John F Kennedy (CV 67) - Naval Cruise Book

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tRight t Captain Weber relaxes and shares it iolte tx ith fellow olliccrs alter turning oycr cont- tnand. tBelott't Cruest and Crew standby for reading ofthe orders during the change ofcommand. Another page will be written in the storied history ol' the USS John F. Kennedy tCV-673 today when Capt. Robin Weber is relieved by Capt. Michael Miller as commanding olit'icer. The ceremony will be held at IO am. on board the John F. Kennedy. A former Kennedy executive otlicer. Miller will assutne command after a lout' ol' duty as the operations officer' lor Commander Seventh Fleet. Weber. a 1969 University ol'Virginia graduate. assumed command ofthe Kennedy in December 1997. He navigated the carrier through many sea trials and qualifications during a composite task unit exercise and Joint Force Exer- cise 2-99. Throughout his 30-year career. Weber has accumulated more than 5.000 llight hours and S50 carrier arrested landings in various fighter and attack aircraft. His next assignment is Commanding Ollicer ol'Tactical Training Group Atlantic in Virginia Beach. Va. f?tp-:lated 0'-rom H714 7llc'1'za': Hnfuguaf 6. 1999 Captain Weber. wife and daughters pose in front ol' the Ztltllb cake.

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. '. F . L'-f tx . 5, Q F .' k. 2,- tg ,. .AQ V l 1 , 'e 1- 1- J- I.. Captain Wanjon gets his own personal sponge to wipe down tables on the forward mess decks. The XO was doing his part to raise money for Navy Relief. Executive Office omrnander Michael F. Wanjon is the son ofMr. and Mrs. Francis C. Wan-ion ofRochester. New York. ln May l977, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at the University of Roch- ester and was commissioned via Rochester's NROTC program. Two weeks after graduation, Commander Wanjon began flight training in Pensacola. FL., and was designated a rotary wing aviator in June l978. Fol- lowing replacement pilot training in the venerable SH- 3H Sea King. he reported to Helicopter Antisubma- rine Squadron Fifteen KHS- l 55 in .lanuary I979 and deployed with the Red Lions aboard USS INDEPEN- DENCE t CV 625. Commander Wanjon then returned to Pensacola, serving as a primary fiight instructor in Training Squadron Three tVT-35. ln April 1985, he reported to USS SARATOGA CCV 605 in Mayport as the Antisubma- iine Warfare Officer and qualified Oliicer of the Deck tUnderway5. He detached in August 1987, after a Mediterranean Sea deployment aboard USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER CCVN 695. In March 1991 . Commander Wanjon trans- ferred to the Joint Interoperability and Engineering Or- ganization in Washington, D.C. as the U.S. delegate to the Command and Control Interoperability Board, nego- tiating Tactical Data Link Standards with Singapore and Thailand. From there he traveled to San Deigo. and after transitional training in the new SH- 6OF and HH-60H Seahawk helicop- ters, joined Helicopter Antisubmzuine Squadron Six tHS 65 as their Execu- tive Oflicer aboard USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN tCVN 725. Commander Wanjon assumed command of HS 6 in September 1994, completing two Arabian Gulf deployments with the In- dians. After relinquishing command in December l995. he became the Air Combat Placement Officer at the Bu- reau ofNaval Personnel. Following that tour in Washington, D.C., he pro- ceeded to his present position as Executive Officer of the USS JOHN F. KENNEDY tCV 675.

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