Kearsarge (LHD 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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, if Ve N me l ' United Sglcflegsg Ncfiifv N c9'r'fil'WoOnm lwogssljeerrglwlef Command Master Chief Myers enlisted in the Navy in December 1976, and attended basic training at RTC Orlando, FL. Following basic training he attended Machinist Mate A School, Great Lakes, IL, Navy Nuclear Power School, Orlando, FL, and Nuclear Power Training Unit, Ballston Spa, NY. ln June 1979, he reported aboard USS ENTERPRISE F QCVN 655 while the ship was undergoing a complex refueling overhaul in Bremerton, WA. Following Air Conditioning 8. Refrigeration Class C school in June 1982, he reported aboard USS SOUTH CAROLINA QCGN 37l, based in Norfolk, VA, as Machinery Division Leading Petty Officer. In September 1984, Command Master Chief Myers attended Navy Recruiting Orientation Unit, Orlando, gif FL and later reported to NRD lselin, NJ. Following B me , 4 qualifications as Recruiter and Recruiter-in-Charge, he I it ,VK served as the Nuclear Field !Advanced Electronics Field 'F ' Coordinator. In November 1987, he returned to Norfolk, VA, sewing Q ,aboard USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT QCVN 711 as Machinery Division Leading Chief Petty Officer and later as Reactor Training Division Officer. While aboard THEODORE ROOSEVELT he qualified as THEODORE ROOSEVELT's first enlisted Engineering Officer of the Watch and earned his Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist qualifications, and advanced to Senior Chief Petty Officer. In September 1990, he again reported to USS SOUTH CAROLINA as Machinery Division Leading Chief Petty Officer, participating in Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM. While on SOUTH CAROLINA, he advanced to Master Chief Petty Officer and extended aboard for two years as Engineering Department Leading Chief and acting Command Master Chief during Law Enforcement Operations and Operation ABLE VIGIL. f- 9 .QS After graduating with Director's List honors as class president of the Navy Senior Enlisted Academy class 865 in March 1995, he reported to USS KALAMAZOO QAOR 61 as Command Master Chief. Following the Kalamazoo's decommissioning in August 1996, he reported to VF-143 for his second Command Master Chief tour. While there he earned his Enlisted Air Warfare Specialist qualifications. In January 1998 he reported to Headquarters, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic as Command Master Chief. Selected as the Command Master Chief for USS KEARSARGE QLHD 35 in November, he reported aboard in December 2000. Command Master Chief Myers' personal awards include the Defense Meritorious Senrice Medal, Meritorious Service Medal lgold starl, Navy Commendation Medal fgold starl, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal fgold starl, Humanitarian Service Medal fbronze starl, and various unit, campaign, and service awards. KSVWAWJ olwo M ,els ' COMMAND MASTER CHIEFIS

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llffnlead siisieas MW ff eizsa5+iIe2 elillfe Captain Luke R. Parent is a native of Marquette, Michigan, and a.1979 graduate of Norlhem Michigan University. He receivedhls commlsslon through the AOCS program in May 1980 and was designated a Naval Aviator in November 1981. IL I He was selected for flight instructor duty and assigned to Training Squadron 23 in Kingsville, Texas, until June 1983. After a short tour with Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40, he completed replacement training in the F-14A TOMCAT at Fighter Squadron 101 . Captain Parent's next assignment was with the 'STARFIGHTERS' of Fighter Squadron 33. He made one Mediterranean deployment aboard USS AMERICA ICV 661. During that tour he flew missions in support of the April 1986 strikes against Libya and graduated from the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School ITOPGUNI. In December 1988 he reported to Fighter Squadron 101 for instmctor sip duty. During that tour, he served concurrently as the Assistant Operations Officer, Standardization Officer and Commander, Fighter Wing Atlantic, Flight Demonstration PilotICoordinator flying the F-14B. He was selected as the 1990 Fighter Squadron 101 'Instructor Pilot of the Year . In December 1990, Captain Parent reported to the 'DIAMONDBACKS' of Fighter Squadron 102 where he was assigned as the Administrative Officer, Assistant Operations Officer and Maintenance Officer. During this tour, he made a North Atlantic and two Mediterranean I Arabian Gulf deployments aboard USS AMERICA ICV 66l, where he flew combat missions in support of Desert Storm. In July 1993 he reported to U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he served as a Space Operations Officer, Command Center Ops Director, and a Mission Director in the NORADIUSSPACECOM Command Center at Cheyenne Mountain Air Station. Captain Parent reported in April 1996 to the 'TOPHATTERS' of Fighter Squadron 14 as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer. During that tour the squadron deployed aboard USS JOHN F. KENNEDY ICV 67I for a North Atlantic and Mediterranean I Arabian Gulf deploymefll- The squadron was honored with three CVW-8 Golden Wrench Maintenance Awards, the CFWL Golden Wrench Maintenance Award, the 1997 CNAL Battle E award, the Clifton Trophy, and the CINCLANTFLT Arleigh Burke Award. His next assignment was with Tactical Training Group Atlantic, Dam Neck, Virginia, as an instructor and the Strike I JFACC Department Head. He was responsible for all Strike I TLAM and Joint Forces Air Component Commander related training for all TACTRAGRULANT courses. Captain Parent next served as Commanding Officer of the GRlM REAPERS' of Fighter Squadron 101 the F-14 Tomcat Fleet Replacement Squadron, from December 1999 through June 2001. Before reporting to his present assignment as Exec t' Off' r of USS KEARSARGE ce gal-LIZ 33, hejlnfs :jemporanly assigned as Deputy Director of Operations for Commander, Joint Task Force Stloaltilwest Asia, at Prince SullaI1Al' au I ra la, rom October 200.1 through January 2002. Dunng that assignment he served as Director of Combat Operations in the Combat Air Operations Center supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Southem Watch. During his career. Captain Parent has accumulated over 4650 flight hours and 820 carrier arrested I d' H' d 'nclude the DelenS9 Meritorious Service Medal Q2 awardsl, Meritorious Service Medal I3 awards A' Med I 2 St ' 'an mgs: 'Ist awar ?' b t V Navi' and Marine Commendation Medal I4 awards, one with Combat V l and N a Q nkelnlght and mdmdual mth Com a , vanous campaign and unit awards. I' O I pllln Luke Pcreni , I I

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'i Ag Geneefol 2d MEB U 4 I -J Jr A .5 1 I Brigadier General Richard F. Natonski is the commanding General 2d 1 .Q- Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Deputy Commanding General II Marine Expeditionary Force. rt. Ei Brigadier General Natonski graduated from the University of Louisville in 1973 with a B.A. degree in History, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S.. Marine Corps. Upon completion of The Basic School in 1974. Lieutenant Natonski senled as a platoon commander and executive officer with Company H, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines. There he participated in Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations in Cambodia QEAGLE PULLJ and in South Vietnam Q fFREQUENT wmof. 5-'if Q1 I n . . lrlnln I - fn Transferring to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego in July 1975, NIH l ll DU Lieutenant Natonski was assigned as a series commander in Company , I.. Im I A, 1st Recruit Training Battalion and subsequently as the battalion ' ' ' 'H' 3 4 operations officer. ln April 1978, Captain Natonski was transferred to Marine Barracks, 8th an I, where he served as executive officer and commanding officer of Company B. J!! Ui.l.l : Upon completion of this tour in Washington, D.C. in 1981, he spent the summer as a platoon commander at Officer Candidate's School prior to attending the Amphibious Warfare School in Quantico, VA. In July 1982, he was assigned as the operations officer for 1st Battalion, 5th Marines at Camp Pendleton, CA. Subsequent to his tour in lst A Marine Division, Major Natonski was transferred to Headquarters Marine Corps in July 1984, where he served in the Ground Combat Requirements T, Branch ofthe Plans, Policy, and Operations Department. From 1987 to 1988, he attended the Marine Corps Command and Staff College. S . it Following his instruction at Quantico, he was assigned as an Observer to the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in the Middle A East. Upon completion of this tour in June 1989, he was transferred tothe 2d Marine Aircraft Wing at Cherry Point, N.C., where he WHS assigned as the G-3 plans officer. E In July 1991, Lieutenant Colonel Natonski was transferred to 2d Marine Division, where he served as the executive officer of the 2d Marine Regiment until assuming command of 1st Battalion, 2d Marines in May 1992. As commanding officer he participated in Operation GTM0' 5 I. humanitanan relief mission for Haitian migrants in Cuba and Operations RESTORE HOPE and CONTINUE HOPE in Somalia. He comP'9'9d his tour in the Division as the deputy G-3. From 1.994 to 1995 he attended the NATO Defense College in Rome, Italy. Colonel Natonski served in the Il MEF O rations Section uflll' assuming command of the 24th Manne Expeditionary Unit fMEUl in October 1995. Colonel Natonski made two Fdzployments as MEU commander su rti t' ' ' ' ' PPO H9 Offer? 'ONS In BOSUIB and KUWHII- In May 1998 he gave up command of the MEU and reported to the Joint Staff in the Pentagon' where he was assigned duties as the chief of CENTCOM Division, Joint Staff KJ-3l Operations Directorate and subsequently the Deputy Director for Operations rn the National Military Command Center Following his tour on the Joint Staff B ' d' r General Natonski , - , n a re served as the Director of Strategy and Plans and the Director of operations in the Plans, Policies, and Operations Depgrtment of Headquaflefs Manne Co s. Bn dre G I N ' ' ' - I - - rp ga r enera atonskr assumed his current duties as Commanding General 2d Manne Expeditionary Brigade in June 2002 . Brigadier General Natonski's decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, L ' f M ' ' ' S ice Medal with one oak leaf cluster Mentonous Service Med I N d M C eglon 0 em, Defense Mentonous ew dali0f' 1 , 3. avy an arine C d t' M I ' C men Medal and Combat Action Ribbon. orps ommen a ron eda with two gold stars, Army Om Brigadier Generol Richcrd F Nofcnski ' ,Jhsl .lil 11' il: