Hopper (DDG 70) - Naval Cruise Book

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July 1995 -July 2000 uommana iviasier unieT July 2000 JH 1 ■ « H ■ | 1 B ■ CRYPTOLOGIC TECHNICIAN (COLLECTION) MASTER CHIEF (SW AU) CAROLYN A. COOPER Master Chief Coopei graduated from high school in 1973. and after a year of college enlisted in the Navy. After ( T 1 school, she traveled to NSGA Hanza. Okinawa foi duty as .i non- Morse operator. She then reported to NCS Rota, Spain where she worked as ,i Techn ical Processing and Reporting Element analyst and in tin- Hum. in Resource Man- agement Oflii e In l ' )K2. she was assigned as an instructor at NTT : I lorn Sta- tion, Pensacola, Fl. While there she also performed duties as I om omputer pro- gramming instructor and Morse instruct lified .is a Mas- tei Training Spei ialisl and u.is se- I foi Chief She in the i Naval Set u- ritv Croup. Washington 1 1 was thi Reservi Op iT.itmn.il Coordinator. At mid- tour, she moved to the Ri and l)i . elopmenl Depai t men! While .it CNSl ded Se- nior Militan ' Iryptologii Supen i li . ted tin Senioi I In 1988 she attended Se- nior Enlisted Ai ademy where bei Rerformam e merited the City ol lewporl Award tor , i ademii Ex- i elleni e Hei ne ■ i dutj ' II lawa l.i 1 1. 1 ii where I iill.i linn I men! LCPO Selei led foi li. Chief, she became the first female Crvpotologic Technician Master Chief. She reported to NSGA Edzell, Scotland where she was classic wizard division i hiei and subsequently became the Op- erations Department LCPO. Dur- ing this tour she became a Crypotologic Technician (Collec- tion! pTR). In 1994, she reported to London for duty on the stall dutj of Commander-in-Chief. U.S. Navy Europe. She served .is Commano Master Chief. CINCUSNAVEUS SI. ill while also serving as the Tac In .il Systems Coordinatoi . Dii ei tor for Cryptology; and Senior En- listed Leader. Director, Naval Se- tj i iroup Europe. In 1997, Mastei Chiej Coopei reported to USS BOXER (I. Ill) -H for duty as the 3M Coordi- naliii She transferred to I ' SS HOP PER [DDG 711) as the Command Master Chief in Ink 1999 Master Chirl CooperV del oi.itions ini linle the Mi i itori mis Sei u e Medal, ! a ( lorn mendation Medal (3), Navy! i lin ' emenl Medal, Presidential t ' nil Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation (2), Navj Good Comlm I Medal (r ). Battle E, .i 1 1. .n.i I Defense Sm ii e Medal (2). Ai iiii-il Forces 1 xpedil ionai j Medal (3), Sea Sen. ne Deployment Rib bon [3) and ( h erseas Sen ii e Rib- bon (11). Master i Ihiei ( looper ii m. ii i led to Ivan i oopei (Royal Navy, iet I and is the m o t h e i o I K.n liel I on i.i and lustin Am

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Lieutenant Commander David W. Hughes The son of Donald and Beverly Hughes, Lieutenant Commander Hughes attended Choctaw High School in Choctaw. Oklahoma. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in May 1987 where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering, and received a commission as an Ensign. Following gradua- tion, he reported to USS FRANCIS HAMMOND (FF 1067), home ported in Yokosuka, Japan for temporary duty prior to attending the Surface Warfare Officer School Division Officer course and other specialty training courses in Coronado and San Diego, California In September 1988 he returned to FRANCIS HAMMOND now home ported in Long Beach. California. During this tour he served as Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer. Main Propulsion Assistant and Chief Engineer. Operational accomplish- ments included deployments to the Western Pacific as part of PACEX 89 and to the Arabian Gulf as a member of the U.S. led multi-national coalition forces of Operations DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM. In November 1991 Lieutenant Commander Hughes was ordered to the Bu- reau of Naval Personnel in Washington, D.C. where he served as a Rating Assignment Officer for enlisted personnel in the surface technical ratings. During this tour he attended the Catholic University of America where he earned a Master of Science of Engineering (Environmental Engineering and Management). Following his shore assignment. Lieutenant Commander Hughes completed the Department Head curriculum at the Surface Warfare Officer School in Newport, Rhode Island. Subsequent to Department Head School, he reported to USS INGERSOLL (DD 990) home ported in Pearl Harbor. Hawaii, where he served as both Combat Systems Officer and Chief Engineer. Deploying in Novem- ber 1995, he returned to the Arabian Gulf, this time conducting Maritime Intercept Operations, enforcing United National sanctions against the government of Iraq. Lieutenant Commander Hughes ' next assignment was Commanding Office r. USS SIROCCO (PC 6), home ported in Little Creek Virginia. Under his command. SIROCCO conducted extensive operations in two operational theaters, including a precedent setting winter season deployment of PCs to the Mediterranean, and the first extended operations of PCs in the waters of sub-Saharan Africa where SIROCCO served as the contingency response platform for Special Operations Command, Europe. Additionally, SIROCCO conducted extended bi-lateral counter- narcotics training operations with the armed forces of allied South American nations. Following his tour in SIROCCO. Lieutenant Commander Hughes returned to Pearl Harbor where he serves today as Executive Officer. USS HOPPER (DDG 70). Lieutenant Commander Hughes ' awards include the Meritorious Service Medal. Navy and Marine Corps commendation Medal (three awards), and various cam- paign and unit decorations. Lieutenant Commander Hughes is married the former Jennifer Long of Newtown. Connecticut. In February 1999. the Hugheses were blessed with the birth of their daughter Olivia. Executive Officer USS Hopper June 1999 L5

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