of national tasking. GETTYSBURG is equipped to operate offensively in a high density, multi-threat environment as an integral member of a carrier battle group or surface action group. GETTYSBURG is capable in multiple warfare areas including air defense, undersea warfare, surface warfare and strike warfare. GETTYSBURG is equipped with the AN SPY- IB phased array radar. This radar system incorporates sig- nificant advances in the detention capabilities of the Aegis Weapon System, particularly in its resistance to enemy electronic countermeasures. Using the SPY- IB and ship ' s Mark 99 fire control system, GETTYSBURG can guide its vertically launched Standard Missisles to intercept hostile aircraft and missiles at extended ranges. To provide point defense against hostile air tragets, GETTYSBURG is equipped with the Phalanx Close In Weapons System (CIWS). GETTYSBURG is equipped with a potent USW com- bat system. Long-range land attack cruise missile capa- bility is provided by Tomahawk missiles, which are launched from the Vertical Launching System. Harpoon anti-ship cruise missiles are capable of destroying hostile surface ships well beyond the horizon. The two 5 54 cal- iber guns, in conjunction with the Mark 86 Fire Control System are used against surface ships, air contacts, and to support forces ashore. GETTYSBURG ' S weapons are supplemented by the AN SLQ-32V(3) electronic warfare suite, which includes passive detection systems, decoys, and active electronic countermeasures. USS GETTYSBURG is powered by four quick response LM2500 gas turbine engines coupled to two controllable, reversible pitch propellers. This com- bination give GETTYSBURG tremendous maneuver- ability and a top speed in excess of 30 knots.