John F Kennedy (CV 67) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMAND MASTER CHIEF STANLEY G. CROWLEY PRCM Stanley G. Crowley was born March 24, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was graduat- ed from the Benjamin Franklin Veteran ' s Accelerated High School. He enlisted in the Navy in 1951, during the Korean Conflict, and his first active duty assignment was as a plane captain with VF-94, attached to the aircraft carrier USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CVA-47). Following his initial tour of duty, PRCM Crowley returned to civilian life where he worked as a property and casuality insurance underwriter for a major insurance company for more than three years. He re-entered the Navy in 1958. A veteran of three Operation Deep Freeze deployments, PRCM Crowley became a SERE (survival, evasion resistance and escape) instructor in 1963. His shore duty tours with FASO Brunswick and FASO Whidbey Island, Washington gained him recognition in SERE. His extensive assignments throughout his long Navy career include USS HORNET (CV-12), NAS Moffet Field, California: Technical Assistance Field Team, Bandar Bushehr, Iran; NAS Oceana and post as Commander Master Chief of ATKRON 35, attached to USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) in 1979. He was recently awarded the Navy Commendation Medal and second Navy Achievement Medal for exceptional service as a Command Master Chief. Added to these awards are the numerous Unit Citations — including the Presidential — which he won prior. PRCM Stanley Crowley is married to the former Mary Ellen Hartnett and they have six children: Colleen, Kathleen, Brian, Kevin, Eileen and Maureen, all of whom reside in New England. He report- ed aboard USS JOHN F. KENNEDY in June of 1983.