Gridley (CG 21) - Naval Cruise Book

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2-..-.-. EXECUTIVE OFFICER Cdr. R. Peterman Commander Peterman was born in New London. Connecticut on 2 March 1948. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1971. Upon Commissioning, he was ordered to the USS HOLDER QDD 8191 for duty serving as Gunnery Assistant and subsequently as Weapons Officer. Additional sea duty included tours as Assistant Engineer, USS SPRUANCE QDD 9631: Chief Engineer, UBS REASONER QPF 106815 Operations Officer, USS TRUXTON QCGN 351: and Executive Officer, UBS GRIDLEY QCG 211. He has served ashore as Combat Systems Officer, Surface Warfare Officer School Command. Detachment, Coronado. Commander Peterman has earned the following awardsg two Humanitarian Service Awards, the Sea Service Deployment Award. the Navy Achievement Medal, the National Defense Medal, two Navy Expeditionary Medals. and the Meritorious Service Medal. Commander Peterman is married to the former Susan Carol Vrabel, of Springfield, Virginia. The Petermans have four children. Diane Michelle, Ronald Ray. Gregory Michael, and Jennifer Erin. 8 .-.--....................

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W COMMA DING GFFICER CAPTAI C.P. METZLER CAPTAIN CHARLES P. METZLER WAS BORN IN PHILADEL- PHIA, PENNSYLVANIA ON 21 DECEMBER 1936, THE SON QF MR. AND MRS. CHARLES P. METZLER, SR. I-IE GRADUATED FROM RANCOCAS VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, MT. HOLLY, NEW JERSEY IN 1955, AND ENLISTED IN TI-IE U.S. NAVY. IN 1957 HE ENTERED THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, AND WAS GRADU- ATED A COMMISSIONED ENSIGN ON 1 JUNE 1961. HIS FIRST DUTY ASSIGNMENT WAS ON USS CARPENTER QDD- 8251, WHERE HE SERVED AS FIRST LIEUTENANT, WEAPONS OFFICER AND ENGINEER OFFICER. SUBSEQUENT TOURS OF SEA DUTY HAVE INCLUDED ENGINEER OFFICER IN USS TALBOT QFFG-4, AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN USS JOSEPH STRAUSS QDDGAISI. ADDITIONALLY, CAPTAIN METZLER SERVED A8 COM- MANDING OFFICER OF RIVER DIVISION 594 IN VIETNAM, USS JOHN R. PERRY QDE-IOS-Ip AND USS PHARRIS QFF-10941. DUTIES ASI-IORE HAVE INCLUDED FLAG SECRETARY T0 THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMYg EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT AND AIDE TO THE DEPUTY AND CHIEF OF STAFF, COMMANDER IN CHIEF, U.s. PACIFIC FLEET: NAVY WEAPONS APPROPRIATIONS MANAGER AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT T0 THE DIRECTOR, NAVY PROGRAM PLANNING IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. , CAPTAIN METZLER IS A GRADUATE OF TI-IE U.S. NAVAL WAR. COLLEGE COMMAND AND STAFF COURSE. , A HE HOLDS THE ACADEMIC DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF NAVAL SCIENCE, AND MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. CAPTAIN METzLER'S DECORATIONS AND AWARDS INCLUDE THE BRONZE STAR QWITH GOLD STAR A COMBAT -'V y, THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL QVVITH GOLD STARJ. THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL CWITH GOLD STAR AND COMBAT vw, COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, VIETNAM GALLANTRY CROSS CWITH GOLD STARQ, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION CWITH BRONZE STARJ AND THE NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION. ADDITIONALLY, HE HOLDS THE VIETNAM PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, TI-IE VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL AND THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SER- VICE MEDAL. CAPTAIN METZLER IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER MARGARET PIERCE OF ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND. THE METzLER'S HAVE Two SONS, CHARLES AND JOHN.

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. -1-.-----1 ..--.-.--....-,... 1.,,,,, COMMA D SENIOR CHIEF FTCS WALKER SENIOR CHIEF WALKER WAS BORN IN HENDERSONVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA AND ATTENDED EAST HENDERSON HIGH SCHOOL. UPON GRADUATION IN 1966, HE JOINED THE U.S. NAVY AND UNDERWENT BASIC TRAINING AT RTC SAN DIEGO, CALIFOR- NIA. HE SERVED ONBOARD USS PIEDMONT QAD-17j FROM 1968 TO 1970 AND THE USS BRONSTEIN KDE-10371 FROM 1970 TO 1978. IN 1973 HE WAS STATIONED AT DATC-FMAGPAC SAN DIEGO WHERE HE WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF PETTY OFFICER IN 1975. IN 1976 HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO USS JOUETT QCG-291 WHERE HE SERVED AS THE LEADING FIRE CONTROLMAN AND SHIPS BM COORDINATOR. WHILE STATIONED ONBOARD THE JOUETT HE EARNED THE E LISTED SURFACE WARFARE SPECIALIST PIN AND WAS COMMENDED FOR EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE DURING THE IRANIAN CRISIS. UPON TRANSFER FROM THE USS JOUETT HE REPORTED TO FLEET TRAINING CENTER SAN DIEGO WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PILOT COURSE FOR TI-IE CLOSE-IN- WEAPONS SYSTEM WITH A FOLLOW ON ASSIGNMENT AS AN INSTRUCTOR. HE WAS ADVANCED TO SENIOR CHIEF FIRE CON- TROLMAN IN 1982. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE USS GRIDLEY QCG-21j IN 1984 TO SERVE AS THE LEADING FIRE CONTROLMAN. HE WAS SELECTED AS SENIOR .CHIEF OF THE COMMAND IN OCTOBER 1984 AND PROMOTED TO MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFI- CER IN APRIL 1985. MASTER CHIEF WALKER IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER SUSAN ANN VAN NOY AND RESIDES IN SANTEE, CALI- FORNIA. 7 '-c.--u-. ., ...- ....-... ......-...I-......--.. .1 - ...f-....-Q.. -