Kinkaid (DD 965) - Naval Cruise Book

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LIEUTENANT COMMANDER DAVID T. CUNNINGHAM LCDR Cunningham is a native of Kansas City, and graduated from Kansas State University in 1975. He was commissioned later that same year at the Officers Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. Upon completion of the Surface Warfare Officer Basic Course, he was assigned to USS ALBERT DAVID (FF 1050), homeported in San Diego, where he served as Gunnery Officer and CIC Officer from 1976 to 1979. After completing a shore tour in London, England, LCDR Cunningham attended the Surface Warfare Officer Department Head Course. He then served as Operations Officer in USS BUCHAN- AN (DDG 14), homeported in San Diego, from 1982 to 1983. He then reported onboard USS CAL- LAGHAN (DDG 994) as Operations Officer, where he served from 1984 to 1986. LCDR Cunning- ham graduated from U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in 1987 where he concurrently received a Masters Degree in Political Science. He then reported to the Staff of Commander Cruiser Destroyer Group Five in San Diego where he served as Flag Secretary. In 1988 he was transferred to the staff of the Commander Naval Surface Force U. S. Pacific Fleet where he served as aide and Flag Lieutenant. LCDR Cunningham is currently assigned as the Executive Officer in USS KINKAID (DD965). He is married to the former Candace Price of Kansas City. EXECUTIVE OFFICER r5

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CDR JOHN M. COCHRANE United Slates Navy Commander John M. Cochrane was born in C ' oldwalcr, Michigan. j;radualmt! from t oldvvalcr Hiyh School in 1 964. Alter attending Michigan I echnological University lor one year, he received an appoint- ment to the United States Naval Academy, graduating with distinction in June 1969, at which lime he was commissioned an Unsign in the United States Navy. Immediately following commissioning, he spent one year at the United States Naval Postgraduate School where he received a Master of Science degree in Applied Mathematics. During his first two sea tours, he served as (omnuinicaiions Officer in I .SS K. . I.SK. (IKj 2) and then as Communications Officer on the staff of C ommander. Destroyer .Squadron Thirty-I ive. In each of these tours he deployed to the Western Pacific for combat operations during the Vietnam War. Subsequently, he attended the Naval Destroyer School in Newport, Rhode Island after which he was assigned as W capons Officer in L ' SS BAKBK ' S (l- ' F-l()8H) and then as lingineer Officer in U.SS .MON- TICELLO (LSD 35). He was next assigned to the staff of (ommander, Nav.il Surface force, L nited States Pacific Meet where he served as Force Programs Assessment Officer and then as Aide and 1 lag Lieutenant to .Admiral Lee Baggett Jr. He next returned to sea as I-xecutivc Officer in USS O ' BRIF.N (DD 975), followed by a tour as Operations Officer in IJSS LONG EACH (CGN 9). Most recently, he was Associate Chairman of the Mathematics Department at the L nited Slates Naval Academy where he taught courses in calculus, differential equations, tactics and leadership, and served as a Trident Scholar advisor. Commander Cochranes decora- tions and awards include the Navy ( ommendation Medal, Navy Achieve- ment Medal with Combat V, the Combat .Action Ribbon and various service and campaign awards. Commander Cochrane and his wife, Suzanne, have one child, .Mi- chelle. They live in Spring Valley, Cali- fornia.

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LIEUTENANT COMMANDER CRAIG R. SOLEM