Juneau (LPD 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER LT. COL. C.F. DePREKER, USMC A native ol Paterson New Jersey. Lie utenant Colonel DePreker mander, subsequentl) serving as the Operations Officer and OIC graduated from Easlside High School and a (tended the I niversitv of the SASSY Management L nit. In June 1974 Captain DePreker ol Oklahoma, graduating with a BS in 1967. He received Ins was transferred to the Third Marine Division. Okinawa. Japan Masters ol Business Administration from Pepperdine I niversit} in serving as the Commanding Officer Maintenance Company, the 1975. Battalion S-4 and the liaison Officer with the Defense Logistics He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in June l ( ' ( 7 Agency. In January 1975 he was transferred to the Field Supply through the Platoon Leaders Class fter completing the Basic Maintenance Analysis Office where he served as a Logistics Sys- Schoul and a al viation Supph School, he was assigned to tern nalyst. He was promoted to Major in 1978, transferred to the l 311. I irst MAW in the Republic of Vietnam where he MCLB Albany, Georgia and assigned as the Branch Head. Field served concurrently as a Material Officer and Platoon Command- System Branch Major DePreker attended Marine Corps Com- er in the I illh Provisional Rifle ( ompain In I ' HiN I list I leulcn- mand and Stall C ollege from Jul) 1980 to June 1981 . Upon com- anl DePreker was reassigned to MC AS Yuma. Arizona and then pletion ol school he was assigned to the Joint I nited States Mili- in 197] was transferred to the First Marine Brigade at Kaneohe tar Assistance Group Korea where he served as an advisor to the M( AS, 1 lawan hile there he was the Supph C ompain C om- R )K Marines In June I 1 NJ he was promoted to Lieutenant ( olo-