Lang (FF 1060) - Naval Cruise Book

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CDR. Commander VANABSDALL, a native of Virginia, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1963. Following a year of nuclear power training, he reported to USS BAINBBIDGE QDLGN-253 as M-Division Officer in time to participate in the around the world transit of Nuclear Task Force One, consisting of ENTEBPBISE, LONG BEACH and BAINBBIDGE. Other afloat assignments have included Oper- ations Officer aboard USS TALBOT fFFG-45 and MPA aboard USS LONG BEACH QCGN-95. . He also served as an instructor at the Naval Nuclear Power School in Mare Island, California, on the staff of Chief of Naval Operations in the Systems Analysis Division, and most recently as a member of the Pacific Fleet Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Financial Management from George Washington University. Commander VANARSDALL is married to the former Sybil MAINHABT of Alexandria, Virginia. They have two sons, Clyde and Michael. They currently reside in Coronado, California. -Z' IJ' 'W 'uni ' Y' Y ni iw w fri ' ' 3 ' COM NDI G OFFICER C. J. VANARSDALL III U.S. NAVY

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Q.-ifg1z.t,Q Q1l 3 . Le X . CDF? KELLEY congratulates the new C.O. THE COMMISSION PENNANT The Commission Pennant has for centur- ies been the symbol of a man-of-war. Today it is a distinctive mark of a ship of the Navy in commission and is flown from the masth- ead, except when displayed by the personal flag of an admiral or commodore aboard a flagship. lt is said the commission pennant dates back to a seventeenth century war between Holland and England. A Dutch Admiral hoisted the traditional broom at his mast- head, indicating an intention to sweep the English from the seas. This gesture was an- swered bythe English Admiral, who hoisted a coachwhip, a gesture not traditional but quite definite in implication. The English were the victors, and since that time a long pennant resembling a coachwhip has been adopted as a distinctive mark of a warship. The modern United States Commission Pennant is blue at the hoist with a union of seven white stars and has two horizontal stripes, one red and one white, at the fly. CDF? VANARSDALL receives the command-at-sea pin CDR KELLEY and CDR VANARSDALL pose with RADM SINCLAIR, CTF 75 and guest speaker for the ceremony.

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