Horne (CG 30) - Naval Cruise Book

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Officers CAPTAIN ALTWEGG Educated in Warsaw, New York, Captain ALTWEGG enlisted in the Navy and attended AT (A) School. He received a Fleet appointment to the Naval Academy and graduated in 1952. He served on USS ORISKANY (CVA-34); as Aide and Flag Lieutenant to Commander, Cruiser Division One; Operations Officer. USS CONE (DD-866); Weapons Officer, USS BAINBRIDGE (DLGN-25); and Executive Officer, USS DEWEY (DLG-141. In 1968 he assumed command of USS MAHAN (DLG-11). Captain ALTWEGG attended the Naval Post Graduate School for two years, and the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, from which he received a Master of Science Degree. He graduated from the Nuclear Power School and from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Captain ALTWEGG was Force Armament Officer, Cruiser Destroyer Forces, Pacific Fleet. In 1971 he became Aide and Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installation and Logistics. Prior to assuming command of HORNE on 9 September 1973 he served as Executive As- sistant to the Director, Defense Security Agency. He has been awarded the Legion of Merit; Bronze Star with Combat V , Meritorious Service Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal. Captain ALTWEGG will assume command of the Naval Ships Weapons Systems Engineering Station, Port Hueneme, California. He and Mrs. Altwegg have one daughter, Shauna, who attends Sophie Newcomb College at Tulane University. 5

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Commanding CAPTAIN LAWRENCE LAYMAN Captain Lawrence LAYMAN, a native of Lebanon, Missouri, is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and was commissioned an Ensign on 6 June 1952. His first assignment included duties as First Lieutenant and Damage Control Assistant in USS MARSHALL (DD-676). This was followed by a tour of duty as Executive Officer and Navigator of USS CAYUGA COUNTY (LST-529) form March 1954 to January 1956. Captain LAYMAN then reported to the Atlantic Fleet Mine Force as Executive Officer and Navigator of USS DIRECT (MSO-430). His next assignment was to the Bureau of Ships from April 1957 to February 1959 as Surface Assistant in the Applied Science Branch for Research and Development. He returned to the Pacific Fleet in April 1959 as Operations Officer of the commissioning crew of USS SOMERS (DD-947). Following a 19 month tour in SOMERS, he served a one year tour as Communications Officer on the staff of Commander Destroyer Flotilla SEVEN. Sub- sequently Captain LAYMAN was associated with the Naval Tactical Data System as a senior programmer at the Fleet Computer Programming Center Pacific until April 1964. Captain LAYMAN successfully completed the Nuclear Power Training Program in May 1965 earning qualification as a Reactor Operator. This school included six months of theoretical studies at Mare Island. California, and six months of operational training at Idaho Falls. Idaho. He returned to the Pacific Fleet Destroyer Force in June 1965 as Executive Officer of USS KING (DO-10). Prior to his detachment, KING twice deployed as a unit of the Seventh Fleet in support of Vietnam operations. Captain LAYMAN completed the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base. Alabama in June 1967. Captain LAYMAN commanded USS JOSEPH STRAUSS (DDG-16) from July 1967 to August 1969. As Commanding Officer, while serving with the Seventh Fleet, he was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat V and the Republic of Vietnam Navy Distinguished Service Medal, 2nd Class. Also for this period JOSEPH STRAUSS was awarded the Mertorious Unit Commendation. Prior to assuming command of USS HORNE on 6 June 1975, Captain LAYMAN served for three years on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations, responsible for Communications Research and Development. From August 1972 to May 1975 he served as Chief of Staff, Defense Communications Agency. Washington, D.C. Captain LAYMAN is married to the former Carmen Meyer of Jackson, Missouri. They have four children, Linda. Larry. Harry, and John. 4

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COMMANDER CRUISER-DESTROYER GROUP FIVE Rear Admiral Gerald E. THOMAS is a native of Natick. Massachusetts. He enrolled in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and upon graduation was commissioned an Ensign in July 1951. He has commanded the ocean minesweeper. USS IMPERVIOUS (MSO-449) and the destroyer USS BAUSELl (DD-845). Other sea assignments have included the radar picket destroyer USS NEWMAN K. PERRY (DRD-883), the cruiser USS WORCESTER (CL-144) and the radar picket destroyer escort USS LOWE (DER-325). He has also served with the National Security Agency, the Bureau of Naval Personnel and as Commanding Officer of the first Naval ROTC unit established at a predominately Black College. Prairie View A M College, in Prairie View. Texas. While attached to the Bureau of Naval Personnel, he served as a member of the Presi- dent's Board for Racial Equal Opportunity where he helped implement several valuable recom- mendations. On 20 September 1973, Rear Admiral THOMAS assumed command of Destroyer Squadron NINE in the Gulf of Tonkin. He was relieved on 5 September 1974 and frocked to the grade of Rear Admiral. His awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V and other campaign and service medals. Rear Admiral THOMAS is married to the former Rhoda Henderson of Boston. Massachusetts. They have three children, Kenneth. Steven, and Lisa.