Hoel (DDG 13) - Naval Cruise Book

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Tip? I id!! milf' .milf nv' I nl: I51 17, rf? .lj CDR EDWI BOUTO , JR., USN Commander Edwin H. Bouton, Jr. was born on 13 May 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland. The son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Harry Bouton of Bel Air, Maryland, he graduated from Bel Air High School in 1967. He received a Bachelor of Science fOcean Engineeringj from the U.S. Naval Academy and was commissioned an Ensign in June 1971. He holds a Master's Degree in Ocean Engineering from the University of Delaware, May 1972. Commander Bouton has served in a variety of ships, concentrating in the nuclear propulsion field. Following graduate school he reported to USS W.S. SIMS QPF 10591 where he served as CIC Officer and qualified as a Surface Warfare officer, detaching in May 1974 for nuclear propulsion training. Subsequent to nuclear training, he served in USS NIMITZ QCVN 685 as Reactor Mechanical Division Officer, USS SAMUEL GOMPERS QAD 372 as Radiological Controls Officer and USS LONG BEACH QCGN 9D as Electrical Officer. His tour in LONG BEACH included service as Tactical Action Officer QTAOD for the Battle Group AAW Commander in the North Arabian Sea. Assignments ashore have included Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, Surface Warfare Department Head School, and COMNAVSURPPAC Nuclear Power Mobile Training Team. In May 1985 Commander Bouton assumed duties as Chief Engineer in USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER QCVN 691, where his tour included the full span of an eighteen month Complex Overhaul in Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, the first overhaul in the ship's history. Commander Bouton relieved as Executive Officer, USS HOEL, on October 5, 1987. Commander Bouton's decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal Navy Commendation Medal and Navy Achievement Medal. He is married to the former Gail Proctor of San Diego, California. They have two children, Cameron and Elizabeth, and reside in Poway, California.