John F Kennedy (CVA 67) - Naval Cruise Book

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COIVIIVIANDING OFFICER CAPTAIN ROBERT H. GORMLEY Captain Robert H. Gormley assumed command of USS JOHN F. KENNEDY lCVA 67l on October 1, 1971. His most recent prior assignments include duty as Commanding Officer, USS WHITE PLAINS lAFS-4l and as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans for Commander Attack Carrier Striking Force Seventh Fleet lTask Force 77l. Captain Gormley was born in Ventura, California, and attended elementary and secondary schools in California. While a student at the University of Texas, he received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy and was graduated in 1947. He also studied at both the Naval War College and Harvard University. and received a masters degree from Harvard in 1963. Following commissioning, Captain Gormley served in the Atlantic Fleet destroyer USS PUTNAM lDD-757l. Subsequent to designation as a Naval Aviator in 1950, he served in a variety of assignments: carrier-based fighter d . an anti-submarine squadrons: jet training units: and on the staffs of the Commanders of Carrier Division SEVENTEEN, the Operational Test and Evaluation Force, and the Atlantic Fleet's training air group. ln 1965. ONE. The squadron, flying the F-4B Phantom ll jet fighter-bomber, de lo ed to D Y Southeast Asia on board the attack carrier INDEPENDENCE for combat air operations a ' N ' ' gainst orth Vietnam. Subsequently. Captain Gormley became Commander Attack Carrier Air Wing SEVEN in INDEPENDENCE. Following that he served in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense lSystems Analysisl in Washington, D.C. Captain Gormley assumed command of Fighter Squadron FORTY Captain Gorml Distinguished Flying Cross and the Bronze Star. ey's personal decorations include the Legion of Merit, the

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER K, COMMANDER C.E. WYNN, JR. Commander Carl Everett Wynn, Jr. was born in Cape Girardeau, Mo. A few years later his family moved to Memphis where he spent his childhood and attended Memphis State University. ln 1951- he entered the Navy and began flight training at Pensacola, Fla., and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1953. His first assignment was with Fighter Squadron EIGHTY-THREE. He returned to Memphis in 1955 and served with the Naval Advance Training Command there. Between 1959 and 1961 he served with Fighter Squadron ONE-TWENTY-ONE and ONE-FlFTY-ONE home-based on the West Coast. After a year of training at Glynco, Ga., he reported aboard the aircraft carrier Midway lCVA-41l. Subsequently, he attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1965. Following a brief tour with Training Squadron TWENTY-FOUR in Beeville. Texas, he attended to Armed Forces Staff College in 1967 and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He returned to Fighter Squadron ONE-TWENTY-ONE in 1968 and then went on to Fighter Squadron NINETY-SIX where he served as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer until late 1970. During this assignment, he made two deployments to Southeast Asia aboard the aircraft carriers America lCVA-66l and Enterprise lCVAN-65l. He studied at the Naval War College and received a Masters Degree from George Washington University prior to reporting aboard the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy lCVA-67l in 1971. He served as Operations Officer for more ' ' E t' Officer in March than a year before becoming Kennedys fourth xecu ive 1972. Commander Wynn's personal decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, three Air Medals, and the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat