Halsey (CG 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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MMCM (SW) DENNIS R. STANARD COMMAND MASTER CHIEF MASTER CHIEF STANARD WAS BORN IN DOWAGIAC, MICHIGAN ON 11 JULY 1947. HE GRADUATED FROM MARCELLUS HIGH SCHOOL IN 1965 AND IMMEDIATELY ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY. AFTER COMPLETION OF RECRUIT TRAINING AND GRADUATION OF CLASS ' A ' SCHOOL AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER. HE WAS ORDERED TO NAVAL NUCLEAR POWER TRAINING IN BAINBRIDGE MD. AND BALLSTON SPA NY. AFTER COMPLETION OF NUCLEAR TRAINING, MASTER CHIEF STANARD SERVED ABOARD USS ENTERPRISE CVN 65, USS NIMITZ CVN68 (PLANKOWNER), WAS ASSIGNED AS SOUTHERN ZONE SUPERVISOR, NAVY RECRUITING DISTRICT DETROIT, AND REPORTED ABOARD THE USS LONG BEACH CGN9 IN 1979 AS THE ENGINEERING ENLISTED ASSISTANT. HE EARNED THE ENLISTED WARFARE DESIGNATION AND ASSUMED DUTIES AS COMMAND MASTER CHIEF ABOARD LONG BEACH IN JULY 1983. IN OCTOBER 1985, MASTER CHIEF STANARD WAS AMONG THE TOP 5 SELECTEES FOR ASSIGNMENT AS NAVAL SURFACE FORCES PACIFIC, FORCE MASTER CHIEF. IN JULY 1987 MASTER CHIEF STANARD REPORTED ABOARD THE USS HALSEY FOR DUTIES AS COMMAND MASTER CHIEF. ' DURING HIS NAVAL CAREER, MASTER CHIEF STANARD HAS EARNED THE FOLLOWING AWARDS: NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL, NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION (2 AWARDS), MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATION, NAVY E RIBBON (5 AWARDS); NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL (5 AWARDS), NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE; ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL (3 AWARDS); VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL (4 AWARDS); HUMANITARIAN SERVICE MEDAL; SEA SERVICE RIBBON (5 AWARDS) REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM GALLANTRY CROSS WITH PALM LEAF; AND THE VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL. MASTER CHIEF STANARD IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER MISS JANET MILLER OF MARCELLUS, MICHIGAN. THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, TODD 20. AND TONYA 18, AND CURRENTLY RESIDE IN CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER CDR GEORGE K. KILGORE COMMANDER GEORGE K. KILGORE IS A NATIVE OF DIAGONAL. IA. HE GRADUATED FROM THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY IN JUNE 1972. UPON COMMISSIONING, HE WENT TO MAIN PROPULSION ASSISTANT SCHOOL AT NAVAL STATION. NEWPORT. R.I. UPON COMPLETION OF TEMPORARY DUTY UNDER INSTRUCTION IN OCTOBER 1972, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO USS HEPBURN (FF-1055) AS THE MPA, AND LATER AS THE DCA. IN SEPTEMBER 1975. AFTER HIS FIRST SEA TOUR, HE WAS ORDERED TO FCDSTCL DAM NECK VA. AS STUDENT FOR MISSILE OFFICER TERRIER MISSILE SYSTEMS. COMMANDER KILGORE (A LIEUTENANT THEN) REPORTED TO USS HALSEY (CG-23) IN FEBRUARY 1976, HIS SECOND SHIP, AS MISSILE OFFICER. IN AUGUST 1977, WHILE ON BOARD THE HALSEY, HE WAS ASSIGNED COLLATERAL DUTY AS THE OVERHAUL COORDINATOR; OVERSAW ALL FACETS OF DAILY MANAGEMENT DECISIONS. HIS SEVERAL TOURS OF DUTY INCLUDE USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC-20), USS LEAHY (CG-16), SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS SCHOOL IN NEWPORT, R.I. AS AN INSTRUCTOR, AND AGAIN ONBOARD USS HALSEY (CG-23) BUT THIS TIME AS AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER. HIS AWARDS INCLUDED 3 NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL, 7 BATTLE E , VIETNAM CAMPAIGN, NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL. SEA SERVICE RIBBONS. AND THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL. XO. THE ARTESIANS WILL MAKE THE WA- TER! XO NEVER MISSES A RE-ENLISTMENT 6 XO ON THE PROWL! DON ' T WORRY, BE HAPPY XO!

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A h ' % ■Q C , Ho-, CHAPLAIN JOHN WILSON BORN IN BUNKIE, LOUISIANA, HE ATTENDED NORTHEAST UNIVERSITY MAJORING IN LIBERAL ARTS AND MINOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE. IN 1983 CHAPLAIN WILSON RECEIVED HIS MASTER ' S OF DIVINITY DEGREE FROM THE GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION, BERKELEY CA. FOLLOWING HIS ORDINATION, HE SERVED AS ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF THE MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, SEATTLE AND WAS COMMISSIONED A LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR GRADE) IN THE NAVAL RESERVE. REPORTED TO NAVAL TRAINING CENTER SAN DIEGO FOR ACTIVE DUTY IN DEC. 1984, AFTER TWO MONTHS OF TRAINING AT NAVAL CHAPLAIN SCHOOL NEWPORT. Rl CHAPLAIN WILSON REPORTED TO USS HALSEY IN NOV, 1986 CHAPLAIN WILSON ' S AWARDS INCLUDE MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATION, BATTLE E . ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY AND SEA SERVICE RIBBON (2 AWARDS). RECENTLY, CHAPLAIN WILSON WAS AWARDED CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AS OUTSTANDING MEN OF AMERICA FOR 1988 . CHAPLAIN WILSON IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER LEVONNE BALDWIN OF ALEXANDRA LA. THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, CANDICE AND ROBERT.