John F Kennedy (CV 67) - Naval Cruise Book

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Elllilllllivli Ullililil' Captain John Thomas Bader is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Bader of Lakewood, Ohio. ln May 1977 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and lnternational Studies from the University of Netae Dame fflo lrrshlf and was commissioned via Notre Dames NROTC program. Captain Bader began flight training in June 1977 and was designated a rotary wing aviator in July 1978. Following replacement pilot training, he reported to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Eleven tllS-111 in March 1979 and deployed with the Dragonslayers and Carrier Air Wing One embarked in USS JOHN T. KENNEDY QCV 671. Captain Bader then served as an instructor pilot for HS-1 beginning in January 1982. ln August 1985 Captain Bader reported to USS OUADALCANAL QLPH 71 in Norfolk, Virginia as the Elight Deck Officer and Aircraft Handling Officer. He detached in October 1987 alter completing two deployments and spent the next year as a student at the Naval War College, graduating from the College of Naval Command and Staff in November 1988. He then reported to the Red Lions of HS-15 in May 1989 as the Administrative Officer and then as the Maintenance Officer and completed a Mediterranean deployment with Carrier Air Wing Six embarked in USS EORRESTAL fCV 591. ln June 1991 Captain Bader transferred to Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, DC as t.he Assistant for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation on the staff of the Director, Air Warfare Division tN88f. From there he returned to Jacksonville, reported as Executive Officer of HS-7 in April 11993, assumed command of the Shamrocks in July 1994, and completed a deployment to thc Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea with Carrier Air Wing THREE embarked in USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER QCVN-691. Captain Bader relinquished command in July 1995 and assumed duty as the Executive Officer of USS JOHN T. KENNEDY QCV 671 in April 1996. Captain Bader holds two Master of Arts degrees: one in international Relations from Salve Regina University and thc other in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. The Atlantic Elect recipient of the 1995 Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadership, he has also earned the Distinguished Elying Cross, the Meritorious Service Medal, three Navy Commendation Medals, and three Navy Achievement Medals in addition to various unit and personal citations. ln 1985 Captain Bader had the common sense and good fortune to marry Anne Ellen Schellenberg of Jacksonville, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Schellenberg. The Baders live in Jacksonville and have been blessed with three daughters: Marie, Claire, and Monica. 74 1 T W COC

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