Ingersoll (DD 990) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDER DAVID T. CUNNINGHAM r Commander Cunningham is a native of the Kansas City area and graduated from Kansas State University in 1975. He was commissioned later that year at the Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. Upon completion of the Surface Warfare Officer Basic Course, he served as Gunnery Officer and Combat Information Center Of- ficer in USS ALBERT DAVID (FF-1050), homeported in San Diego, California. After completing a shore tour in London, England, he attended the Surface Warfare Officer Department Head Course. He was then assigned as Operations Officer In USS BUCHANAN (DDG-14) and later as Opera- tions Officer in USS CALLAGHAN (DDG- 994), both homeported in San Diego. Commander Cunningham graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in 1987, where he concurrently re- ceived a Masters Degree in Political Science, he then reported to the staff of Commander. Cruiser Destroyer Group Five in San Diego where he served as Flag Secretary. In 1988, he assumed duties as Aide and Flag Lieuten- ant to the Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Commander Cunningham subsequently served as Executive Officer in USS KIN- KAID (DD-965), homeported in San Diego. In 1991, he was assigned as Chief of Opera- tions for the Joint Over-The-Horizon Target- ing Program (JOTH-T) in Washington, D.C. He is also a recent graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College. In June 1994, he took command of USS INGERSOLL (DD-990). Commander Cunningham has been awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Naval Commendation Medal with three Gold Stars, the Navy Achievement Medal and other service awards. Commander Cunningham ' s next assignment will be as the Standing Navy for Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia. ik M

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L ADMIRAL ROYAL EASON INGERSOLL l. ' kmif Admiral Royal E. INGERSOLL was bom in 1883 in Washington, DC, and graduated with dis- tinction from the United States Naval Academy with the class of 1905, standing fourth in his class. He sailed with the geopolitical maneuver by Presi- dent Theodore Roosevelt which established the United States as a Great Power. At the conclusion of World War I, Admiral (then Commander) INGERSOLL was assigned as Communications Officer for the American Delega- tion to the Paris Peace Conference, led by Presi- dent Woodrow Wilson. In 1924, Commander IN- GERSOLL took command of USS NOKOMIS, a fleet survey ship. After subsequent sea tours on fleet staffs and shore tours at the Naval War Col- lege and on the staff of the Chief of Naval Opera- tions, Captain INGERSOLL served in command of the heavy cruiser USS AUGUSTA in 1933, and of the heavy cruiser USS SAN FRANCISCO in 1934. In 1936, while serving as Director of War Plans Division in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Captain INGERSOLL was assigned additional duty as technical advisor to the Ameri- can Delegation to the London Naval Conference. In 1937, President Franklin D. ROOSEVELT sent him back to London to participate in preliminary discussions which established the basis for Anglo- American Naval cooperation during World War II. In 1938, Admiral INGERSOLL was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral and assumed com- mand of Cruiser Division SIX of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. He returned to Washington in 1940 as an Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, where he was serving when Japan launched a naval air attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet Base at Pearl Harbor. Shortly thereafter, on 1 January 1942, Admiral IN- GERSOLL was promoted to the four-star rank of a full Admiral, and assumed duties as Commander- in-Chief U.S. Atlantic Fleet, a post he held for al- most three years. During that time, he served as the operational commander of the vital, and even- tually successful war against German submarine forces operating against Allied shipping in the Atlantic Ocean. In November 1944, with the Naval Battle of the Atlantic winding down, and with the war effort beginning to shift toward the Pacific Campaign, Admiral INGERSOLL was assigned as Commander, Western Sea Frontier, with responsibilities for the logis- tic support of the final island campaigns in the Pacific Theatre, and for the planned invasion of Japan. He was serving in this post at the conclusion of the war. Admiral INGERSOLL ' s significant decorations include the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal. He was also an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire, and a Commander of the Legion of Honor of France. INGERSOLL is the second ship to bear the family name. USS INGERSOLL (DD 652) commissioned in 1943, was named for the Admiral ' s father, RADM Royal R. INGERSOLL, and for his son, Lieutenant Royal R. INGERSOLL, who was killed at the Battle of Midway in 1942. Admiral INGERSOLL died on 20 May 1976.

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COMMANDER STEPHEN C. BRADLEY Commander Stephen C. Bradley, the son of Robert and Marilyn Bradley was born in Can- ton. New York in January 1955. He graduated from Whitney Point Central High School in 1973 and then attended Springfield College where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology in 1977. He received his commission as an Ensign at Officer Candidate School in De- cember 1977. Ensign Bradlev ' s first tour of dutv was in USS CH.ARLEST0N ' (LK. ' -1 13) where ' he served as Personnel Officer, and as a Boat Group Officer. In 1980. Lieutenant Junior Grade Bradlev re- ported to the USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) as the Auxiliaries Officer, and later served as Boilers Officer. Following his tour in INDEPENDENCE, he served in USS SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON (PEG- 14) as Combat Systems Officer. In 1985. heserved in USS MAHAN (DDG-42) homeported in Charleston. South Carolina, where he was again Combat Systems Officer. Following this tour. Lieutenant Commander Bradley assumed duties as the Assistant for C3 NTDS warfighting requirements in the Officer of the Chief of Naval Operations (OP-75) in Washington, D.C. In Januarv 1989. he took command of USS IMPERVIOUS (MSO-449) at Mayport, Flor- ida. Upon completion of his tour in IMPERVI- OUS, he assumed duties as Chief Staff Officer at Commander Patrol Combatant Missile Hy- drofoil Squadron TWO in Key West. Florida. Commander Bradley then attended the Naval War College in Newport. Rhode Island where he graduated in 1993 and earned his Masters of Arts degree in National Security Studies. Com- mander Bradley remained at the Naval War College on the faculty of the College of Continuing Education as the Division Head for Joint Maritime Operations. His personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal, and the Navy Achievement Medal. L He is married to the former Pamela Roberts of Jacksonville. Florida; they have a son, Christopher.