Lewis Puller (FFG 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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LCDR BRUCE A. RASMUSSEN EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR RASMUSSEN GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AND RECEIVED A COMMISSION THROUGH OFFI- CER CANDIDATE SCHOOL IN MAY OF 1978. HE SERVED ON THE USS FIDELITY (MSO-443) IN PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA AS OPER- ATIONS OFFICER, USS VIRGINIA (CGN-38) IN NORFOLK, VIR- GINIA, AS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, USS MANITOWOC (LST-1180) IN LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA, AS OPERATIONS OFFI- CER AND USS CLARK (FFG-11) IN PHILADELPHIA, AS COMBAT SYSTEMS OFFICER. HE HAS COMPLETED SHORE DUTIES AS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT EDUCATION TRAIN- ING INSTRUCTOR SCHOOL AND SERVED AS THE COMMAND- ING OFFICER AT THE NAVAL RESERVE CENTER IN LEXING- TON, KENTUCKY. HE CURRENTLY RESIDES IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA WITH HIS WIFE, HELENE, AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, JANNA AND ADAM. 43

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COMMANDER GARY J.E. SMITH UNITED STATES NAVY 42 COMMANDER GRAY J. E. SMITH IS A NATIVE OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFOR- NIA. HE GRADUATED WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE FROM WHITTIER COL- LEGE IN WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA IN 1969. HE PARTICIPATED IN AN EX- CHANGE PROGRAM WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN IN DENMARK AND WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1971 FOLLOWING OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. COMMANDER SMITH REPORTED TO USS DUNCAN FROM DUTY AS CHIEF STATE OFFICER OF DESTROYER SQUADRON 25. HIS PAST SEA DUTY ASSIGN- MENTS INCLUDE: USS HAROLD E. HOLT (FF-1070), USS REEVES (CG-24), USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63), USS BUCHANAN (DDG-14), USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF HENRY B. WILSON (DDG-7). ASHORE COMMANDER SMITH SERVED AS TRAINING AND SUMMER PRO- GRAMS DEPARTMENT HEAD AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY IN ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND AND ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER IN CHIEF, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET. WHILE ASSIGNED TO THE STAFF OF COMMANDER IN CHIEF, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET, HE PLANNED AND CONDUCTED THE USNS MERCY (TAH-17) HOSPITAL SHIP MISSION TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE NATIONS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. HE SUBSEQUENTLY WAS AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL COMMENDATION AND THE MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION. COMMANDER SMITH ' S PERSONAL AWARDS INCLUDE THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL WITH GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF SECOND AWARD AND THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL. COM- MANDER SMITH CURRENTLY RESIDES IN SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA.

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CDR WILLIAM F. STEAGALL, JR. SELRES COORDINATOR UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE BILL STEAGALL RECEIVED A BS IN ECONOMICS FROM UCLA IN 1974 AND FOLLOWING FOUR YEARS OF NROTC TRAINING WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN IN THE US NAVAL RESERVE. BILL ' S ACTIVE DUTY ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDED VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN SAN DIEGO PRIOR TO ATTENDING THE FIRST WEST COAST CLASS OF SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER SCHOOL (SWOS). USS ALBERT DAVID (DE-1050) HAD JUST RETURNED FROM VIETNAM WHEN ENS STEAGALL JOINED THE CREW AS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER IN SAN DIEGO. AFTER AN INTERLUDE OF 3 YEARS NOT DRILLING (AND STILL MAKING LT), BILL AFFILIATED WITH USS MOBILE (LKA-115) SELRES UNIT AS BOAT GROUP COMMANDER 3RD DIVISION OFFICER WHERE HE QUALIFIED AS OOD AND SWO. AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF, HE TRANSFERRED TO USS LANG (FF-1060). HIS LAST 5 YEARS HAVE BEEN SPENT ON USS DUNCAN (FFG-10) FIRST AS SELRES ADMINISTRATOR AND THEN AS SELRES COORDINATOR. BILL WAS PROMOTED TO CDR ON DUNCAN. CDR STEAGALL SERVED BRIEFLY AS EX- ECUTIVE OFFICER OF USS DUNCAN IN AUGUST 1991. BILL IS A MEMBER OF THE NAVAL RESERVE ASSOCIATION AND THE CUR- RENT EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH BAY CHAPTER. BILL IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NAVY LEAGUE AND THE U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE. HIS AWARDS INCLUDE NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL, COAST GUARD MUC (OPERATIONAL), BATTLE E (5), NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL (2), ARMED FORCES RESERVE MEDAL, SEA SERVICE DEPLOYMENT RIBBON, NA- VAL RESERVE SEA SERVICE RIBBON (4), NAVY EXPERT PISTOL, NAVY EXPERT RIFLE. BILL AND HIS WIFE, DEBBIE, LIVE IN IRVINE, CA., AND BOTH WORK AT IBM CORPORATION. 44